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Bio circulatory
EA Nabor 21.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| closed circulatory system | blood is enclosed at all times within vessels |
| What are two major blood vessels in a worm? | dorsal and ventral blood vessel |
| aortic arches | 5 tubelike pumps that function as a heart |
| capillaries | smallest blood vessels |
| aorta | segmented heart |
| open circulatory system | blood does not always move within vessels |
| atrium | thin walled chamber |
| ventricle | larger, more muscular, thicker-walled chamber |
| arteries | transport blood away from the heart |
| veins | transport blood back to the heart |