Cardiovascular System

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  1. 4. the rhythmical throbbing of arteries produced by the regular contractions of the heart
  2. 5. rhythmic contraction of the heart by which blood is driven through the aorta and pulmonary artery after each dilation or diastole
  3. 7. organ that supplies blood and oxygen to all parts of the body
  4. 8. cardiovascular disease characterized by a sac-like widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall
  5. 9. transports oxygen to body cells and delivers carbon dioxide to lungs
  6. 10. a chamber of the heart, having thick muscular walls, that receives blood from the atrium and pumps it to the arteries
  7. 11. blood vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the tissues of the body
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  1. 1. period during the normal beating of the heart in which the chambers of the heart dilate and fill with blood
  2. 2. extremely small blood vessel located within the tissues of the body that transports blood from arteries to veins
  3. 3. blood vessels that carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart
  4. 6. act as one-way inlets for blood coming into a ventricle and one-way outlets for blood leaving a ventricle
  5. 7. abnormally high blood pressure