Cardiovascular organs
Lymphatic organs
Respiratory organs
Blood
Diseases
100
the blood vessel with thin walls that oxygen and carbon dioxide pass through to and from the cells.
What is a capillary?
100
organ that monitors red blood cells and destroys damaged ones.
What is the spleen?
100
The tiny air sacs in the lungs that exchange gas with the blood
What are alveoli?
100
the liquid part of blood
What is plasma?
100
a condition caused by blockage of the coronary arteries so that blood can not reach the heart tissue
What is a heart attack?
200
structures within the heart and veins that prevent blood from flowing backwards
What are valves?
200
gland in which T-cells mature
What is the thymus?
200
the "windpipe '
What is the trachea?
200
cells in the blood that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide
What are red blood cells?
200
a common disease that causes the breathing passages to constrict, making breathing difficult
What is asthma?
300
blood vessels surrounded by smooth muscle that can push blood around the body.
What are arteries?
300
small organs containing white blood cells that can swell up when you are sick
What are lymph nodes?
300
the air tube that branches into two tubes to enter the lungs
What are the bronchi?
300
the protein inside the red blood cells that actually binds to the oxygen
What is hemoglobin?
300
a lung disease, often caused by smoking, that causes the alveoli to deteriorate.
What is emphysema?
400
the chamber of the heart that pumps the blood to the body
What is the left ventricle?
400
fluid that leaks from capillaries and is returned to the blood through the lymphatic vessels
What is lymph?
400
muscle that separates the lungs from the abdomen which contracts to expand the chest cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
400
cells that fight pathogens
What are white blood cells?
400
disease in which the heart is too weak to pump enough blood to the body
What is heart failure?
500
chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the body
What is the right atrium?
500
organ in the back of the throat that helps fight infection, but may be removed if they get infected too often
What are tonsils?
500
area in the back of the throat
What is the pharynx?
500
fragments in the blood that help in clotting
What are platelets?
500
substance that causes a blockage in the arteries called atherosclerosis
What is cholesterol?
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