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This document contains a worksheet on the circulatory system with questions about the components of blood and their functions, filling in gaps in a passage about blood vessels, and labeling and identifying parts of the heart.

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The Circulatory System Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet on the circulatory system with questions about the components of blood and their functions, filling in gaps in a passage about blood vessels, and labeling and identifying parts of the heart.

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Name:…………………………………………………….

Date: ……………………

Circulatory System Worksheet


This worksheet accompanies The Circulatory System.ppt.

1. Draw lines to match the components of blood to their functions.

red blood cell causes the blood to clot to prevent loss

platelets medium in which substances float or dissolve

white blood cell fight invading pathogens

plasma carry oxygen

2. Fill in the gaps in the passage below.

The circulatory system ………………… substances around the body.


Blood vessels called ………………… have thick muscular walls and transport blood away
from the ………………… to other tissues and organs.
Blood is taken from tissues to the heart by blood vessels called …………………, which have
larger lumens and thin walls.
………………… are small vessels which exchange materials with tissues.

3. a) Label the diagram below.

……………………… ………………………

……………………… ………………………

……………………… ………………………

……………………… ………………………

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Name:……………………………………………………. Date: ……………………

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b) Complete the table below using the names of some of the labelled parts of the heart.

Receives deoxygenated blood from the vena cava.

Prevents backflow into the ventricles

Blood vessel which carries blood out of the heart to


the rest of the body.
Blood vessel which carries blood out of the heart to
the lungs.

Chamber of the heart with the thickest muscle wall.

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