The Circulatory System

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  1. 4. Vibration felt in arterial walls due to expansion of the aorta following ventricle contraction.
  2. 6. In humans, the major systemic artery that takes blood from the heart to the tissues.
  3. 7. Component of blood that is necessary to blood clotting.
  4. 9. cycle One complete cycle of systole and diastole for all heart chambers.
  5. 12. Chamber; particularly an upper chamber of the heart lying above a ventricle.
  6. 13. White blood cell with a granular cytoplasm; able to be stained with a basic dye.
  7. 15. Relaxation period of a heart chamber during the cardiac cycle.
  8. 16. Blood vessel that transports blood away from the heart.
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  1. 1. Contraction period of the heart during the cardiac cycle.
  2. 2. Muscular organ whose contraction causes blood to circulate in the body of an animal.
  3. 3. pressure Force of blood pushing against the inside wall of blood vessels.
  4. 5. Fluid, derived from tissue fluid, that is carried in lymphatic vessels.
  5. 8. Vessel that takes blood from an artery to capillaries.
  6. 10. Pectoris / Condition characterized by thoracic pain resulting from occluded coronary arteries; may precede a heart attack.
  7. 11. Protein produced in response to the presence of an antigen; each antibody combines with a specific antigen.
  8. 14. Blood vessel that arises from venules and transports blood toward the heart.