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Pericardium The membrane enclosing the heart, consisting of an outer fibrous layer and an inner double layer of serous membrane.
Veins Are the blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood from parts of our body back to the heart.
Capillaries Are the smallest of blood vessels. They serve to distribute oxygenated blood from arteries to the tissues of the body and to feed deoxygenated blood from the tissues back into the veins.
Arteries Are the blood vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the tissues of the body.
Oxygenated Supplied, treated, or enriched with oxygen.
Deoxygenated Remove oxygen from.
Agglutination A reaction in which particles (as red blood cells or bacteria) suspended in a liquid collect into clumps and which occurs especially as a serological response to a specific antibody.
ventricles Are large cavities—or chambers—and there are two of them.
Atria A chamber or cavity to which several chambers or passageways are connected. Either the right or the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle.
Septum A partition separating two chambers, such as that between the nostrils or the chambers of the heart.
Valves Control blood flow to and from the heart and that include the atrioventricular valves, the aortic valve, and the pulmonary valve.
antibodies 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.
pulse A rhythmical throbbing of the arteries as blood is propelled through them, typically as felt in the wrists or neck.
plasma The pale yellow liquid that forms 55% of human blood and contains the blood cells.
platelets Are tiny blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding.
white blood cells Are the cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.
red blood cells The blood cells that carry oxygen.
vaccine a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the dis
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/leukemia a malignant progressive disease in which the bone marrow and other blood-forming organs produce increased numbers of immature or abnormal leukocytes.
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