Term | Definition |
Pericardium | the membrane enclosing the heart, consisting of an outer fibrous layer and an inner double layer of serous membrane. |
Veins | any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart |
Capillaries | any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules. |
Arteries | any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body. |
Oxygenated | supply, treat, charge, or enrich with oxygen |
Deoxynated | remove oxygen from, no oxygen. |
Agglutination | Agglutination is the process that occurs if an antigen is mixed with its corresponding antibody called isoagglutinin. |
Ventricles | a hollow part or cavity in an organ, in particular. |
Atria | each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body; the left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein. |
Septum | partition separating two chambers, such as that between the nostrils or the chambers of the heart. |
Valves | a device for controlling the passage of fluid or air through a pipe, duct, etc., especially an automatic device allowing movement in one direction only. |
Antibodies | a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances that 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 colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended. |
Platelets | Platelets, also called thrombocytes, are a component of blood whose function is to stop bleeding by clumping and clotting blood vessel injuries. |
White blood cells | less technical term for leukocyte. Protects body from bacteria/virus |
Red blood cells | less technical term for erythrocyte. |
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, |
Immumnty | the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells. |
Cancer | the disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. |