circulation 3.3
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- carries nutrients and oxygen to the cells so that respiration can happen
- removes carbon dioxide from the cells, taking it to the lungs where it is exhaled
- transports other waste products to where they can be disposed of
- distributes heat around the body , heat is a by-product of respiration
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Your circulatory system includes...
- heart
- blood vessels
- blood
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- carry blood away from the heart
- walls of arteries is very tough and elastic
- bouncing back after each beat
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- arteries branch into smaller and smaller blood vessels called capillaries
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- Veins carry blood to the heart
- don't need thick muscular walls
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- size of your fist
- middle chest
- behind the breastbone
- has cardiac muscle
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