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Science: Chapter 15-5
What happens to blood as it circulates?
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Science
6th Grade
12/02/2007

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Term

What artery carries blood

AWAY FROM the heart

TO the lungs?

Definition

pulmonary artery

 

(pulmonary means lungs)

Term

What vein carries blood

AWAY FROM the lungs

TO the heart?

Definition
pulmonary vein
Term

Describe the flow of blood,

starting in the aorta.

Definition

1) aorta

2) arteries

3) capillaries

4) veins

5) right atruim

6) right ventricle

7) pulmonary artery

8) lungs

9) pulmonary vein

10 left atrium

11) left ventricle

12) aorta

Term

Where does the blood

pick up oxygen

and

get rid of CO2?

Definition
lungs
Term

Where does the blood

drop off oxygen for the cells

and

pick up CO2?

Definition
capillaries
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