The Systemic circulation provides the functional ____ supply to all body tissue. It carries ____ and nutrients to the cells and picks up ____ and waste products. Systemic circulation carries oxygenated blood from the ____, through the ____ to the capillaries in the tissues of the body. From the tissue capillaries, the +deoxygenated blood returns through a system of ____ to the right atrium of the heart. The blood moves from the aorta through the systemic arteries, then to arterioles and capillary beds that supply body tissues. Here, oxygen and nutrients are released and carbon dioxide and other waste substances are absorbed. ____ blood then moves from the capillary beds through venules into the systemic veins. The systemic veins feed into the ____ and ____, the largest veins in the body. The venae cavae flow deoxygenated blood to the right ____ of the heart.

Systemic Circulatory Pathway

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