(2) Circulatory Systems - DeRosa

The cell fragments involved in blood clotting..

Platelets

The condition in which a person has too few red blood cells or too little hemoglobin

Aniema

Colorless blood cells that protect the body from disease-causing organisms

WBC

Blood cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide

RBC

Substance that gives blood its red color

Hemoglobin

Hereditary disease in which a person lacks one of the clotting factors

Hemophilia

Proteins that bind to foreign substances in the body

Antibodies

Liquid part of the blood

Plasma

Disorder resulting from lack of iron in the diet

Anemia

The circulatory pathway involved in delivering blood to your feet and hands

System Circulation

Blood vessels that are 1-cell thick to allow for exchange of nutrients and gases by diffusion

Capillaries

These structures prevent the back flow of blood in your veins

Valves

Blood is pumped from this chamber of the heart to the rest of the body

Left ventricle

The thick wall that separates the heart into two sides

Septum

Oxygenated blood enters this chamber of the heart

Left ventricle

Deoxygenated blood from the legs returns to the heart by this vein

Inferior vena cava

Membrane that surrounds the heart

Pericardium

Blood coming from the lungs to the heart is carried by this vein

Pulmonary vein

The type of blood carried by the pulmonary artery

Deoxygenated