Cardiovascular System Vocabulary

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  1. 4. Tiny blood vessels that connects arterioles and venules and allowed for exchange of nutrients between the blood and body cells
  2. 6. Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
  3. 8. Irregular or abormal rhythm, usually refering to the heart rhythm
  4. 10. Carries blood to the myocardium of the heart.
  5. 12. Blood vessels that carries blood away from the heart
  6. 13. Fliud that circulates through the vessels in the body to carry substances to all body parts
  7. 14. Largest arteris in the body; carries blood away from the heart
  8. 15. Something that carries blood throughout the body
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  1. 1. Distributes oxygenated blood from the heart to tissues
  2. 2. Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels
  3. 3. Pushes blood to the lungs to recieve oxygen, and then distributes it
  4. 5. blood that hasn't recieved oxygen
  5. 7. The iron-containing protein of the red blood cells serves to carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues
  6. 9. a muscular hollow organ that pumps blood throughout the body
  7. 11. Sends blood to the pulmonary artery to receive oxygen