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- 5. This system includes the heart, arteries, veins and capillaries is responsible for the circulation of blood
- 8. This is the general term for any vessel through which blood is circulated.
- 9. Thin-walled branching vessels that carry oxygen-depleted blood from the capillaries to the heart.
- 10. Thick-walled branching vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart through the body.
- 11. The colorless liquid produced as a by-product of plasma which filters the blood by removing toxins.
- 12. Small vessels that take nutrients and oxygen from the arteries to the cells and take waste from the cells to the veins.
- 14. These thrombocytes begin the process of coagulation when exposed to air or trauma in the skin tissue.
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- 1. Red corpuscles that carry oxygen and carry the protein hemoglobin.
- 2. The system that controls the circulation of blood and lymph through the body.
- 3. This protein attracts oxygen molecules through oxygenation
- 4. These white corpuscles help the body by fighting off bacteria and other foreign substances.
- 6. This system circulates lymph through lymph glands, lymph nodes and vessels
- 7. The fluid that circulates through the body, bringing nourishment and oxygen to all body parts and carries toxins wand waste to the liver and kidneys for elimination
- 13. Being about 90% water, this is the substance in which red and white blood cells and blood platelets are suspended.