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Details Title: keeping healthy Description: key words for Year 5 science topic Total Flash Cards: 9 Created: 01/02/2005 05:54:08	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term pulse Definition the rythm felt through your body of your heart beating, which pushes the blood through your arteries Term muscle Definition A part of your body made of fibers which contract to move your body. Term heart Definition The muscular organ that pumps blood from the veins into the arteries. It makes blood flow through the circulatory system of your body. Term pulse rate Definition The amount of the pulses felt in your body in a minute, we say beats per minute. Term diet Definition The usual food and drink of a person or animal Term a living thing Definition something which: feeds, grows, reproduces Term organs Definition a part of your body which does a particular job, e.g. lungs, heart Term digestion Definition The process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body. Term vessels Definition A duct, canal, or other tube that contains or carries a body fluid: a blood vessel.