Week 4 and 5

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+title: BIOL01113 Vocabulary Assignment 4
+author: Aidan Sharpe
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+# Atrium
+A chamber in the heart that receives blood from veins.
+
+# Ventricle
+A chamber in the heart that pumps blood into arteries.
+
+# Artery
+A large blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
+
+# Vein
+A large blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart.
+
+# Capillary
+A narrow blood vessel that carries blood to and from individual cells.
+
+# Systemic circuit
+The main cardiovascular circuit that transports blood to and from most of the body.
+
+# Pulmonary circuit
+The cardiovascular circuit that transports blood to and from the lungs.
+
+# Erythrocytes
+Cells that are specialized to transport oxygen and carbon dioxide.
+ 
+# Leucocytes
+Immune cells also known as white blood cells.
+ 
+# Platelets
+One of the major components of blood responsible for creating clots and stopping bleeding.