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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pericardium | the membrane enclosing the heart, |
| veins | large blood vessel that carries blood from the rest of the body to the heart |
| capillaries | tiny blood vessel that transports blood between larger blood vessels and other tissues in the body |
| arteries | large blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
| oxygenated | to combine or mix oxygen |
| deoxygenated | remove oxygen from |
| agglutination | a reaction in which particles in liquid collect into clumps and response to a specific antibody |
| ventricles | large chamber in the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps blood to the rest of the body |
| atria | a chamber of the heart that receives blood from veins and forces its muscular contraction in a ventricle |
| septum | a partition separating two chambers ,such as that between the nostrils of chamber of the heart |
| valve | flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward onto a blood vessel or heart chamber |
| antibodies | protein produced by b cells that aids in the destruction of pathogens |
| pulse | a rhythmical throbbing of the arteries as blood and felt in the wrists or neck |
| plasma | clear yellowish fluid ,about 90 percent water that suspends cells in the blood |
| white blood cells | cell that attacks pathogens |
| red blood cells | cell that carries oxygen gas from the lungs to the rest of the body |
| vaccine | substance that stimulates as immune response ,producing acquired immunity illness or infection |
| immunity | the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells |
| cancer | common name for a class of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division |
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