36 lines
892 B
Markdown
36 lines
892 B
Markdown
---
|
|
title: BIOL01113 Vocabulary Assignment 4
|
|
author: Aidan Sharpe
|
|
geometry: margin=1in
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
# 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.
|