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Farmay - Circulatory
Question | Answer |
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blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart | vein |
largest artery in the body; receives blood from the left ventricle | aorta |
hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body | heart |
tiny blood vessel where substances are exchanged between the blood and the body cells | capillary |
each of the two lower chambers of the heart that pumps blood out of the heart | ventricle |
each of the two upper chambers of the heart that receives blood that comes into the heart | atruim |
wall between two sides of the heart; keeps blood with oxygen separate from blood without oxygen | septum |
veins that send blood back to the heart from the upper body | superior vena cava |
veins that send blood back to the heart from the lower body | inferior vena cava |
having to do with breathing | pulmonary |
blood cells that travel through the body, delivering oxygen and collecting waste, postal workers of the body | red blood cells |
blood cells that race to disease and infection and fight it - policemen of the body | white blood cells |
cell fragment that plays an important part in forming blood clots | platelets |