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Term | Definition |
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Pericardium | the thin membrane that surrounds the heart |
Veins | large blood vessels that carry blood from the rest of the body to the heart |
Capillaries | tiny blood vessel that transports blood vessels and other tissues in the body |
Arteries | large blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
Oxygenated | supplied, treated, or enriched with oxygen |
Deoxygenated | to remove oxygen |
Agglutination | clumping of particles |
Ventricles | each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right |
Atria | A chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it by muscular contraction into a ventricle |
Septum | the cartilage in the nose that separates the nostrils |
Valves | flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward into a blood vessel or heart chamber |
Antibodies | proteins produced by B cells that aids in the destruction of pathogens |
Pulse | palpation of the heartbeat by your fingertips |
Plasma | liquid part of the cell |
Platelets | clots blood |
white blood cells | cell that attacks pathogens |
red blood cells | cell that carries oxygen gas |
Vaccine | substance that stimulates an immune response, producing acquired immunity without illness or infection |
Immunity | defenses to fight infection or disease |
cancer/leukemia | diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body |