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| A system of the body composed of the heart, blood, and blood vessels |
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| A hollow muscular organ that pumps a circulation of blood through the body by means of rhythmic contraction |
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| The space in the chest between the lungs that contains the internal organs of the chest, except the lungs |
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| The superior chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into the ventricles |
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| The inferior chamber of the heart that receives blood from its corresponding atrium and, in turn, forces blood into the arteries |
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| Fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins, which carries nutrients and oxygen to all part s of the body and also rids the body of waste products |
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| Network of hollow tubes that circulates blood throughout the body |
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| Vessels that carry blood away from the heart |
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| Vessels that carry blood from the capillaries toward the heart |
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| Small terminal branches of an artery, which end in capillaries |
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| The smallest blood vessels, which connect venules with arterioles |
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| The very small veins that connect capillaries to the larger veins |
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| The process of actively contracting inspiratory muscles to move air into the body |
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| The process of actively or passively relaxing inspiratory muscles to move air out of the body |
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| The biology of energy transformations and exchanges within the body, and between it and the environment |
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| The biology of energy transformations and exchanges within the body, and between it and the environment |
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| Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) |
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| A cellular structure that supplies energy for many biochemical cellular processes by undergoing enzymatic hydrolysis |
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