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Circulatory system

An animals circulatory system involves the animals heart, blood vessels and blood which flows around the animals body, transporting nutrients to cells that need them and removing waste products from others. The blood is powered by the animals heart which beats on average around 100 times a minute (this obviously depends on the animal though).

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