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| The thickest artery in the heart is what? | Aorta |
| The most muscular chamber in the heart is. . .? | Left Ventricle |
| What is the process of pumping blood from the heart to the body cells and back again is called what? | Systemic Circulation |
| What keeps blood from flowing in the wrong direction? | Valves |
| How big is the heart? | Size of fist |
| What is the wall that seperates the right side from the left side? | Septum |
| An upper heart chamber is called a what? | Auricles |
| What takes blood away from the heart? | Ateries |
| What takes blood towards the heart? | Veins |
| The bicuspid valve is also called what? | Mitral valve |
| What are the smallest arteries? | Arterioles |
| Syestemis circulation is where blood travels between what? | The heart and all other body tissues |
| What is the clumping together of blood? | agglutination |
| Arterioles branch into a network of tiny vessels called____? | Capillaries |
| Renal circulation supplies blood to what organs? | Kidneys |
| What are the most numerous blood cells? | red blood cells |
| Plasma is made up of approximately what percentage of water? | 90 |
| Arteries are thicker than veins because there is more what? | Pressure |
| High blood pressure is also called what? | Hypertension |
| After blood flows through the pulmonary vein, where does it go? | Left atrium |
| What are the lower chambers of the heart called? | Ventricles |
| The force that blood exerts against the walls of a blood vessel is known as what? | Blood Pressure |
| What is the smallest blood cell? | Platelets |
| What type of muscle do arteries have? | Smooth muscle |
| When an artery is blocked by a blood clot, it is called___ | Atherosclerosis |
