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| Blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart |
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| Blood vessels that carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart |
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| Tiny blood vessels that exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide at the cell level |
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| Upper two chambers of the heart muscle |
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| Lower two chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart |
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| The largest blood vessel, carries blood away from the heart to the body |
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| Liquid part of blood; yellow |
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| Carries oxygen to the cells of the body using hemoglobin |
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| Fight disease in the body |
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| Cells that help to clot blood in the case of injury |
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| The system that contains the heart, blood and blood vessels. |
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| A protein that holds oxygen on red blood cells |
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| Cells in the heart muscle that tell the heart to contract or beat. |
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| A protein that makes strands to help clot blood that repairs skin injuries |
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| Tissue that makes up the heart, striated. |
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| Flap of tissue in the heart and blood vessels that allow blood to flow only one direction |
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| The movement of oxygen from oxygen rich blood cells to cells that are oxygen poor. |
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