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    This document provides definitions and examples of key terms related to animal circulation in both English and Spanish. It defines arteries as blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to other parts of the body, except for the pulmonary artery. Capillaries are defined as blood vessels that exchange substances with cells. The circulatory system is described as the set of organs that transport nutrients, hormones, and oxygen to cells, and remove carbon dioxide and waste from metabolism. It also distinguishes between open and closed circulatory systems.

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    This document provides definitions and examples of key terms related to animal circulation in both English and Spanish. It defines arteries as blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to other parts of the body, except for the pulmonary artery. Capillaries are defined as blood vessels that exchange substances with cells. The circulatory system is described as the set of organs that transport nutrients, hormones, and oxygen to cells, and remove carbon dioxide and waste from metabolism. It also distinguishes between open and closed circulatory systems.

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    Glossary (Science Vocabulary) Animal circulation

    ENGLISH
    Artery

    SPANISH
    Arteria

    VISUAL ASOCIATION

    DEFINITION

    EXAMPLES

    Blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood (except pulmonary artery) from heart to other parts of the body. Blood Sangre Internal circulating fluid made up of water, proteins and cells which carries oxygen and nutrients to the body and carries waste products away. Blood vessel Vaso sanguneo Duct which carries blood.
    Artery Vein Capillary

    Capillary

    Capilar Blood vessel which exchanges substances with cells.

    Circulatory system

    Sistema/aparato circulatorio

    Set of organs which transport hormones, nutrients and oxygen to the cells and remove carbon dioxide and waste products from the metabolism.

    Open circulatory y te! Clo e" circulatory y te!

    Close circulatory system

    Sistema circulatorio cerrado

    Circulatory system where blood (pumped by a heart doesn!t leave the blood vessels.

    Si!ple clo e" circulatory y te! Dou#le clo e" circulatory y te!

    Haemolymph

    Hemolinfa Circulatory fluid of animals with open circulatory system, li"e arthropods and molluscs.

    Heart

    Corazn #rgan which pumps through blood vessels. blood

    Open circulatory system

    Sistema circulatorio abierto Vena

    Circulatory system where blood leaves the blood vessels.

    Vein

    Blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries to the heart.

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