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Ch.3 Circulation

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The cardiovascular system is also known as the   circulatory system  
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the cardiovascular system consists of   the heart, blood vessels, and blood.  
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The cardiovascular system does what?   carries needed substances to cells and carries waste products away from cells  
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the heart is a ... muscle that pumps ... throughout the ...   hollow, blood, body  
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the right side of your heart is completely seperated by the left side by a wall of tissue called the ...   septum  
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Each side of the heart contains ... compartments or chambers. An ... chamber and a ... chamber   2, upper, lower  
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the 2 upper chambers are called ...   atriums  
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the 2 lower chambers are called...   ventricles  
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a ... is a flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward   valve  
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... are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart   arteries  
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blood flows into tiny, narrow vessels called...   capillaries  
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in capillaries, substances are exchanged between the ... and ... cells   blood, body  
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blood that vessels carry back to the heart is called...   veins  
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in the ... loop, blood travels from the heart to the lungs and then back to the heart.   first  
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in the ... loop, blood is puped from the heart throughout the body and then returns again to the heart.   second  
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what is the largest artery in the body?   aorta  
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when blood exerts a force against the walls of blood vessels its called?   blood pressure  
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blood pressure is caused by...   the force with which the ventricles contract  
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the farther away from the ventricle the blood moves, the ... its force is   lower  
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how can you measure blood pressure?   with an sphygmomanometer  
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blood pressure is expressed in ... of ...   millimeters, mercury  
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blood pressure is recorded in .. numbers   two  
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... pressure over .... pressure (its a fraction)   contraction, relaxation  
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blood is made of 4 components:   plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets  
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... is the liquid part of the blood   plasma  
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... .... cells take up oxygen in the lungs and deliver it to cells elsewhere in the body   red blood cells  
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a red blood cell is made mostly of ...   hemoglobin  
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hemoglobin is   an iron containing protein that binds chemically to oxygen molecules  
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........... fight diseases   white blood cells  
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name 3 things about what is different between white and red blood cells   there is fewer white cells than red, white cells are larger than red, whiite blood cells live longer than red  
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... are fragments that play an important part in forming blood clots   platelts  
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The Rh factor is determined by the marker on the red blood cell. if ur marker is Rh positive u have the marker, if ur Rh negative, you lack the marker    
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after bathing ur cells, the fluid is moved into ur drainaged system called the   lymphatic system  
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the lymphatic system is a   is a network of veinlike vessels that returns the fluid to the bloodstream  
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once the fluid is inside the lymphatic system, it is called a   lymph  
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lymph contains   water and glucose and some white blood cells  
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as lymph flows thro the system, it passes through a small knob of tissue called   lymph nodes  
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the lymph nodes filter ... , trapping ... in the fluid   lymph, bacteria  
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when the body is fighting an infection, the lymph nodes ...   enlarge or swell  
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