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Definition
Pericardium   The outer layer in contact with surrounding organs  
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Veins   They return the deoxygenated blood back to the heart after the arteries carry blood out.  
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Capillaries   A network throughout the body for the exchange of oxygen, metabolic waste products, and carbon dioxide between blood and tissue cells.  
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Arteries   A vessel that carries blood high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body.  
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Oxygenated   Oxygen that has been added to blood.  
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Deoxygenated   Oxygen that has been removed from blood.  
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Ventricals   A chamber of the heart that receives blood from one or more atria and pumps it by muscular contraction into the arteries.  
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Agglutination   The clumping of cells such as bacteria or red blood cells in the presence of an antibody or complement.  
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Atria   The thin-walled chambers of the heart that pump blood into the ventricles.  
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Septum   A wall dividing a cavity or structure into smaller ones.  
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Valves   Prevents the back flow of blood through its cusps or flaps of tissues  
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Antibodies   Any of the numerous Y-shaped gamma globulin proteins found in the blood or lymph, and produced by B cells as an immune defense against foreign antigens.  
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Pulse   A rhythmic beating in the arteries caused by the beating of the heart.  
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Plasma   Fluid through which cellular components of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid are suspended.  
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Platletets   An irregular, disc-shaped element in the blood that assists in blood clotting.  
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White Blood Cells   Help protect the body from infection and disease.  
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Red Blood Cells   Contains hemoglobin, lacks a nucleus, and transports oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues.  
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Vaccine   A biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease.  
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Immunity   The balanced state of multicellular organisms having adequate biological defenses to fight infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, while having adequate tolerance to avoid allergy, and autoimmune diseases.  
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Cancer   A term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues.  
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