CS General Terms Flashcards

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Arteries

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Blood vessels that carry blood away from heart

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Blood Vessels

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Closed system of tubes that conducts blood throughout body; consists of arteries, veins, and capillaries

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Capillaries

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Smallest blood or lymphatic vessels; blood capillaries are very thin to allow gas, nutrient, and waste exchange between blood and tissues; lymph capillaries collect lymph fluid from tissues and carry it to larger lymph vessels

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Carbon Dioxide

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Waste product of cellular energy production; is removed from cells by blood and eliminated from body by lungs

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Circulatory System

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System that transports blood to all areas of body; organs of circulatory system include heart and blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries); also called ‘cardiovascular system.’

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6
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Deoxygenated

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Blood in veins that is low in oxygen content

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Heart

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Organ of cardiovascular system that contracts to pump blood through blood vessels

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Oxygen

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Gaseous element absorbed by blood from air sacs in lungs; necessary for cells to make energy

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Oxygenated

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Term for blood with a high oxygen level

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10
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Pulmonary Circulation

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Transports deoxygenated blood from right side of heart to lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged; then it carries oxygenated blood back to left side of heart

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Systemic Circulation

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Transports oxygenated blood from left side of heart to cells of body and then back to right side of heart

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Veins

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Blood vessels of cardiovascular system that carry blood toward heart

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13
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Apex

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The tip of the heart at the lower edge

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14
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Cardiac Muscle

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Involuntary muscle found in heart

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