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| large muscular vessels that carry blood away from the heart |
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| large vessels that carry bood to the heart, made of venules |
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| tiny network of vessesls (only one cell wide) All exchange of nutriens and waste between blood and cells occurs accross the thin walls of capillaries |
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| small vessels (smaller than small arteries but bigger than capillaries) |
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| vessels larger than capillaries that form veins (carries blood to heart) |
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| anterior chambers of the heart |
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| a lower, and the most muscular, chamber of the heart |
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the large vein carrying blood from the upper part of the
body |
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the large vein carrying blood from the lower part of the
body |
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the largest artery in the human body; carries blood from the left ventricle
to systemic circulation |
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| the tough saclike membrane that surrounds the heart |
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the artery that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to
the lungs |
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the vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the
heart |
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| A membranous structure in a hollow organ or passage, as in an artery or vein, that folds or closes to prevent the return flow of the body fluid passing through it |
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| the sinoatrial node that regulates the contraction of the heart |
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the nerve tissue in the right atrium that regulates the
contraction rate of the heart |
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a one-way valve separating each atrium from the
ventricle beneath it |
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| The rhythmical throbbing of arteries produced by the regular contractions of the heart, especially as palpated at the wrist or in the neck |
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| force that blood exerts against the walls of blood vessels |
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| pressure of the blood when the ventricles contract |
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| the pressure maintained in the blood when the ventricles are realaxed |
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a disease characterized by the buildup of fatty materials on the
interior walls of the arteries |
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| the liquid component of blood |
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| erythrocytes- transport oxygen to all parts of the body. Formend in red marrow of bones |
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| leukocytes--help defend body aginst disease. Formed in red bone marrow, the lymph nodes, and the spleen. Larger than red blood cells. |
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| a partial cell needed to form blood clots |
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| the oxygen-carrying pigment in red blood cells |
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| the long, sticky threads that function in blood clotting |
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| a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot) |
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| The transfer of whole blood or blood products from one individual to another |
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a specific characteristic of the blood of an individual; A, B, AB, or
O, depending on the type of antigen present on the surface of the red blood
cell |
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| a substance that stimulates an immune response |
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| a protein produced by B cells that binds to antigens |
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a type of antigen found in the blood that may cause complications
during some pregnancies |
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