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Arteries
Blood vessels that go away from your heart
Veins
Blood vessels that go towards your heart
Capillaries
They are tiny blood vessels where the exchange of oxygen, nutrients and other waste products happens. They connect
Double circuit
When the blood goes through the heart twice
First loop in the double circuit = Pulmonary circuit)
Blood goeas from heart to lungs to pick up oxygen and then back to the heart
second loop in the double circuit = Systemic circuit
The heart pumbs the ocygen filled blood trough the whole body and the returns it to the heart ti repeat the process.
What is blood made out of
Red blood cells/ erythcytes
White blood cells/ leukocytes
platelets/ thrombocytes
plasma
What do the smooth mussles in the arteries do
Depending if it is relaxed or not it can decide where the blood flows
Coronary arteries
Bring blood to your heart muscles so that they can get oxygen
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