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An open circuitry system

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An open circulatory system means blood leaves blood vessels and flows around the cells of the body before re-entering blood vessels again

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A closed circulatory system

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A closed circulatory system means blood remains in a continuous system of blood vessels

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Blood pressure

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Blood pressure is the force the blood exerts against the wall of a blood vessel

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Valves

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Valves control the direction of blood flow

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A portal system

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A portal system is a blood pathway that begins and ends in capillaries

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Diastole

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Diastole is when the heart chambers relax

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Systole

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Systole is when the heart chambers contract

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A pulse

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A pulse is the alternate expansion and contraction of the arteries

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Plasma

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Plasma is the liquid part of blood

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Serum

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Serum is plasma from which the clotting proteins have been removed

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