Blood and Circulatory system Flashcards
(15 cards)
1
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Plasma
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Liquid part of blood
2
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Serum
A
Plasma with no clotting proteins
3
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Red blood cells
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Transport oxygen
4
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White blood cells
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Defend and fight against infection
5
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Platelets
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Cell fragments that clot blood
6
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Someone who has a disease that causes inability to clot blood
A
Haemophiliac
7
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Open circulatory system
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Blood leaves vessels and flows around cells before re-entering vessels again
8
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Closed circulatory system
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Blood remains in a continuous system of blood vessels
9
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Blood pressure
A
The force the blood exerts against the walls of a blood vessel
10
Q
valves
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Control the direction of blood flow
11
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Portal system
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A blood pathway that begins and ends in capillaries
12
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Diastole
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Heart chambers relax
13
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Systole
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Heart chambers contract
14
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Pulse
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The alternate expansion and contraction of the arteries
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