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| A type of connective tissue with a fluid matrix called plasma in which blood cells are suspended. |
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| A set of tubes which the blood moves through the body. |
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| A muscular pump that uses metabolic energy to elevate hydrostatic pressure of the blood. Blood then flows down a pressure gradient through blood vessels that eventually return blood to the heart. |
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| The hydrostatic force that blood exerts against the wall of a vessel. |
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| A circulatory system in which fluid called hemolymph bathes the tissues and organs directly and there is no distinction between the circulating fluid and the interstitial fluid. |
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| In invertabrates with an open circulatory system, the body fluid that bathes tissues. |
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| Any of the spaces surrounding the organs and body in animals with open circulatory systems. |
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| Closed Circulatory System |
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| A circulatory system in which blood is confined to vessels and is kept separate from the interstitial fluid. |
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