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Question | Answer |
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The liquid part of blood. | Plasma |
A cell in the blood that takes up oxygen in the lungs and delivers it to cells elsewhere in the body | Red blood cells |
An iron-containing protein That binds chemically to oxygen molecules And makes up most of red blood cells. | Hemoglobin |
A blood cell that fights disease | White blood cells |
A cell fragment that plays an important part in forming blood clots | Platelets |
A chemical that is important in blood clotting because it forms a fiber net that traps red blood cells. | Fibrin |
The transference of blood from one person to another | Blood transfusion |
Blood types | A,AB,B,O |
A network of veinlike vessels that returns the fluid that leaks out of blood vessels to the bloodstream | Lymphatic system |
The fluid that the lymphatic system collects and returns to the bloodstream. | Lymph |
A small knob of tissue in the lymphatic system that filters lymph. | Lymph nodes |
A condition in which an artery wall thickens as a result of the buildup of fatty materials | Atherosclerosis |
A waxy, fatlike substance, found only in animal products, That îs an important part of your bodys cells, ca-n build pulmonar artery walls. | Cholesterol |
A condition in which blood flow to a part of the heart Muscel îs blocked, which causes heart celule to die | Heart attack |
A disorder in which a persons blood pressure is consistently higher than normal | Hypertension |
Blood type A | Anti-B,,,,,,can have A and O |
Blood type B | Anti-A,,,,,,,, can have B and O |
Blood type AB | Can have all but can't give unless it's the same blood |
Blood type O | Anti-A, anti-B,,,,,,,,, can only have O |
Blood is made up of what four components | Plasma,red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets |
The body system that consists of the heart, blood vessels and blood and that carries need substances to cell and carries waste products away from cells | Cardiovascular system |
A hollow muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body | Heart |
Each of the two upper chambers of the heart that receives blood that comes into the heart | Atrium |
Ventricle | |
Valve | |
Pacemaker | |
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the narrow significantly | Arteries |
A tiny blood vessel where substances are exchanged between the blood and the body cells | Capillaries |
Veins | |
Two loops | |
The largest artery in the body | Aorta |
A push or a pull | Force |
2 arteries | |
An artery that supplies blood to the heart itself | Coronary arteries |
2 capillaries | |
The process by which molecules move from an area in which they are highly concentrated to an area in which they are less concentrated | Diffusion |
2 veins | |
Pressure | |
The pressure that is exerted by the blood against the walls of blood vessels | Blood pressure |
Sphygmomanometer |