CIRCULATORY AND EXCRETORY

SYSTEMS
Science 5th
2nd term
 The blood circulation

Blood circulation transports around the body

the nutrients and the oxygen we get from the
digestive system and the breath. It is also
important because it recollects the waste
substances to give them to the excretion
organs.
Blood circulation takes place in the circulatory
system.
 Blood vessels
Blood vessels are tubes where the blood goes. There
are three kind of them: arteries, veins and capillaries.
Arteries: they drive the blood from the heart to all the
organs in our body. They have the thickest walls.
Veins: they drive the blood from the organs to the
heart. Their walls are thinner than the arteries walls.
Capillaries: they communicate the arteries with the
veins and they drive the blood inside the organs. They
are the thinnest blood vessels.
 The blood

The blood is a red viscous liquid that goes inside

our blood vessels. It arrives to all the body parts
and it transports nutrients, oxygen, carbon
dioxide and waste substances. It is formed by RBC,
WBC, platelets and plasma.
RBC: they transport the oxygen.
WBC: they defend us from illnesses.
Platelets: they are very small and avoid to lose
blood.
Plasma: is the liquid formed by water where there
are the RBC, the WBC and the platelets.
 The heart
The heart is an organ with mucous walls that
impulses blood around the body. It impulses
the circulation because it is continually
beating.
It is located in the central part of the thorax,
between the lungs. Is divided in two halves,
right and left. Each half has got two cavities:
an atrium (where the veins arrive) and a
ventricle (where the arteries start).
Parts of the heart
Complete the parts
 Blood circulation
The blood has two different routes inside the
body. These are the pulmonary circulation and the
general circulation.
Pulmonary circulation: is the route between the
heart and the lungs. The objective is to load
oxygen in the blood and release carbon dioxide.
General circulation: is the route around all the
body. During this route, the blood gives oxygen
and nutrients to all the body parts, and takes the
carbon dioxide and the waste substances.
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Answer the questions about the
image:

1. Whats the name of the artery

that pumps oxygenated blood to
the head and body?
2. Whats the name of the artery
that sends deoxygenated blood
to the left lung?
3. Which cavity pumps blood to
the aorta?
4. Which cavity receives
deoxygenated blood from the
torso and legs?
5. Which ventricle pumps blood to
the lungs?
 Activities
1. How many cavities are there inside the heart?
2. Explain the function of:
RBC
WBC
Platelets
Plasma
 How to take care of the circulatory
system
It is important to feed us correctly; avoid the
fats, pastries, meat fats, ...
Avoid the salt.
Exercise our body.
 Heart healthy
The most harmful fact for the circulatory
system is the excess of fats, grease, in the
blood. One of them is called cholesterol.
This one can accumulate in the blood vessels
and it difficult the blood circulation.
 Activities
1. Answer the questions:
- Whats cholesterol?
- How can it be dangerous for the circulatory system?
- Which habits are beneficial for the circulatory
system?
2. Do you know whats the fast food? Write two
examples of it.
3. Think about it: Sarah is a thin girl who does a lot of
sport has healthy habits. She wants to be thinner, like
the models and celebrities, so she decides to eat less.
Do you think it is a good idea? Why?
 During the nutrition
process we generate
some waste
substances that go to
the blood. Excretion
consists in delete those
substances and expel
them outside our body.
This is the function of
the excretory system
and the sweat glands.
 Excretory system
Is formed by:
The kidneys: they are organs located in the
abdomen, in both sides from the spine. Function:
They clean the blood.
The ureters: they are two tubes that
communicate the kidneys with the bladder
(bufeta de lorina)
The bladder: is the organ where we store the
urine.
Urethra: is the tube that communicate the
bladder to the exterior.
Parts of the excretory system
 The excretion process
All the blood of our body goes to the kidneys.
The kidneys filter the blood.
The waste substances retained in the kidneys
mix with water and form urine.
Urine leave the kidneys, goes through the
ureters and arrive to the bladder.
The sweat glands
In the sweat glands is formed the sweat, a liquid
formed by water and waste substances.
Each gland is communicated with the exterior with a
duct ending in pores. All the pores are in our
surface skin.
 Activities
1. Whats the kidneys function?
2. Draw the urine tour from the kidney to the
expulsion.
3. Why the sweat glands take part in the
excretion system?
 How to take care of the excretory
system
We can prevent diseases from the excretory system
and feel healthy if we have good hygiene habits, like:
Drink a lot of water.
Avoid hold urine in the bladder for a long time.
Clean yourself after go to the toilet.
Avoid coming into contact the urethra and the anus
when we clean us with toilet paper.
Have a shower after do exercise to avoid the clogging
of pores through which sweat goes out.
Use breathable clothes and shoes.
 Water is health
The urine and the sweat are formed principally by
water. To recover this loss of liquid we need to
drink a lot of water, exactly 2 litres every day (8
glasses).
When we exercise we sweat, so it is more
important to drink water in this case.
When we dont drink enough water, our urine is
more concentrated.
People who practise a lot of sport usually drink
water with salts, because they lost them too.
 Activities
1. How many liters of water do you drink in a
day? Do you think it is enough?
2. What food can we use to recover the water
in our body?
 The physical exercise
Exercise our body and play sports are very
healthy habits. They help to get stronger
muscles, coordinate movements, the function
of the lungs, actives the blood circulation,
helps to sleep well and facilitates the
relationships.
 Activities
1. Complete the chart:
Healthy habits Never Sometimes Always
Drink 2 liters of
water every day
Have a shower after
exercise
Wash my hands
before meals
Avoid places with
dust and smoke
Do some physical
exercise
 2. Complete the summary of the unit:

Circulation: It is THE blood tour around the body to transport the

N_______, the oxygen, the carbon dioxide and the waste substances. It
takes place in the C ____________ S ________, which is formed by the
blood vessels, the B______ and the H__________. The blood has two
different routes inside our body:
- Pulmonary circulation: blood tour between the heart and the
L_____________.
- General circulation: blood tour around the B________.
The health of the circulatory system: exercise our body, feed us properly,
avoid food with a lot of F__________, is beneficial for the circulatory
system.
Excretion: it releases the waste substances from the B__________. It
takes place in the E___________ system with the S_______ G__________.
The health of the excretory system: drink a lot of W_________ is
beneficial for the excretory system because it facilitates the function of
the kidneys and allows eliminating better the waste substances.
3. Complete the chart with the circulatory and
excretory systems:

System Formed by Function

4. Whats the correct blood vessel?

a) It drives the blood from different organs to the
heart.
b) It drives the blood inside the organs.
c) It drives the blood that comes out of the heart to
all the body organs.
5. Complete with the correct name:
 Ciber Activities
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