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Circulatory system

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  • What nerve regulates the heartbeat?
    10th cranial nerve
  • What are small arteries that deliver blood to capillaries?
    Arterioles
  • what controls the passage of fluid and allowing movement in one direction?
    valves
  • what are the elements of the blood that contributes to the blood-clotting process?
    Platelets
  • what is the complex iron protein that gives the blood its bright red color?
    Hemoglobin
  • How many pints of blood are there in the human body?
    8 to 10
  • What are the lower thick walled chambers of the heart are
    ventricles
  • What system controls the steady circulation of the blood through the body by means of the heart and blood vessels
    Circulatory system
  • What is the cone shape organ that is also referred to as the body's pump?
    Heart
  • What are the 4 chambers of the heart?
    Right and left atrium, right and left ventricle
  • The small vessels that connect the capillaries to the veins
    Venules
  • What artery supplies blood to the chin and lower lip?
    Submental
  • What contributes to the blood clotting process which stops bleeding?
    Thrombocytes or platelets