The Circulatory System

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  1. 3. Fragment of bone marrow cells that circulate in the blood and help with plotting
  2. 4. A circulatory system in which the vessels are open-ended and the fluid bathes the organs and tissues, blood and interstitial fluid are the same
  3. 5. The contraction stage of the heart when the heart chambers actively pump blood
  4. 6. Conveys blood between arterioles and venules, allows the exchange of nutrients and dissolved gases between blood and interstitial fluid
  5. 10. The alternating contractions and relaxations of the heart
  6. 11. A plasma protein that is activated to form a blood clot
  7. 13. Large artery that conveys blood from the left ventricle to other arteries
  8. 14. Cell that can make a copy of itself and a specialized cell
  9. 17. A network of capillaries in a tissue or organ
  10. 19. The branch of the circulatory system that supplies the lungs
  11. 20. A vessel that returns blood to the heart
  12. 23. Connective tissue with a fluid matrix called plasma where red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended
  13. 24. Damage to heart that results in not enough blood being pumped to the body
  14. 26. Low levels of hemoglobin or red blood cells cause not enough oxygen to get to the body
  15. 28. A vessel that conveys blood between a capillary bed and a vein
  16. 29. Blood cell which carries hemoglobin which transports oxygen; also known as erythrocytes
  17. 31. The pacemaker of the heart,located in the wall of the right atrium, sets the rate and timing of when all cardiac muscle cells are set to contract
  18. 32. Rythmic stretching of the arteries caused by pressure of blood during the contractions of the ventricles in systole
  19. 36. Cardiovascular disease where fatty deposits called plaques develop in arteries, narrowing the artery
  20. 37. A white blood cell that engulfs bacteria, foreign proteins, or the remains of dead body cells
  21. 38. Becomes the threads that form the fabric of a blood clot, the activated form of fibrinogen
  22. 40. Vessel that conveys blood between an artery and the capillary bed
  23. 41. Disorders of the heart and blood vessels
  24. 42. Vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the body
  25. 43. Muscular pump that propels blood through vessels
  26. 44. A disorder in which blood pressure is abnormally high
  27. 45. A closed circulatory system with a heart and a branching network of arteries, veins, and capillaries
  28. 46. Blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to the lungs
  29. 47. Part of the circulatory system that brings oxygenated blood to the body and conveys deoxygenated blood away from it back to the heart
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  1. 1. Blood is confined to the vessels and is separate from interstitial fluid
  2. 2. Heart chamber that pumps blood out of the heart
  3. 7. Stage of the heart cycle in which the heart is relaxed allowing it to fill with blood
  4. 8. The volume of blood pumped per minute by each ventricle of the heart
  5. 9. Cancer of the bone marrow which causes too many leukocytes to be produced
  6. 12. Conveys blood from the lungs to the heart
  7. 15. Organ system that transports materials such as nutrients, oxygen, and hormones to the cells and transports carbon dioxide and other wastes from the cells
  8. 16. Circulatory with a single pump and circuit; where blood passes from the sites of gas exchange to the rest of the body before returning to the heart
  9. 18. Heart chamber that receives blood from the veins
  10. 19. Rings of smooth muscle that regulate the flow of blood into capillary beds
  11. 21. Circulatory system that has a pulmonary and systemic circulation where the blood returns to the heart after each circuit, this allows good blood flow to everywhere in the body
  12. 22. Large vein that returns blood to the heart from the lower part of the body
  13. 25. Delays electrical impulses by 0.1 seconds before spreading them to both ventricles causing them to contract
  14. 27. A blood cell that functions in fighting infections; also called a leukocyte
  15. 30. Hormone that goes to tissues that don't recieve enough oxygen, it stimulates the production of erythrocytes
  16. 31. Large vein that returns oxygen-poor blood to the heart from the upper part of the body and head
  17. 33. The force that exerts against the walls of blood vessels
  18. 34. Frequency of heart contraction
  19. 35. A liquid matrix of the blood in which blood cells are suspended
  20. 39. Death of nervous tissue in the brain; usually the result of a ruptured or blocked artery in the head