Science 7 Vocab Flashcard: Circulatory System

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Tissue that delivers oxygen and nutrients to body cells and removes waste.

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blood

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System that transports blood and fluids in the body

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circulatory system

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Muscular organ that pumps blood in animals.

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heart

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Chamber of the heart with thick walls that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it into arteries.

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ventricle

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Chamber of the heart that receives blood from veins and pumps it to ventricles.

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atrium

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Large artery bringing blood from heart to lungs

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pulmonary artery

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Major artery transporting blood from heart to body

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aorta

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Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart

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artery

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Blood vessel moving blood to the heart

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vein

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Small blood vessel transporting nutrients and gases between blood and tissues.

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capillary