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| Transports materials to and from your cells |
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| A connective tissue made up of two types of cells, cell parts, and plasma |
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| Blood vessels that direct blood away from the heart |
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| The smallest blood vessels in your body |
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| Blood vessels that direct the blood back to the heart |
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| The circulation of blood between your heart and lungs |
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| The circulation of blood between the heart and the body (excluding the lungs) |
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| The amount of force extended by blood on the inside walls of a blood vessel |
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| Collects the excess fluid and returns it to your blood |
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| The fluid and particles absorbed into lymph capillaries |
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| Small bean-shaped organs where particles, such as pathogens or dead cells, are removed from the lymph |
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| A lymph organ that produces lymphocytes |
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| An organ that filters blood and produces lymphocytes |
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| Small masses of soft tissue located at the back of the nasal cavity, in the inside of the throat, and at the back of the tounge |
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| The entire process by which a body obtains and uses oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide and water |
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| A collection of organs whose primary function is to take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide; the orgns of this system include the lungs, the throat, and the passageways that lead to the lungs |
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| Air that flows from the nose into the tounge |
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| The trachea splits into two tubes |
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| Tiny sacs that form the bronchiole branches of the lungs |
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