Abeka Biology Chapter 10: Circulation and Respiration: Part 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cardiovascular System | Made up by the heart, blood vessels, and blood. Also called the circulatory system. |
| Arteries | Blood is pumped away from the heart with these. |
| Veins | Blood is pumped to the heart with these. |
| Capillaries | The vessels that link the larger vessels together (the veins and arteries) |
| Plasma | 55% of the total blood volume. |
| Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets | 45% of the total blood volume. |
| Albumin | The most plentiful of blood proteins that is manufactured in the liver and helps regulate the amount of water in the blood. |
| Globulin | A broad category of blood proteins that help to transport fats throughout the body and help fight infections. It is made in the liver. |
| Fibrinogen | A blood protein made in the liver that helps in the clotting of blood. |
| Circulatory Shock | A condition caused by too much blood and blood plasma loss. Symptoms are characterized by cold skin, extreme weakness, unconsciousness, etc. |
| Red blood cell | A disk shaped cell with a depression on each side that is smaller than most other cells. |
| Hemoglobin | A special iron containing blood protein which binds easily to oxygen and gives blood its red color. |
| Anemia | A disorder resulting from too little oxygen being transported to the body cells. |
| Sickle-cell Anemia | A genetic disease caused by a genetic defect in the hemoglobin molecules that causes them to clump together into crystals under certain conditions. |
| Spleen | Supplies the body with stored red blood cells whenever it needs extra oxygen-carriers. It also, along with the liver, destroys old and worn out blood cells. |
| White Blood Cells | Function as part of the immune system, helping the body to fight disease causing organisms. They are also called Leukocytes. |
| Leukemia | A form of cancer in which the white blood cells are produced in uncontrolled numbers. |
| Platelets | Tiny, disk shaped cell fragments produced in bone marrow that serve as roving patch kits. |
| Clotting | The body's way to keep from loosing too much blood. |
| Hemophilia | An inherited disease that results in the inability to form blood clots. |
| Antigens | Unique "identification tags" that trigger the immune system to attack red blood cells of the wrong type. They are also called agglutinogens. |
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