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CH 23 Vocab
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8th Grade
10/30/2013

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Cardiovascular System
Definition
Transports materials to and from your cell
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Blood
Definition
a connective tissue made up of two types of cells
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Arteries
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are blood vessles that direct blood away from the heart
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capilaries
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are the smallest blood vessel in your body
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Veins
Definition
blood vessels that direct thr blood back to the heart
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pulmonary circulation
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is the circulation of blood between your heart and lungs
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systemic circulation
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the circulation of blood between the heart and the rest of the body
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blood pressure
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the force exerted by blood on the inside walls of the blood vessel is called blood pressure
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Lymphatic system
Definition
collects the excess fluid and return it to your blood
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Lymph
Definition
the fluid and particles absorbed into lymph capilliaries are called lymph
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Lymph modes
Definition
are samll bean shaped organs where particles are such as pathogens or dead cells
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Thymus
Definition
which is located just above your heart
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Spleen
Definition
Filters blood
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Tonsils
Definition
are made up of groups of lymphthatic tissue located at the back of your nasal cavity
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Respiration
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is the entire process by which a body obtains and uses oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide and water
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respiratory system
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consists of the lungs, makes breathing possible
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Pharynx
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throat, where the air from your nose flows
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larynx
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the voice box, cotains vocal cords
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trachea
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the larynx guard the entrance to a large tube, the windpipe
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bronchi
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the trachea splits into two tubes called, bronchi
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aveoli
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in the lungs each bronchiole branches form thousands of tiny sacs called, alveoli
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