The Circulatory System

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The Circulatory System

• By Steven Oster

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Function

• Circulatory
• Many organs that pump blood to all your blood to
  and from bodies cells
  

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Organs in the System

• Heart pumps blood through the body
• Veins carry blood to the heart
• Arteriescarry blood away from the heart

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Helping Other Systems

• Takes nutrients away from the digestive system
• Takes oxygen away from the respiratory system

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Diseases

• Atrial Septal Defect
• Opening in the wall between the right atrium and
  the left atrium
  
• Blood going in and out makes a swishing sound
  called a heart murmur
  
• Hole usually closes in time if not surgery needed

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Heart Attack

• Symptoms are discomfort in center of chest and
  shortness of breath
  
• A heart attack happens when blood is cut off from
  the heart
  

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Did You Know?

• Your heart is about the size of your fist
• Your heart beats an average 30 million times a
  year
  
• An average three year old has two pints of blood
  in their body
  
• All your blood vessels put together can circle
  the world 2.5 times