Discover how the heart pumps blood through blood vessels to deliver oxygen and nutrients throughout the body.
The heart pumps blood through arteries (carry blood away from heart), veins (carry blood to heart), and capillaries (tiny vessels connecting arteries and veins).
What type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
What type of blood vessel carries blood back to the heart?
Veins
Blood carries oxygen, nutrients, and waste products throughout the body, and helps fight infections.
What does blood carry to cells throughout the body?
Oxygen and nutrients
What blood component helps fight infections?
White blood cells
1. What organ pumps blood through the body?
2. What blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
3. What blood vessels carry blood back to the heart?
4. What does blood carry to the cells of the body?
5. What blood cells help fight infections?