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//Show pic of circulatory system// Harriette: Hello, I am Harriette Hauske and this is Circulatory News Network, the CNN. The circulatory system is made up of organs and tissues that circulates blood through the body. Today our crew is going into the adult human body to see how the heart, the lungs, and the veins function. Here's Eric to talk about what we are going to talk about inside the adult human body.

Eric: Thanks Harriette. Well today we are going to talk about the circulatory system. Our crew is going into the human body. We are going to see the heart, the immune system and veins in the left arm. Here we go!

//Have a picture of the heart// Eric: The heart plays a very important role in the human body. Without the heart, you would not be able to live! this sounds obvious Each day 2,000 gallons of blood travel through our bodies. The heart contains all of the kinds of tissue, muscle, nervous, connective, and epithelial. Each tissue has its own job to help to heart function. The heart also has a thick muscular wall to protect the heart and help it pump blood //(circle pic of the wall.)//

//Show picture of the lungs- not a real pic though// Eric: Here's some information on the lungs. The lungs are really apart of the respiratory system, but it helps the circulatory system work, so i thought that it would be good to talk about.

Eric: I think that the lungs are a very interesting organ in the body. The lungs allow you to live just like the heart. I find it interesting that you breath about 20,000 times a day and you don't even think about it! Without the mouth and nose you would not be able to bring in oxygen into you lungs to breath! And guess what distributes that oxygen... yeah its the heart.

//Show a picture of a lung that the person has smoked// Harriette: I don't see why people smoke, it is just hurting them. People that smoke turn there lungs black and make it harder for them to breath!

Eric: I agree. Did you know that even if you breath in polluted air, the respiratory system filters the dirty air and makes the air clean! We are done here so off to the veins!

//show a picture of the veins// Harriette: Most people know that you could not live without blood, and blood could not go from place to place without veins and arteries. There is a major difference between veins and arteries. Arteries are full of oxygen and are going to the body, while veins lack oxygen and are going back to the heart and lungs. Most people just know them by red and blue.

//change picture// Eric:That's right, and what happens when you get cut? Tiny cells in your blood called platelets clog up the cut and form a scab. If any germs invade the cut then the white blood cells, which is like the army, engulf and destroy any germs and bacteria that get into the body.

//change picture// ERIC: I don't know if you can see it but it looks like a confrontation between the body and some bacteria down there.

Harriette: Oh i see it, wow look at that! This is better than a football game!

Eric: well... not quite. but it is interesting. whoa, I don't know if you can see it but it seems like our camera crew down there is getting surrounded by the white blood cells. I think we should call them and tell them to get out of there. Like now! Quickly Harriette!

Harriette: I'm going! Once again this is the CNN the Circulatory News Network. And OOOOOOOO...

//gray screen// HARRIETTE: I think our crew didn't make it.

Eric: Lets hope the media doesn't get a hold of this story.

Harriette: Yeah, that's all for now. See you next time on the CNN.

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