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Cardiovascular System Worksheet Guide

The cardiovascular system is responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients to cells while removing waste products. Key components include the heart, blood vessels, and blood, with the heart functioning as a muscular pump. Blood vessels are categorized into arteries, veins, and capillaries, each serving distinct roles in circulation.

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Cardiovascular System Worksheet Guide

The cardiovascular system is responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients to cells while removing waste products. Key components include the heart, blood vessels, and blood, with the heart functioning as a muscular pump. Blood vessels are categorized into arteries, veins, and capillaries, each serving distinct roles in circulation.

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Cardiovascular System Worksheet Answers

Questions
After reading through the information, complete the following questions.
1. Describe the main function of the cardiovascular system.
The cardiovascular system is the body’s transportation network and is responsible
for delivering oxygen and nutrients to every cell in the body while removing the
waste products of cellular respiration, like carbon dioxide.

2. Identify what the prefixes ‘cardio’ and ‘vas’ mean.


The prefix ‘cardio’ refers to the heart, while ‘vas’ refers to vessels.

3. Name the three main components of the cardiovascular system.


Heart, vessels and blood.

4. Describe the structure and function of the heart.


The heart is a muscular organ that is approximately the size of your fist. It is located
slightly to the left of centre in your chest. The heart’s main function is to pump blood
through the vessels to every cell in your body and back to the heart again.

5. Match each of the following blood vessels with their function and image.

These thick and muscular vessels


carry the oxygen-rich blood away
Artery from the heart and to each cell in
the body.

These specialised vessels are only


one cell thick. This allows these
vessels access to every cell of your
Vein
body, providing them with oxygen
and nutrients while removing
the waste products of cellular
respiration such as carbon dioxide.

Capillary These thin-walled vessels carry


deoxygenated blood from the
body back to the heart.

6. Identify the main components of blood.


Blood is made of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.

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Cardiovascular System Worksheet Answers

7. Colour the following simplified diagram to demonstrate


oxygenated blood moving away from the heart and to
the body and deoxygenated blood moving away from
body and back to the heart. The oxygenated blood
should be red while the deoxygenated blood should be
coloured in blue.
Hint: Remember that the pulmonary artery and vein
are different.

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