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| the body system that transports blood and other materials |
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| the body system in which gas exchange takes place |
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| a long structure made of soft tissue reinforced with C shaped rings of cartilage |
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| organs that absorb O2 in the air that you inhale |
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| airway branches from the smallest branchioles |
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| the flat muscular sheet that seperates the thorax from the abdomen and is a major muscle in respiration |
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| a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers |
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| vessels pump blood away from the heart |
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| vessels that pump blood towards the heart |
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| tiny vessels that connect artirioles to venules |
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| contain hemoglobin, and carry oxygen to the cells and tissues and carbon dioxide back to the respiratory organs |
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| iron containing protein in red blood cells |
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| abnormal condition characterized by trapping air in alevoli of the lung that causes them to rupture and fuse to other aveoli |
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| obstructive pulmonary disorder characterized by recurring spasms of uscles in bronchial walls accompanied by edema and muscus production, making breathing difficult |
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| chamber or cavity of the heart |
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| small cavities in the heart |
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| a membranous fold or other structure that controls the flow of a fluid, as one that permits blood to flow in one direction only |
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| an electronic device implanted beneath the skin for providing a normal heartbeat by electrical stimulation of the heart muscle, used in certain heart conditions |
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| venous blood flow from the right atrium to the lung and returning to the left atrium |
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| blood flow from the left ventricle to all parts of the body and back to the right atrium |
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| helps the body clot blood |
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| is the most important blood type system (or blood group system) in human blood transfusion |
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| protein substance present in the red blood cells of most people, capable of inducing intense antigenic reactions |
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| any of various nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes |
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