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Respiration (Key Words (Capillaries # # (They connect arteries to veins,…
Respiration
Key Words
Anaerobic Reaction
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Doesn’t need oxygen
Aerobic Reaction
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Needs oxygen
Capillaries
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They connect arteries to veins
They are 1 cell wide
Very thin walls
Where gas exchange takes place.
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Oxygen and carbon dioxide pass through the vessel walls
Glucose
A type of sugar
Red Blood Cells
The blood cells that carry oxygen around the body
White Blood Cells
The blood cells that fight infection
Aorta
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The main artery from the heart
Veins
Arteries
Blood
Goes through Vessels
Veins
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Deoxygenated blood (except for pulmonary vein)
Big Lumen
Thin muscle walls
Carry blood to the heart
Arteries
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Oxygenated blood (except for pulmonary artery)
Small Lumen
Thick muscle walls
Carry blood away from the heart
Goes through heart
Picks up oxygen at lungs
Goes through heart again
Exits heart to travel round the body
Gets used around body
Travels back to heart
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Haemoglobin carries oxygen in blood
Its oxygen capacity is limited
Plasma
Makes up over 50% of our blood
Carries the food in our blood
Platelets
Help the blood clot
Energy is needed for the following life processes
Growth
Cell division
Muscle contraction
Protein synthesis
Active transport
All living things respire
Respiration is
NOT
breathing
Respiration is when oxygen and glucose react inside our cells to make carbon dioxide and water
A chemical reaction that happens in all living things