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vocabulary transport
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alveoli | any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gaseous exchange |
| Nephron (s) | each of the functional units in the kidney, consisting of a glomerulus and its associated tubule, through which the glomerular filtrate passes before emerging as urine. |
| Deoxygenated- | oxygen has been removed. |
| Oxygenated- | is carrying more of oxygen to deliver to body tissues while deoxygenated blood is carrying more of carbondioxide to be expelled from body. |
| Valves | a device for controlling the passage of fluid or air through a pipe, duct, etc., especially an automatic device allowing movement in one direction only. |
| Septum | a partition separating two chambers, such as that between the nostrils or the chambers of the heart. |
| Artery- | any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body. |
| Vein(s)- | any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart. |
| Capillary | any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules. |
| Ventricle(s) | a hollow part or cavity in an organ. |
| Atrium (atria) | each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body; the left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein. |
| Pulse | a rhythmical throbbing of the arteries as blood is propelled through them, typically as felt in the wrists or neck. |
| Lymphocyte(s) | a form of small leukocyte (white blood cell) with a single round nucleus, occurring especially in the lymphatic system. |
| Antibody | a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances which the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood. |
| Plasma | the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended. |
| Immunity (passive/active) | the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells. |
| Platelets | a small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting. |
| Antigen | a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies. |
| Agglutination- | is the clumping of particles. |
| Pathogen | cause disease. bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can |
| Vena cava | a large vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart. |
| Aorta- | the main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system. |
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