circulation
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- antibodies
- "police" of body, protect body from invaders
- ventricles
- chambers on the bottom half of the heart
- leukocytes
- blood cells which fight infection
- tricuspid valve
- connects right atrium & right ventricle
- erythrocytes
- red blood cells which carry oxygen in blood
- right ventricle
- 2nd chamber where oxygen depleted blood goes in heart - lower
- systole
- top number in blood pressure reading - pump of heart
- aorta
- chamber through which blood is pumped to body
- normal blood pressure
- 120/ 80
- bicuspid valve
- connects left atrium & left ventricle
- oxygen
- gas needed by cells to survive
- antigen
- invader organism
- anemia
- disorder related to red blood cells
- leukemia
- disorder related to white blood cells
- veins
- take blood toward the heart
- hemoglobin
- iron containing material which carries oxygen in blood
- right atrium
- 1st chamber oxygen depleted blood enters in the heart
- carbon dioxide
- waste product of body
- universal donor
- type O blood
- universal recipient
- type AB blood
- arteries
- take blood away from the heart
- hypertension blood pressure readings
- 140/ 90
- diastole
- bottom number of blood pressure reading - heart at rest
- left atrium
- 1st chamber oxygen-rich blood re-enters the heart
- capillaries
- tubes which connect arteries & veins
- hemophilia
- disorder related to platelets & bloods ability to clot
- thrombocytes
- platelets which help blood clot
- atria
- chambers on top half of the heart
- pulmonary artery
- takes blood out of heart to get oxygen in lungs
- left ventricle
- 2nd chamber where oxygen-rich blood goes in heart - lower