The Circulatory System

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Also referred to as the cardiovascular or vascular system, controls the circulation of the blood through the body by means of the heart and blood vessels.

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Circulatory System

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The system which consists of the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries for the distribution of blood throughout the body.

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Blood Vascular System

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Also called the lymphatic system, which acts as an aid to the blood system and consists of the lymph, lymphatics, lymph nodes and other structures.

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Lymph Vascular System

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A clear yellowish fluid that circulates in the lymphatics of the body. It carries waste and impurities away from the cells.

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Lymph

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Often referred to as the body's pump.

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Heart

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The heart is enclosed by a membrane called the

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Pericardium

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The interior of the heart contains how many chambers.

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4 (four)

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The upper thin walled chambers are called

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Left Atrium and right Atrium

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The lower thick walled chambers are called the

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Right and Left Ventricle

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___________ between the chambers allow the blood to flow in only one direction.

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Valves

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________ ________ sends the blood from the heart to the lumgs to be purified.

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Pulmonary Circulation

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General circulation also called _________ carries the blood from the heart throughout the body, and back to hte heart

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Systemic Circulation

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Thick walled, muscular, flexible tubes that carry oxygenaated blood away from the heart to the capillaries.

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Arteries

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The largest artery in the body is the __________

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Aorta

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Tiny, thin walled blood vessels that connect the smaller arteries to the veins.

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Capillaries

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Blood vessels that bring nutrients to the cells and carry away waste materials

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Capillaries

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Thin walled blood vessels that are less elastic than arteries. They contain cup-like valves that prevent backflow and carry blood containing waste from the capillaries back toward the heart for cleaning and to pick up oxygen

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Veins

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The nutritive fluid circulating through the circulatory system.

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Blood

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There are approximately 8 to 10 pints of this in the human body.

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Blood

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Blood is what percent water

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approximately 80%

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What color is blood that is rich with oxygen

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Red (in the arteries)

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What causes the blood to look blue in the body

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carbon dioxide
(low oxygen level in the blood) High carbon dioxide levels)

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What is composed of red and white cells, platelets, plasma, and hemoglobin.

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Blood

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What is produced in Red bone marrow.

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red blood cells

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It is a complex iron protein that binds to oxygen, which is the function of red blood cells, to carry oxygen to the body cells.

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Hemoglobin

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Also called white corpuscles or leukocytes, they perform the fuction of destroying disease causing microorganisms

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White Blood Cells

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Smaller than red blood cells, They contribute to the blood clotting process.

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Platelets

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The fluid part of the blood, in which the red and white blood cells and platelets flow.

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Plasma

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It is about 90 percent water and contains proteins and sugars

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Plasma

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Its main function is to carry food and other useful sbustances to the cells and to take carbon dioxide away from the cells

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Plasma