Circulatory system Flashcards
1
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Carry oxygen nutrients and wastes
A
red blood cells
2
Q
Fight diseases and protect body from innfection
A
white blood cells
3
Q
gather at sight of injury, help the clotting process
A
Platelets
4
Q
straw coloured liquid where other components float in
A
plasma
5
Q
Thickest wall of all, allowing to withstand high pressure created by the heart
A
Artery
6
Q
Thinnest wall, allows substances to pass through its wall, in or out of blood vessels
A
Capillary
7
Q
Blood moves through with low pressure, blood only goes one way due to special valve
A
Vein
8
Q
takes in blood carrying carbon dioxide
A
right atrium
9
Q
blood is squeezed into … and taken to lungs
A
right ventricle
10
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