The Circulatory System

organ system in which blood moves through vessels

• blood vessels

• circulation

• closed circulatory system

• septum

upper chamber of the heart

• aorta

• atrium

• platelet

• ventricle

thick tissue wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart

• aorta

• coronary

• septum

• valve

blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart

• artery

• capillary

• hemoglobin

• vein

tiny blood vessel that connects arteries to veins

• arteries

• atherosclerosis

• capillaries

• veins

liquid part of blood

• coronary

• plasma

• pulmonary

• septum

piece of cell that is involved in blood clotting

• hemoglobin

• platelets

• red blood cell

• white blood cell

failure of a part of the heart due to a lack of blood and oxygen

• atherosclerosis

• coronary artery

• heart attack

• pulmonary artery

artery that carries blood from the heart to the lungs

• capillary

• coronary

• pulmonary

• transfusion

largest artery in the body

• aorta

• coronary

• pulmonary

• septum