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Week 7 Circulatory
Term | Definition |
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Circulatory System | The system that transports blood and other fluids throughout the body |
Heart | The muscular organ of an animal that pumps blood throughout the body |
Ventricle | A chamber in an organism’s heart that pumps blood out to the body |
Artery | A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
Vein | Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart |
White Blood Cells | A blood cell that helps fight germs and diseases |
Red Blood Cells | A blood cell that carries oxygen to other cells in the body |
Plasma | The liquid part of blood |
Platelets | A part of a cell that is found in blood that helps blood to clot on a wound |
Circulate | To move around |