The Human Body - Organs and Circulatory System
The Human Body - Organs and Circulatory System
The Human Body - Organs and Circulatory System
Day
The organs are
found in different
positions in the
human body.
Artery Vein
carries blood containing carries blood containing
food and oxygen from wastes such as carbon
the heart to the body. dioxide, from the body
towards the heart.
Capillaries
Join arteries and veins. Very narrow with
thin walls to allow substances like
oxygen and food to move through
them.
Blood always moves along the same
pathway in the blood vessels.
Right side Left side
- When you run around your body needs a lot more food and
oxygen.
- The more active you are, the more often your heart needs to beat
to supply enough food particles and oxygen from the blood.
- A small beat felt under the skin due to the pressure of blood as
the heart pumps it around the body. You can count your
heartbeats by feeling your pulse. It can be measured in time by
counting the number of beats per minute (BPM).
- We can feel pulse on the side of the neck and in the inside of the
wrist,
Discussion
Pulse rates are not the same. There are various factors that
affect pulse rate.
Human 70
Elephant 30
Mouse 500
Blue whale 10
Cat 150
Hummingbird 1300
1. a. Which animal has the fastest heartbeat?
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a. horse _______
b. shrew ______
6. When the average bat hibernates, its heart rate drops
to about 20 beats per minute. Why is this so?
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