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| the pale-yellow liquid part of blood made mostly of water that contains nutrients |
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| a chemical that carries oxygen around in the body |
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| help blood clot when you cut yourself |
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| carry oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body |
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| a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
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| a blood vessel that carries blood to the heart |
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| the smallest type of blood vessel, where materials are exhanged between blood and body cells |
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| taking blood from one person and giving it to another person |
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| a protein in the blood the helps the body find and destroy materials that may be harmful |
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| a process getting and using oxgyen in the body |
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| a sheet of muscles below the chest that helps control breathing |
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| your windpipe: it moves the air between your throat and lungs |
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| the sticky stuff in your nose and throat that traps particles that you inhale such as dirt or germs |
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| the small hairs in your nose that keep little people of dust from getting into your lungs |
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| what the alveioli do: taking in oxygen and letting out the carbon dioxide |
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| getting oxygen into the body and using it |
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carbon dioxide
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| the gas that you breathe out |
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| the gas that you breathe in |
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| the artery that takes the blood from the lungs to the artery |
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| blood goes into the left chamber of the heart before it is pumped into the body |
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| the big artery that carries blood from the heart to the body |
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| caries the red blood with oxygen from the lungs back to the heart |
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| name the four chambers of the heart |
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-left atrium
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-left ventricle
-right ventricle |
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| name three things the book listed as ways you can strengthen your circulatory system |
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- exercise
- eat right
- regular medical check ups |
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What is the main purpose of the lymphatic system?
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| fighting germs by filtering them out in the lymph nodes |
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