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7.8 Circulatory System HS

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Almost exclusively in males but carried by females. Often diagnosed during circumcision
Inadequate number of erythrocytes, hemoglobin
Brings blood from the body
Malignant cancer of bone marrow or lymph tissue
Smallest branches of arteries that joins with capillaries
Connect with capillaries
Hardening or thickening of walls
Provide immunity for the body by developing antibodies
High blood pressure. greater than 140/90
Participate in body's inflammatory response
Three main types of _______ are arteries, veins and capillaries
Important for the clotting process, which stops bleeding
Carry blood away from the heart
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
Down
Quarts of blood in the adult
Liquid portion of blood
Brings blood from the lower part of the body
Connect arteioles with venules
Excrete an enzyme called lysozyme
Complex protein contained by RBC
Air, blood clot, bacterial clumps or fat globule circulating in blood stream
Keep blood from flowing backwards
Fatty plaques, frequently cholesterol deposited on the wall of arteries
Red blood cells, produced in the red marrow
Inflammation of the vein, frequently in legs
Common sites are cerebral, aortal, and abdominal
WBCs that fight infection. There are five types
Symptoms: edema, dyspnea, pallor or cyanosis, distention of neck veins
Largest artery in the body