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cardiovascular syste

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lymphatic vessels   fight infections and pick up debris  
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lymph nodes   where virus/ bacteria is broken down  
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pulmonary circulation   blood moves from right side of heart to lungs  
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systemic circulation   blood moves from left side of heart to body  
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apex   tip of heart where blood vessels meet  
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Ateries   carry oxygenated blood, nutrients, and hormones  
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veins   carry deoxygenated blood, and waste to heart  
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capillaries   smallest blood vessels. connect arteries to veins. where gas exchange happens  
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septum   separates right of heart from left of heart  
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left of heart   has oxygenated blood  
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right of heart   has deoxygenated blood  
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atriums   have less muscle mass. smaller than ventricles  
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ventricles   more muscle mass than atriums  
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one way valves   separate atriums from ventricles  
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tricuspid valve   valve on right of heart  
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mitral valve   valve on left of heart  
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cholesterol   can form plaque that might block arteries and kill the tissue  
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venacava   largest vein in body. before right atrium  
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right atrium   after venacava, before tricuspid valve  
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tricuspid valve   after right atrium, before right ventricle  
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right ventricle   after tricuspid valve, before pulmonary artery  
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pulmonary artery   after right ventricle, before lung  
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lung   after pulmonary artery, before alveoli  
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alveoli   look like grapes. gas exchange. oxygenate blood. after lung, before pulmonary vein  
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pulmonary vein   only vein that carries oxygenated blood. after alveoli, before left atrium  
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left atrium   after pulmonary vein, before mitral valve  
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mitral valve   after left atrium, before left ventricle  
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left ventricle   largest chamber in the heart. after mitral valve, before aorta  
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aorta   largest vessel. after left ventricle, before arteries  
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arteries   after aorta, before arterioles  
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arterioles   after arteries, before capilaries  
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capillaries   gas exchange. deoxygenates blood. after arterioles, before venules  
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venules   smallest veins. after capillaries, before veins  
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veins   after venules, before going back to venacava  
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lymphatic vessels   fight infections and pick up debris  
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lymph nodes   where virus/ bacteria is broken down  
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pilminary circulation   blood moves from right side of heart to lungs  
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systemic circulation   blood moves from left side of heart to body  
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apex   tip of heart where blood vessels meet  
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Ateries   carry oxygenated blood, nutrients, and hormones  
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veins   carry deoxygenated blood, and waste to heart  
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capillaries   smallest blood vessels. connect arteries to veins. where gas exchange happens  
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septum   separates right of heart from left of heart  
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left of heart   left of heart  
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right of heart   has deoxygenated blood  
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atriums   have less muscle mass. smaller than ventricles  
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ventricles   more muscle mass than atriums  
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one way valves   separate atriums from ventricles  
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tricuspid valve   valve on right of heart  
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mitral valve   valve on left of heart  
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