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Blood

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Where the materials are carried

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What role does the circulatory system play in the body?

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It transports nutrients, water, oxygen etc. to cells

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Heart

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Pumps the blood

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Arteries

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Carry blood away from the heart

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Capillaries

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Where the exchange of the materials occur

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Veins

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Carry blood to the heart

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Aorta

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Major artery leaving the heart

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Red blood cells

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Carry oxygen

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White blood cells

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Help fight of infections

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Platelets

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Help blood clot

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Plasma

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Where materials are carried (fluid part of blood)

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4 chambered heart

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Mammals and birds

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2 chambered hearts

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Fish

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3 chambered heart

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Frog

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Path of red blood cells from capillaries to fingertips

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Capillaries➡️vein➡️heart➡️lungs➡️heart➡️artery➡️

capillaries