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| the body system made up of the heart, blood vessels and blood |
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| blood vessels that take blood away from the heart to capillaries |
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| blood vessels that take blood from capillaries back to the heart |
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| network of small blood vessels connecting arteries and veins |
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| blood vessels where oxygen, glucose and carbon dioxide are exchanged between blood and body cells |
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| main vein, takes blood to the right atrium |
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| main artery, takes blood from the left ventricle |
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| top two chambers in the heart |
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| bottom two chambers in the heart |
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| prevent back flow of blood in the heart |
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| artery that takes blood from the right ventricle to the lungs |
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| vein that takes blood from the lungs to the left atrium |
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| type of blood in the right side of the heart |
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| type of blood in the left side of the heart |
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| calculation that involves finding a factor common to both values and dividing them by the common factor |
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| airways that branch off from the trachea and take air to each lung |
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| tiny airways that branch off the bronchi |
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| Microscopic air sacs at the end of the bronchioles. Site of gas exchange in the lungs |
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| Process that moves oxygen from the air to the blood and carbon dioxide from the blood to the air in the alveoli |
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| maintenance of a constant internal environment by the body |
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| Control of body temperature so that it stays at a set point |
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| Part of the brain where the thermoreceptors are |
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| Signals sent from the hypothalamus to regulate body temperature |
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| Simple sugar needed by all cells for respiration |
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| Organ that has receptor cells for blood glucose levels and cells that can release insulin and glucagon |
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| Organ that has the main store of glycogen |
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| A chemical messenger that travels in the blood |
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| Hormone, released by the pancreas; causes the liver to convert glucose to glycogen |
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| Hormone, released by the pancreas; causes the liver to convert glycogen to glucose |
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