The anatomical system consisting of the heart and blood vessels.
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what is a malfunction?
The inability to function normally within the body or organ
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what is plasma?
The fluid portion of the blood which substances are dissolved into eg. proteins , glucose and amino acids.
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what are
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Erthrocytes?
Red blood cells
They circulate oxygen through the body and remove carbon dioxide
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what are Leococtyes
White blood cells
All types are involved in body defenses produces antibodies
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what are platelets
Element in the blood that assists in blood clotting
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what are lipoproteins
A combination of fat and protein that transports lipids (fats) in the blood.
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what is Haeomoglobin?
The protein molecule in red blood cells that carriesoxygen from the lungs to the bodys tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs.
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what is oxyhaeomoglobin?
The oxygen loaded form of haemoglobin, the predominant protein in ed blood cells.
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what are hormones?
A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the activity of certain cells and organs.
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What is Endothermic?
A chemical reaction that is accompanied by the absorption of heat , or an organism that generates heat to maintain its temperature.
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what are enzymes?
Proteins that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction in a living organism.
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what is immune response
The body's response caused by its immune system being activated by antigens
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what are pathogens?
a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
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what are antigens?
A toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies
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what are antibodies?
Substances which a persons or an animals body produces in their blood in order to destroy substances which carry disease.
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what is a virus
A parasite which can infect living organisms and cause disease.
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what is coagulation?
The action or process of a liquid , especially blood changing to a solid or semi-solid state.
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what is fibrin?
A protein formed from Fibrinogen during the clotting of blood.
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what is a double circulatory system
This means we have two loops in our body in which blood circulates.
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what is myogenic?
Describes muscle tissue (heart muscle) that generates its own contractions.
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what is a pacemaker?
A device that delivers electrical impulses to the heart to regulate the heartbeat
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what is the atria?
upper chambers of the heart thgat recieves blood from the veins and forces in into a ventrido or ventricles
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what are ventricles?
Lower chambers of the heart
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what is tricuspid valve?
One of the four heart valves, the first one that blood encounters as it enters the heart.
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where is the bicuspid valve?
between left atrium and left ventricle
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what is the superior vena cava?
receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart
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what is the inferior vena cava
carries blood from lower regions of the body to right atrium
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what is the pulmomary artery?
Carries deoxygentated blood from the heart to the lungs
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what is the semi-lunar valve?
A valve in the heart linking the ventricles to the aorta and pulmonary artery
consisting of three cusps or flaps that prevent the flow of blood back into the heart.
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what do pulmonary veins do?
Deliver oxygen rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium
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what is the aorta?
The large arterial trunk that carries blood from the heart to be distributed by branch arteries through the body.
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what is a malfunction?
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The inability to function normally within the body or organ
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