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What are the major parts of the circulatory system? heart, blood vessels heart, brain
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The major parts of the circulatory system are:
1. **Heart**: The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body. It has four chambers (the right and left atria, and the right and left ventricles) and functions to circulate oxygen-rich blood to the body and oxygen-poor blood to the lungs.
2. **Blood Vessels**: This includes three main types of vessels:
- **Arteries**: These carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body's tissues (except for the pulmonary arteries, which carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs).
- **Veins**: These carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart (except for the pulmonary veins, which carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart).
- **Capillaries**: These are small vessels where the exchange of gases, nutrients, and waste products occurs between blood and tissues.
3. **Blood**: The fluid that circulates through the heart and blood vessels, carrying oxygen, nutrients, hormones, carbon dioxide, and waste products. Blood is composed of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma.
Although the brain is an essential organ for the body and has a rich supply of blood through the cerebral circulation, it is not considered a major part of the circulatory system itself.
1. **Heart**: The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body. It has four chambers (the right and left atria, and the right and left ventricles) and functions to circulate oxygen-rich blood to the body and oxygen-poor blood to the lungs.
2. **Blood Vessels**: This includes three main types of vessels:
- **Arteries**: These carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body's tissues (except for the pulmonary arteries, which carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs).
- **Veins**: These carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart (except for the pulmonary veins, which carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart).
- **Capillaries**: These are small vessels where the exchange of gases, nutrients, and waste products occurs between blood and tissues.
3. **Blood**: The fluid that circulates through the heart and blood vessels, carrying oxygen, nutrients, hormones, carbon dioxide, and waste products. Blood is composed of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma.
Although the brain is an essential organ for the body and has a rich supply of blood through the cerebral circulation, it is not considered a major part of the circulatory system itself.