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Components Of The Circulatory System Flashcards

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Heart

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Pumps blood around the body.

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Veins

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Small, contain valves, carry blood around the body.

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Vessels

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Very small, Networks of hollow tubes, carry blood around the body

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Arteries

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Carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

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Capillaries

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Fine branching blood vessels, form networks between the arterioles and venules.

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Blood

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Red blood cells. White blood cells. Plasma and platelets

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Oxygen

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Needed to oxygenate blood they transferred by haemoglobin on red blood cells and to the body for energy

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