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Pulmonary arteries

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Carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs.

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Semilnuar Valves

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Prevent blood running back into the ventricles when pressure falls during relaxation

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Vena Cava

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the main vein of the body; returns deoxygenated blood from the head and lower body to the right atrium

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right atrium

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receives deoxygenated blood from the vena cava . The pacemaker is found in the wall of the right atrium

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tricuspid valve

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prevent blood flowing back frim ventricle to atrium during contraction

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Carotid artery

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Carries oxygenated blood to the head, particularly to the brain

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Pulmonary vein

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Vessel that carries oxygenated blood. It has the highest oxygen and lowest carbon dioxide concentration in the circulation

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Aorta

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The main artery of the body supplies oxygenated blood at high pressure , to the organs at high pressure , to the organs and tissues of the body

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Hepatic artery

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Carries oxygenated blood to liver

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Renal artery

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Carries blood containing variable amounts of the absorbed products of digestion from the digestive system of digestion

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Capillaries

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Link arteries and veins
Prevent in all organs and tissues and are the site of exchange of materials between blood and tissue fluid
One cell thick

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Why small organisms have different system as large organisms such as humans

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Large complex organisms, such as humans have a small surface are in relation to their relatively large volume

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