cardiovascular system
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- 1. A type of blood cell that is made in the bone marrow and found in the blood and lymph tissue and helps your immune system.
- 6. The muscular tissue of the heart.
- 10. A large vein that carries blood to the heart from other areas of the body.
- 11. Each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right.
- 12. An anatomical cavity or passage.
- 14. The artery carrying blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.
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- 2. A type of blood cell that is made in the bone marrow and found in the blood.
- 3. The thin, smooth membrane which lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves.
- 4. A tube that has an internal diameter of hairlike thinness.
- 5. A vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- 7. The membrane enclosing the heart, consisting of an outer fibrous layer and an inner double layer of serous membrane.
- 8. Another term for platelet.
- 9. The main artery of the body
- 10. Any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
- 13. Any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.