Parts of Transportation
What pumps blood through the body?
heart
-most abundant
-shaped like round platelets
-in bone marrow
red blood cells
Disease-causing organisms are
pathogens
After digestion is completed, nutrients go into the
blood stream
Most common form of cardiovascular disease
high blood pressure
What transports blood to and away from body parts?
blood vessels
-smaller than red or white
-no nucleus
-clots blood
platelets
resisting certain disease is
immunity
Absorption involves the passage of materials into and out of the
blood stream
what is coronary thrombosis?
heart attack
What vessels carry blood away from the heart?
arteries
-fights infections
-in bone marrow
-no color, irregular shape
white blood cells
immune reactions
Transport is the process of absorption and circulation of materials throughout the
body
form of cancer when bone marrow makes too many white blood cells
leukemia
What are the smallest blood vessels?
capillaries
-comes from blood's plasma
-surrounds body cells
-has intercellular fluid
lymph
body making its own antibodies against a particular antigen is
active immunity
The distribution of materials to all parts of the body is
circulation
anemia is when blood doesn't have enough...
red blood cells
What vessels transport blood from capillaries back to the heart?
veins
-transports lymph to veins
lymph vessels
temporary immunity to a disease produced by the injection of antibodies into the body
passive immunity
The heart, blood vessels, blood, and lymph make up the
circulatory system
what virus destroys the immune system so it cannot fight off infections?
HIV/Aids