Circulatory System
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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 |