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16 Cards in this Set
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The fluid portion of blood. Straw colored and makes up about 55% of the total volume of blood.
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Plasma
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Round, disk-shaped cells in blood. Carry oxygen to body cells and make up 44% of total volume of your blood.
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Red blood cells
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Iron-containing protein molecule.
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hemoglobin
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Play a major role in protecting your body from foreign substances and from microscopic organisms that cause disease.
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White blood cells
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Small cell fragments which help blood clot after an injury
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platelets
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Substances that stimulate an immune response in the body
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Antigens
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Blood plasma contains proteins called_____ that are shaped to correspond with the different blood surface antigens
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Antibodies
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Large, thick-walled, muscular, elastic blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
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Arteries
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Microscopic blood vessels with walls that are only one cell thick.
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Cappillaries
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The large blood vessels that carry blood from the tissues back toward the heart
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veins
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Two upper chambers of the heart
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Atria
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Two lower chambers of the heart
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Ventricles
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The right atrium receives oxyen-poor blood from the head and body through two large veins called the
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Venae Cavae
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Largest blood vessel in the body
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Aorta
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Surge of blood through an artery
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pulse
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The force that the blood exerts on the blood vessels
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Blood pressure
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