Immune System

Tiny blood vessels small enough that red blood cells must pass through them one at a time

• Veins

• Capillaries

• White Blood Cells

• Lymph

 Blood cells that carry oxygen out to the organs and tissues of the body

• Red Blood Cells

• White Blood Cells

• Arteries

• Platelets

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The liquid part of the blood

• White Blood Cells

• Lymph

• Red Blood Cells

• Plasma

Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

• Veins

• Lymph Nodes

• Arteries

• Platelets

Masses of tissue that filter out bacteria and other foreign matter

• Lymph Nodes

• Lymph

• Arteries

• Capillaries

Blood cells that fight disease

• Plasma

• Red Blood Cells

• White Blood Cells

• Platelets

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Blood cells that help stop bleeding by causing blood to clot

• Red Blood Cells

• Plasma

• Platelets

• White Blood Cells

A pale fluid that carries white blood cells through the lymphatic system

• Lymph

• Plasma

• Arteries

• Capillaries

Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart

• Platelets

• Arteries

• Capillaries

• Veins

When an artery leading to the brain becomes completely clogged, brain cells starve and die from lack of oxygen. What is this called?

• Stroke

• Heart attack

• Lung disease

• Scurvy