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What does it transport? 7

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Heat, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, antibody, nutrients, waste

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Heat

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carried in blood, loose heat through skin

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Carbon dioxide

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picked from cells, drop off in lungs

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Hormones

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chemical messages, by glands, trans by blood

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antibody

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part of the immune system

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Nutrients

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picks up in digestive system

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Waste

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picked up from cells of body, dropped in liver, lungs, kidneys

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What is the main function of the heart

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to pump blood

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What is the main function of the cardiovascular system

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transportation

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What is a blood vessel

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closed system that carries blood around body

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Components

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red blood cells, white blood cells, thrombocytes, plasma

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plasma

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%55, liquid portion of blood

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thrombocytes

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%3, clots blood

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white blood cells

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%1 fight off infections

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red blood cells

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%41, oxygen transport

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oxygen

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picked up in lungs, dropped to the cells

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Arteries

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Away from heart, thick muscular, mostly oxygenated, where you feel your pulse

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capillaries

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from artery to veins, tiny one cell thick, both (De)oxygenated, site of gas nutrients waste exchange

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Veins

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Towards the heart, thinner than arteries, mostly deoxygenated, has one way valves.

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process of heart

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