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53 Cards in this Set
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Leukocyte
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a white blood cell
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Plasma
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the liquid part of blood
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Platelets
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stick together to form blood clots
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Aorta
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largest artery in the body; takes the oxgygen blood from heart to all parts of body
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Superior Vena Cava
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brings blood from top part of body to heart
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Inferior Vena Cava
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brings blood from bottom part of body to heart
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Valves
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keep the blood from going the opposite direction
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Coronary arteries
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the arteries that take oxygen to the heart itself
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Arteries
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blood vessels with oxygen going to all parts of body
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Veins
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blood vessels leading de-oxygenated blood back to the heart
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Pulmonary Artery
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blood going to the lungs to get oxygen
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Pulmonary Vein
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blood going back to the heart that has oxygen, which will soon be spread throughout the body
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4 chambers of the heart
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right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle
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4 blood types
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A, B, AB, O
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O-
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the universal donor
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AB
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the universal reciever
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Clotting
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the platelets; then the blood cells stick together
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Capillaries
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smallest type of blood vessels
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Hemoglobin
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the chemical on red blood cells that attracts oxygen
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Hemophiliac
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someone who's blood does not clot
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Leukemia
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cancer of the blood
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Anemia
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when there is no/little hemoglobin on the red blood cells so ur body doesn't get enough oxygen
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Systolic
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blood pressure when the heart is contracting, teh maximum pressure
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Diastolic
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the minimum pressure, when the heart is relaxing
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Saliva
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breaks down the food
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Peristalsis
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the action of the muscles in the esophogus pushing the food down
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Esophogus
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the tube the food goes down after it is chewed and swallowed; connects to the stomach
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Stomach
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churns and produces enzymes to break up the food even more
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Heartburn
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when acid from ur stomach gets up into the esophogus
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Enzymes
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chemicals that break down different types of proteins and such
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Bile
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green substance which is needed for digestion of food; also breaks down the food
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Liver
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has many jobs; cleans stuff like alchohal, stores energy, stores fat not needed, breaks down proteins
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Gall Bladder
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stores the bile
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Pancreas
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breaks down carbohydrates; breaks down fat
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Small intestines
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take out the proteins and vitamins, the stuff useful for the body
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Large intestines
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take out the excess water or H2O
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Villi
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they are in the small intestines; suck out all the proteins and stuff useful for the body
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Stomach acids
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2nd major breaking down down by these
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chyme
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what the digested food is after exiting the stomach and going into the small intestines
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Diarrhea
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when the large intestines don't take out enough water so the waste is "gloppy"
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Nephrons
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purifies and filters the blood;
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Ureter
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tuve that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder
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Kidneys
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filters waste from the blood and urine to become urine
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Urethra
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a tube that connects the bladder to the outside of the body
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Bladder
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hollow, muscular organ that collects and hold the urine until it comes out
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Renal
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having to do with teh kidneys
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Tendons
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connects the muscle to the bone
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Ligaments
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fibrous tissue; connects bones or two different parts of one bone
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Smooth
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found in walls of organs; contracts manually and withought concious thought
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Striated
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a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone; moves parts of the skeleton
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Cardiac
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having to do with the heart
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Voluntary
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a muscle that you have to contract yourself
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Involuntary
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a muscle that contracts by itself and without thought by you
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