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10 Cards in this Set
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Kill and fight pathogens
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White Blood Cells
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Blood lacks clotting factor, so platlets can't clot.
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Hemophilia
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Thick walls. Carry the blood under high pressures.
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arteries
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Is a condition where fatty deposits clog the artery walls.
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atherosclerosis
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Too many white blood cells are produced, but aren't mature. They use up the bone marrow, so other cells don't divide as much.
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Leukemia
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High blood pressure, causes heart attacks
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hypertension
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Contain hemoglobin to bond to oxygen and carbon dioxide.
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Red Blood Cells
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Kills helper T-cells, which tell the white blood cells to make antibodies. (Viruses are much more dangerous.)
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AIDS
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Contain valves. Return blood to the heart.
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vein
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Oxygen moves to cells, are one cell thick, cell wasted move to blood.
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capillary
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