
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems Vocabulary
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- Q1A hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.heart30s
- Q2A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heartArteries30s
- Q3A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart.vein30s
- Q4Microscopic vessel through which exchanges take place between the blood and cells of the body; connects arteries to veinscapillaries30s
- Q5A flap of tissue in the heart or a vein that prevents blood from flowing backward.valve30s
- Q6gas that enters the blood through the lungs and travels to the heart to be pumped via arteries to all body cellsOxygen30s
- Q7A gas that is expelled from the body by the respiratory system.carbon dioxide30s
- Q8Largest artery in the bodyAorta30s
- Q9Each of the two upper chambers of the heart that receives blood that comes into the heartAtrium30s
- Q10two lower chambers of the heart, thicker walled and large, blood leaves the heart from this locationventricle30s
- Q11Blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells.red blood cells30s
- Q12Blood cells that perform the function of destroying disease-causing microorganismswhite blood cells30s
- Q13Brings oxygen into the body. Gets rid of carbon dioxide.Respiratory System30s
- Q14Main organs of the respiratory systemLungs30s
- Q15throat; passageway for food to the esophagus and air to the larynxPharynx30s