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Let’s Recapitulate

Identify me!

1. I am like a filter that remove waste like urine. ______________
2. A am a muscular organ that pumps blood. ______________

3. My job is to remove waste from the body. ______________

4. We are thin tube-like structures in excretory system. ______________
5. I am the smallest blood vessel. ______________

LET’S
REVISE

• The circulatory system like heart, blood and vessels help to transport substances
inside our body.

• The heart is about the size of a closed fist. It is placed between the lungs, a little

towards the left side of the body.

• Arteries are divided into arterioles and capillaries.

• Arteries carry oxygenated blood.
• Veins carry deoxygenated blood.

• Blood transports nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water.

• Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and urethra are organs of the excretory system.

• Kidneys filter out harmful waste.

Let’s Pronounce Together

circulatory excretory veins arteries capillaries
urethra ureter urinary bladder

Glossary

• Circulatory system : It helps to transport substances to different parts of the
body.

• Excretory system : It helps to remove waste from the body.

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