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Responsible for pumping blood throughout the body
What is the heart
100
The system in charge of removing physical waste from the body
What is the excretory system
100
Takes blood away from the heart to the muscles of the body
What are arteries
100
Number of liters of urine an average person passes a day
What is 1.5 L
100
Blood gets pumped from the heart to the lungs, back to the heart, in the circuit
What is the pulmonary loop (circuit)
200
The organ where blood is filtered
What are the kidneys
200
The process of cooling down the body by excreting water in the skin
What is perspiration (sweating)
200
Component of blood that fights disease and illness
What are white blood cells
200
Average weight of a kidney in pounds
What is one half
200
The gas omitted as a waste product during exhalation
What is carbon dioxide
300
The organ part of both the respiration and circulatory system
What are the lungs
300
The process of giving blood to someone who desperately needs it
What is transfusion
300
The small- cup-shaped objects in the kidneys that filter blood
What are nephrons
300
Heart beats an average human has in a year (billions)
What is 3
300
The two main components of sweat
What are water and salt
400
Inner-tube shaped object that carries oxygen to the cell.
What is red blood cell
400
The process of removing liquid waste from the bladder
What is urination
400
Produces sweat in the skin
What are sweat glands
400
Amount of water (in liters) a person can sweat out during a hot day
What is 3
400
The four chambers of the heart
What are the left atrium, the right atrium, the left ventricle, the right ventricle
500
The "universal donor" of blood types
What is "O" blood type
500
The process of sending blood throughout the body
What is circulation
500
The main role of the platelets in the blood
What is to clot
500
Average weight of skin in pounds
What is 9-15
500
The name of the Native Americans who first experimented with blood transfusions.
What are the Incas