BIOL 1141 Chapter Notes - Chapter 32: Blood Plasma, Diastole, White Blood Cell

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Circulatory system: an organ system that moves substances to and from cells, usually via a heart, blood, and blood vessels. Blood: fluid circulated by the heart through a closed system of vessels, type of connective tissue. Hemolymph: circulatory fluid that is a mixture of blood and interstitial fluid, seen in open circulatory systems. Open circulatory system: arrangement of internal transport in which blood bathes the organs directly, there is no distinction between blood and interstitial fluid. Closed circulatory system: blood is confined to vessels and is kept separate from the interstitial fluid. Cardiovascular system: consists of a strong, muscular heart in which the atria receive blood and the muscular ventricles pump blood through the blood vessels. Artery: blood vessel that transports blood away from the heart. Capillary: microscopic blood vessel, gases and other substances are exchanged across the walls of a capillary between blood and interstitial fluid.

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