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The circulatory system is essentially a
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Transport system - transporting food materials oxygen and waste products
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Blood is forced through a system of tubes known as
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Blood vessels
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Define circulation
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The passage of blood through the vessels to the tissues and back to the heart
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In air breathing mammals there is a second circulation to the lungs to pick up.....
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Oxygen
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Systemic circulation is….
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Circulation of blood to the body cells
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Pulmonary circulation is ….
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Circulation to the lungs
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The right and the left sides are completely separate from each other... true / false
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True
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Describe the heart
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Hollow muscular organ
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Each ide of the heart is divided into 2 chambers... name them
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Atrium Ventricle
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Where is pericardium?
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Covering the heart and the major vessels entering it and leaving it
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What is pericardium?
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A layer of protective epithelium
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The chambers of the heart are lined by a protective layer known as...
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Endocardium
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The heart wall is made up of
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Myocardium
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Myocardium is..
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Cardiac muscle
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The atriums both receive.....
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Blood returning to the heart
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