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transports materials to and from your cells.
(cardio-heart)
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| connective tissue made up of two types of cells, cell parts, and plasma. |
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| blood vessels thatdirect blood away from the heart. |
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| smallest blood vessels in your body. |
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| blood vessels that direct the blood back to the heart |
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| circulation of blood between heart and lungs. |
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| circulation between heart and rest of body. |
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| force exerted by blood on the inside walls of a blood vessel |
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| collects excess fluid and returns it to body's system |
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| fluid and particles absorbed into lymph capillaries |
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| small, bean-shaped organs where particles, such as pathogens or dead cells, are removed from the lymph. |
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| filters blood and releases WBCs |
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| small masses of soft tissue located at the back of the nasal cavity, on the inside of the throat, and at the back of the tongue. |
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| the entire process by which a body obtains and uses oxygen and gets rid of cabon dioxide and water |
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| consists of lungs, throat, and passageways that lead to the lungs. |
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| the upper portion of the throat |
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| the area of the throat that contains the vocal cords |
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| the trachea is the passageway for air traveling from the larynx to the lungs. |
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| the two tubes that connect the lungs to the trachea. |
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| tiny sacs that form the bronciole branches of the lungs. |
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