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these are the two main organs of the circulatory system
What is the heart and lungs
100
plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma proteins
What are the five main components of blood?
100
arteries, veins, and capillaries
What are the three types of blood vessels?
100
this makes up 90% of plasma
What is water?
200
circulates oxygenated blood throughout the body
What is fundamental purpose of the circulatory system?
200
these are responsible for carrying oxygen and transporting it throughout the body
What are red blood cells?
200
muscular tube lined by smooth tissue, responsible for carrying oxygen rich blood from the heart to body organs and tissue
What is an artery?
200
platelets are made up of these
What are small cell fragments?
300
circulates oxygenated blood throughout the body
What is systemic circulation?
300
this is a straw-colored liquid component of blood that holds and transports blood cells.
What is plasma?
300
superficial, deep, and perforator
What are the three types of veins?
300
the muscular layer that allows arteries to handle the high pressure from the heart
What is the media?
400
these are additional functions of the circulatory system
What is pulmonary circulation?
400
made in the bone marrow and responsible for blood clotting
What are platelets?
400
the average human has 10 billion of these, blood cells travel single file through them
What are capillaries?
400
this is the fancy name for red blood cells
What are erythrocytes?
500
these are additional functions of the circulatory system
What is fights diseases, gathers waste for disposal, and maintains homeostasis?
500
immunoglobulins, fibrinogen, and albumin
What are the three types of plasma proteins?
500
pressure on artery walls when heart beats
What is systolic blood pressure?
500
the pressure on artery walls when the heart is resting between beats
What is diastolic blood pressure?