Listen to these words.

cardiovascular

veins

capillaries

blood vessels

circulation

pumped

heartbeat

valve

nutritious

nourishment

heart disease

risk factors

prevention

transfusion

Learn the new words!

Taking blood from one person, and putting it into another person.

transfusion

Stopping something before it happens.

prevention

Things that can cause sickness or disease.

risk factors

Illness of sickness of the heart.

heart disease

Food needed for growth and health.

nourishment

Healthy. Full of nutrients. Food that is good for you.

nutritious

Doors in our heart and blood vessels that shut to keep blood from moving in the wrong direction.

valve

The pulsing of a heart.

heartbeat

Pushed out of. Blood is pumped out of the heart and into the blood vessels.

pumped

The movement of blood from the heart, to the blood vessels, and back to the heart again.

circulation

Tubes that carry blood throughout our bodies.

blood vessels

Tiny blood vessels that let our tissues take oxygen from our blood cells.

capillaries

Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood back to our heart.

veins

Having to do with the heart and blood vessel system.

cardiovascular

Now, do the test!

Exercises

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