Circulatory System Function

The modified artery that has a pumping capacity that propels blood to the arteries of both the ______ and pulmonary circulations.

The ______ is the layer of the heart that is in contact with the blood.

The ______ is the part of the cardiac skeleton that is in the intraventricular septum.

The ______ is the process of producing red blood cells.

Red blood cells are ______ differentiated structures lacking nuclei.

The ______ is the protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells.

The circulatory system pumps and directs ______ cells and substances carried in blood to all tissues of the body.

The excretory function of the circulatory system involves moving ______ and carbon dioxide to their disposal areas or organs.

The circulatory system provides transportation for ______ and other needed substances to the body's tissues.

The walls of all ______ vessels, except capillaries, contain smooth muscle and connective tissue in addition to the endothelial lining.

The heart is a hollow ______ organ, about the size of a clenched fist, located in the central mediastinum of the thoracic cavity.

The ______ system is a division of the circulatory system that fights off pathogenic microorganisms by providing and/or transporting the cells and substances needed.

Outside the circulation, blood cells leave the microvasculature in a process involving cytokines, selective adhesion, changes in the ______, and transendothelial migration or diapedesis.

Granulocytes possess two major types of cytoplasmic ______: lysosomes and specific granules.

Granulocytes have polymorphic nuclei with two or more distinct (almost separated) ______ lobes.

Agranulocytes do not have specific ______, but they do contain azurophilic granules (lysosomes).

The nucleus of Agranulocyte is spherical or ______ but not lobulated.

Megakaryocyte develops into ______.