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Circulatory System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Veins | Carry blood back the the heart |
| Arteries | Carry blood away from the heart |
| Heart | Muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system |
| Atrium | Chamber of the heart that receives blood from veins and forces it into ventricle or ventricles |
| Ventricle | One of the two large chambers of the heart that collects expel blood received from an atrium |
| Aorta | Main artery that carry’s blood away from the heart to the rest of the body |
| Capillary | blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules |
| Red Blood Cell | contain a protein called hemoglobin, which carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body |
| White Blood | are the cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders |
| Hemoglobin | a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates |
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