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| Top chambers of the heart where blood enters the heart |
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| The chamber that receives CO2(carbon dioxide) blood from the body |
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| The chamber that receives O2(oxygen) blood from the lungs |
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| Ventricle (ventricles-plural) |
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| Bottom chambers of the heart which pumps blood out of the heart |
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| The chamber that pumps blood to the lungs |
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| The chamber that pumps blood to all body parts |
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| The sound made by the heart valves when closing. |
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| The sound the valves, located between atria and ventricles, make. |
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| The sound the valves, located between the ventricles and the artery or vein leading in or out of the heart, make. |
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| They keep the blood flowing through the heart in one direction to prevent back flow. |
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| Blood vessels that carry O2 (oxygenated) blood away from the heart to the body |
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| Blood vessels that carry CO2 (carbon dioxide) blood back to the heart to be pumped to the lungs |
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| The only artery that carries CO2 blood from the heart to the lungs |
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| The only vein that carries O2 blood to the heart, from the lungs, to be pumped to the body |
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| the smallest of blood vessels with walls so thin that gases and nutrients can pass back and forth |
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| The thick wall of muscle between the two sides of the heart |
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| The artery that sends blood to the body |
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| The vein that brings blood to the heart |
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