Combined with the cardiovascular system, the circulatory system helps to fight off disease, helps the body maintain a normal body temperature, and provides the right chemical balance to provide the bodyâs homeostasis, or state of balance among all its systems. The circulatory system consists of four major components: 1  The Heart: About the size of two adult hands held together, the heart rests near the center of the chest. 2  Thanks to consistent pumping, the heart keeps the circulatory system working at all times.
Confidence votes 11. Clint Eastwood has won five Academy Awards, twice as Best Director and as producer of the Best Picture (1992's Unforgiven and 2004's Million Dollar Baby) and he received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1995.
How many Oscars has Meryl Streep won? And how many Oscar nominations? Here are the films that got her Academy Awards wins and nominations, with actors, directors, and subjects. Meryl Streep has won 3 Oscars so far (I can see more coming; the woman is on a roll). She also has no less than 18 Oscar nominations at the time of my writing this (January 25, 2013). I plan to see most of the movies listed below.