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The heart is a large muscle which acts like a pump and pushes the blood around the body
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe heart acts as a two way pump. It squeezes blood out of it but also sucks it in. The veins are very narrow, which increases the pressure. They also have one-way valves.
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Why does your heart squeeze?
it help to move the blood around your body
What is the first use of circulatory system?
To move blood around the body, to and from the heart.
How does the blood move inside the body?
your blood circulates around your body because your heart pumps when you walk or run, or do anything physical
What happens in order for the blood to move faster around the body?
The faster your heart beats the faster blood flows.
What would happen to your circulation during exercise?
More blood is pumped around the body because the heart beats more. When the heart beats more the that makes the blood move around the body faster :)
What move blood around your body?
the valve in the heart makes sure that blood moves around your body, it also makes sure that the blood travelling around your body is travelling int he right direction.
What tube in your body moves blood from your heart through your body?
I think the answer is blood vessels. I hope I was right. :)
Why do blood has to move around the body continously?
If you don't have blood pumping around the body, the heart wouldn't be able to get everything it need in the blood stream to work and if the heart doesn't work most of your muscles won't work either causing you to die. :(
How can an artery carry deoxygenataed blood?
An artery will always move blood from the heart to the rest of the body as a vein will always move blood from the body back into the heart, whether or not it is oxygenated or not.
What makes it easy for blood to move through the arteries?
The contractions and relaxation of the muscles in the heart cause the blood to be pumped around the body. The contractions push the blood out of the heart and cause it took be pushed around the body in 0.8 seconds. Other muscles in the heart relax so blood may flow into another chamber of the heart.
Which organ system transports oxygen and nutrients around the body?
The circulatory system (blood and vessels) transports oxygen and nutrients around the body. The heart furnishes the power to move the blood.
What causes the blood to move from one place to another?
Blood pressure. When the heart beats, it creates blood pressure during the ventricle contraction that move blood throughout the body. The most powerful is the left ventricle. If the blood coming out of the top of the heart was to escape, it could shoot a stream of blood 16 feet into the air.
