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- 6. A pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by physical or chemical means.
- 10. This branch of the aorta has branches that surround each of the organs in the abdomen.
- 11. A fatlike substance found in all cells of the body.
- 12. The blood vessel that carries the blood directly from the heart.
- 15. The thin yellow fluid part of blood.
- 16. The leading cause of death throughout the world.
- 17. It is important to take this antigen into consideration when doing a blood transfusion as it can result in blood clumping and illness or death.
- 21. The upper chambers of the heart.
- 23. A sheet of muscle that separates the left and right side of the heart.
- 24. A group of cells organized into a unit in the body.
- 26. The basic unit of structure of all living things and the smallest unit to. arry out life processes.
- 27. A protein that does not dissovle in water that your skin cells are largely formed of.
- 30. Blood pressure that is too high.
- 31. Organized groups of tissues and organs.
- 33. The protein in red blood cells that attaches to oxygen.
- 35. Cell fragments that clump together at the site of awound to help form a blood clot.
- 38. Moelcules on the surface of red blood cells that determine blood type.
- 39. The circulation of blood between the heart and lungs.
- 42. These have a distinct structure and are made of two or more tissues that work together to perform a specific job.
- 44. Combinations of elements that are found in living things.
- 46. This is your bodies natural response to an infection and it is made up of many dead white blood cells.
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- 1. Another name for the cardiovascular system.
- 2. This system is made of vessels and organs that transport materials to and from the body cells.
- 3. This work comes from the Greek word for lungs.
- 4. This word comes from latin for vessel.
- 5. The lower chambers of the heart.
- 7. The higher number of a blood pressure reading, this indicates the pressure in the blood vessels just after the heart beats.
- 8. The circulation of blood between the heare tand the rest of the body.
- 9. In the lungs, blood gives up this.
- 13. The pressure that eases up between heartbeats resulting in the lower number on a blood pressure reading.
- 14. The tiniest blood vessels.
- 16. This creates blood pressure with thte heart and blood vessels.
- 18. In the lungs, blood picks up this.
- 19. The smallest particle an element can be divided into and remain the same substance.
- 20. Your heart is between your lungs and about the size of your closed ____.
- 22. The hardening of the arteries.
- 25. Most of the floating particles in plasma are these.
- 28. This organ is where toxins from digestive system are chemically changed, made water soluble, and sent to the kidneys to be excreted.
- 29. A cancer in which abnormal white blood cells are produced.
- 32. The heart has these that prevent blood from flowing in the wrong direction.
- 34. Vessels that take blood from the body to the heart.
- 36. Blood's thickness.
- 37. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the body.
- 40. Cells die without these.
- 41. A particle consisting of 2 or more atoms chemically joined together.
- 43. Lack of hemoglobin in the blood.
- 45. This word comes from Greek for heart.