Circulatory System and Blood

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Arteries

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Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

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Veins

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Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart

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Capillaries

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Microscopic vessel through which exchanges take place between the blood and cells of the body

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Functions of blood

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Transportation, temperature and hormone regulation, protection

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Components of blood

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Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets

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Hemoglobin

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Iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen for delivery to cells

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Heart

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A hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.

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Muscle that the heart is made of

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Cardiac muscle

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Plasma

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Liquid part of blood

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Platelets

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Blood clotting and damage repair agent in blood