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| liquid tissue that transports, regulates, and protects | ||
| Liquid part of the blood (nonliving) | ||
| red blood cells | ||
| too few RBC's or insufficient amount of hemoglobin causing body to not receive enough oxygen | ||
| caused by abnormal shaped hemoglobin | ||
| part of the RBC that carries oxygen and makes the blood red | ||
| white blood cells | ||
| cancer of cells that make WBC's | ||
| help to clot the blood | ||
| hereditary disease with inability to clot blood | ||
| carries blood away from the heart, thick and elastic | ||
| returns blood to the heart, thin and slightly elastic | ||
| vein walls become stretched and valves do not work properly causing blood to build up in vein | ||
| connect arteries to veins | ||
| pump that forces blood through vessels with regular contractions | ||
| outside tough protective covering of the heart | ||
| upper chambers of the heart | ||
| lower chanbers of the heart | ||
| separates the left and right sides of the heart | ||
| allows blood between the atria and the ventricals | ||
| allows blood flow from ventrical to pulmonary artery | ||
| relaxed heart | ||
| contraction of heart | ||
| grooup of cells in right atria that controls the pace of the heart | ||
| alternate expansion and relaxation of an artery | ||
| high blood pressure | ||
| carries blood between the heart and the lungs | ||
| carries blood between heart and the rest of the body | ||
| largest vein in the body | ||
| supplies blood to the heart muscles | ||
| supplies the liver with blood from the digestive system | ||
| carries blood to and from the kidneys to get rid of waste | ||
| returns excess fluid and protein from intercellular spaces to the blood | ||
| helps move material between capillaries and blood cells | ||
| intercellular fluid once it gets inside the lymphatic system | ||
| filter foreign matter before they get into the blood stream and spread |
