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Direction of blood flow in heart

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Inferior vena cava
Right atrium
Right ventricle
Pulmonary arteries
Lung
Pulmonary veins
Left atrium
Left ventricle
Aorta

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Valves in heart

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Atriovertricular valve (atrium)
Semi-lunar (ventricle)

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Red cells

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Contains hemoglobins with iron. That combined with oxygen and carries it around

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White cells

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Help fight disease

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Platelets

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Causes blood clotting

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Plasma

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The liquid component of the blood

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What does blood need

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Oxygen sugar and minerals

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What does blood carry

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Waste products like carbon dioxide and urine

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Archeries

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Away from the heart, thick muscular walls

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Veins

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Returning to the heart(blood) thinner walls, wider diameter, valves to percent back flow

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Capillaries

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Branch blood vessels that connect arteries to veins. One cell thick.

Dissolve food, waste products, and gasses pass freely through the walls. White blood cells leave the blood streamed through openings in the capillaries

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Fibrinogen

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Is necessary for blood clotting

When there is a cut, fibrogen will cover it since it has a thread like shape

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Serum albumin

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It is necessary to the normal blood tissue relationship during absorption

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Serum globulin

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Gives rise to the antibodies that make you immune to various diseases

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Prothrombin

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As produced in the liver in the presence of vitamin K. functions during clotting.

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Why are inorganic minerals needed in blood

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In organic, minerals are necessary for your blood and the normal function of your body tissues period. Without it, your body would not clott in a wound

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Three solid components of blood

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Red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets

18
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What are hemoglobins

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Mgloms are complex proteins containing iron. This iron combines with oxygen, carries it to where it’s needed, and is then released. Then carbon dioxide is Combined with the iron and transported to the lungs

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Difference between white blood cells and red

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White blood cells have nucul
No hemoglobin
Capable of amab movement
There are fewer white blood cells than red

20
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How does the heart function

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The atrium contracts blood into the ventricle period the ventricle, then contracts blood out of the heart

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