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19 Cards in this Set
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The _____________ system consists of the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins for the circulation and distribution of blood throughout the body
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Blood-vascular
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The _____________ system aids the blood vascular system in the transportation of fluids
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Lymphatic-immune
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The heart is a muscular, conical organ about the size of a closed fist that keeps the blood moving within the circulatory system. The heart weighs approximately ___________ ounces and the normal heartbeat of an adult is __________ to _______ beats a minute
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The interior of the heart contains four chambers and four valves. The ________ chambers are the right atrium and left atrium and the _________ are the rights ventricle and the left ventricle. __________ allows the blood to flow in only one direction
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upper lower valve
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Blood vessels are tube-like structures that include _________, __________, and __________. They transport blood to and from the heart and to various body tissues
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Arteries, capillaries, veins
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_______________ are thick walled vessels that contain valves to prevent back flow. They carry deoxygenated blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
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Veins
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-------------- are minute, thin-walled blood vessels that connect smaller arteries with the veins
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Capillaries |
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__________ are thick walled, muscular, elastic tubes that carry pure blood from the heart to the capillaries.
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Arteries
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_______ circulation is the blood circulation that goes from the heart to the lungs to be purified, and returns to the heart
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Pulmonary
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_________ circulation is the blood circulation from the heart throughout the body and back again to the heart
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General
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The average adult has 8 to 10 _______ of blood
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pints
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__________ blood cells are produced in the bone marrow, and there function is to carry ________ to the blood cells
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red & oxygen
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____________ blood cells destroy disease-causing bacteria
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White
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_________ contribute to the blood clotting process that stops bleeding
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Platelets
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_______ is the fluid part of the blood in which blood cells platelets flow, and its main function is to carry food and secretions to the cells and to take CO2
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Plasma
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List a (few) chief functions of the blood.
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carry water, oxygen food, and secretions to body cells b) To carry carbon dioxide and waste products from the cells to be eliminated through the lungs, skin, kidney, and large intestine c) to help equalize body temperature d)To help protect the body from harmful bacteria and infection
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The (lymphatic-immune) system consists of lymph, -------- the thymus gland, spleen, and lymph vessels, and acts as an aid to the blood system
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lymph nodes
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Lymph is a colorless, watery fluid derived from --------------
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blood plasma
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List one chief functions of the lymphatic-immune system.
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to remove waste material from the body cells to the blood
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