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Anemia: A condition that results from not having enough red blood cells
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Antigens: Special markers that are attached to your cells. The ones attached to your red blood cells determine the type of blood you have
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Arteries: Vessels that carry blood AWAY from your heart
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Arterioles: Vessels that branch out from the arteries becoming "little arteries"
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Blood clotting process: The sealing of cuts. This process keeps your blood from leaking out and helps to prevent the invasion of harmful bacteria
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Blood transfusion: the transferring of blood from one person to another
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Capillaries: The smallest blood vessels with very thin walls. They join the smallest arterioles to the smallest venules and enable the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide between blood and surrounding tissues.
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Circulatory System: The system that carries blood throughout your system
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Deoxygenated blood: Blood that has given up some of its oxygen and picked up carbon dioxide
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Erythrocytes: Another name for red blood cells.
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Hormones: chemical messengers that travel the body via the bloodstream in order to control and coordinate complex processes, such as growth and metabolism
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Leucocytes: Another name for white blood cells
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Oxygenated blood: Blood that is carrying oxygen to the cells
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Phagocytes: Special white blood cells that eat dangerous or worn out cells.
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Plasma: The liquid part of your blood, made up of 90% water
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Platelets: Fragments of cells that are carried in your blood. They aid in the blood clotting process
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Red blood cells: These turn your blood red and make up 40% of the solids in a drop of blood. They are your body's main way of delivering oxygen to your body cells.
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Stem cells: Cells that have the ability to become any kind of cell they need to be
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Universal donor blood: The blood type that has neither A nor B antigens and can be given to nearly any person
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Universal recipients: People who can receive all blood types because they have both A and B antigens on their red blood cells
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Veins: Vessels that RETURN blood to your heart
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Venules: "Little veins" that come together to form larger veins
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White blood cells: Lymphatic and immune system cells that travel throughout your body, attempting to destroy harmful bacteria and viruses