Everything in this flashcard set.
- circulation
- Movement through a ___
- heart
- Organ that pumps blood around the body
- blood vessels
- A ___ in which ___ circulates (plural)
- oxygen
- Gas in the air that we need to breathe
- nutrients
- Any substance that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis (plural)
- infection
- The invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead
- plasma
- A fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion
- redbloodcells
- A mature ___ ___ that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues (plural)
- erythrocytes
- A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues (plural)
- lymphocytes
- An agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but (plural)
- antibodies
- Any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to (plural)
- platelets
- Tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood (plural)
- capillaries
- Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules (plural)
- arteries
- A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body (plural)
- Aorta
- The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- brachial
- Of or relating to an arm
- radial
- Pneumatic tire that has ___-ply casing
- veins
- A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (plural)
- oxygenated
- To impregnate, combine, or supply with ___
- systole
- The contraction of the chambers of the heart to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
