1. Circulatory System!

2. Functions

3. Arteries Arteries: carry blood under high pressure away from your heart

4. Veins Veins: They prevent the blood from flowing backwards. They carry blood to the heart

5. Capillaries Capillaries: they carry materials such as oxygen and nutrients to the cells and remove wastes such as carbon dioxide

6. Heart Heart: Muscular organ that pumps blood around the body through the circulatory system

7. Main Components of Blood

8. Plasma Plasma: Plasma is a straw-coloured liquid and consists mostly of water. Many of the substances carried in the blood are dissolved in plasma

9. Blood Cells Red Blood Cells: Red Blood Cells carry oxygen around the body White Blood Cells: Involved in fighting a disease

10. Platelets Platelets help blood to clot if a blood vessel is cut. It seals it up so germs cannot get in

11. Functions of the Blood To carry nutrients such as glucose To carry wastes such as carbon dioxide To carry oxygen around the body To fight disease To clot when there is a cut so the cut is sealed