The Circulatory System School to Home LESSON 2 1.

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School to Home
LESSON 2
The Circulatory System
Directions: Use your textbook to answer each question.
1. The circulatory system provides routes for blood to flow through the body.
It is powered by the heart.
What are the atria and ventricles?
2. Blood travels to every cell in your body through blood vessels.
What are the three types of blood vessels, and what are their jobs?
What are the three different kinds of circulation, and what is the job of each?
4. About one-third of adults in the United States suffer from some form
of circulatory disease.
What are three forms of circulatory disease?
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3. Circulation distributes blood throughout the body.