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| The pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of blood vessels and heart chambers. |
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| A tube-like vessel that carries blood away from the heart. |
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| A small blood vessel with two thin walls. Nutrients, oxygen and water can diffuse through walls. |
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| A series of capillaries that have bound together. Veins contain valves; like the heart. |
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| One of the two heart chambers that pumps blood to the rest of the body |
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| One of the two heart chambers that functions in blood clotting. |
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| A cell fragment found in blood that functions in blood clotting |
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| A blood cell that protects the body against infection. |
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| The liquid part of blood. |
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| A protein found in red blood cells that binds to oxygen. |
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| An oxygen transporting cell of the blood |
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| The body system that moves blood throughout the body. |
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