Apologia General Science Module 14 vocab
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| veins | blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart | ||||
| arteries | blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart | ||||
| capillaries | tiny, thin-walled blood vessels that allow the exchange of gases and nutrients between the blood and cells and are located between arteries and veins | ||||
| platelets | the smallest "cells" in your body, that are actually pieces of a kind of white blood cell. They aid in blood clotting. | ||||
| blood clotting | the process that keeps us from bleeding to death when we are cut | ||||
| antibodies | chemicals that are released into the blood to fight the pathogen | ||||
| respiratory system | the system that controls how we breathe | ||||
| diaphragm | the most important skeletal muscle | ||||
| hemoglobin | the protein in red blood cells that gives blood its red color |
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Created by:
holcomb
on 2009-03-09