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KS3 Circulation
| answer | question |
|---|---|
| heart | muscular pump pushes blood around the body |
| capillary | the smallest blood vessels in the body |
| vein | blood vessels taking blood from organs to the heart |
| plasma | liquid part of the blood |
| left ventricle | chamber of the heart which sends blood to body organs |
| atrium | blood returning to the heart enters this chamber |
| valve | prevents backflow of blood in the heart |
| artery | blood vessel taking blood from the heart to organs |
| cardiac muscle | the heart is made of this |
| blood | fluid carrying oxygen and nutrients to cells |
| deoxygenated blood | blood without oxygen |
| right ventricle | chamber of the heart which sends blood to the lungs |
| coronary artery | blood vessel taking blood the the heart muscle itself |
| thrombosis | a blood clot inside a blood vessel |