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*also called the cardiovascular system or the vascular system*
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-the circulatory system is an ‘organ system’ that permits ‘blood’ to circulate/transport [‘nutrients’ (such as ‘amino acids’ and ‘electrolytes’) / ‘oxygen’ / ‘carbon dioxide’ / ‘hormones’ / ‘blood cells’] to/from the cells in the body to ‘provide nourishment’ and help in [‘fighting diseases’ / ‘stabilize temperature/pH’ / maintain ‘homeostasis’]-
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(the study of the ‘blood flow’ is called “hemodynamics”)
(the study of the properties of the ‘blood flow’ is called ‘hemorheology’)
(the ‘circulatory system’ is often seen to comprise two separate systems: the cardiovascular system, which distributes ‘blood’, and the lymphatic system, which circulates ‘lymph’)
(the passage of ‘lymph’ for example takes much longer than that of ‘blood’)
(‘blood’ is a fluid consisting of ‘plasma’, ‘red blood cells’, ‘white blood cells’, and ‘platelets’ that is circulated by the ‘heart’ through the ‘vertebrate vascular system’, carrying ‘oxygen’ and ‘nutrients’ to and waste materials away from all ‘body tissues’)
(‘lymph’ is essentially recycled excess ‘blood plasma’ after it has been filtered from the ‘interstitial fluid’ (between cells) and returned to the ‘lymphatic system’)
(the ‘cardiovascular’ (from Latin words meaning “heart” and “vessel”) system comprises the ‘blood’, ‘heart’, and ‘blood vessels’)
(the ‘lymph’, ‘lymph nodes’, and ‘lymph vessels’ form the ‘lymphatic system’, which returns filtered ‘blood plasma’ from the ‘interstitial fluid’ (between cells) as ‘lymph’)
(while ‘humans’, as well as other ‘vertebrates’, have a ‘closed cardiovascular system’ (meaning that the blood never leaves the network of arteries, veins and capillaries), some ‘invertebrate’ groups have an ‘open cardiovascular system’)
(the ‘lymphatic system’, on the other hand, is an ‘open system’ providing an accessory route for ‘excess interstitial fluid’ to be returned to the ‘blood’)
(the more primitive, diploblastic animal ‘phyla’ lack circulatory systems’)
“bad blood”
“thalassemia”
(from θάλασσα, thalassa, sea + αἷμα, haima, blood; british spelling, “thalassaemia”)
(an ‘inherited autosomal recessive blood disease’)
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