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11 Cards in this Set
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The only liquid tissue. This tissue carries oxygen and nutrients around your body and eliminates waste from your body.
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Blood
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The liquid part of your blood that carries the nutrients, waste, and hormones. This is also the substance that maintains the proper blood pressure needed in our body.
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plasma
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The thickened blood that forms at an injury or cut to stop any bleeding.
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clot
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The colorless cells that protect the body from harmful agents.
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White blood cells
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The part of blood that makes it red. It’s main function is to carry oxygen to the body’s cells.
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Red blood cells
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The fragments of cells that collect at the site of an injury that build to form a “plug”.
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platelets
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The muscle that pumps blood around our body.
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heart
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The tubes through which blood is transported.
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Blood vessels
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These carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to tall the body cells.
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arteries
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These carry oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart.
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veins
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These are the smallest arteries and they carry oxygenated blood into contact with body tissues.
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capillaries
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