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Artery: A blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart: contains oxygen-rich, high-pressure blood in the systemic cardiorespiratory system

Carotid Artery: The main artery providing blood supply to the head.

Pulmonary Artery: The artery that carries blood from the right ventricle of the vertebrate heart to the lungs. Artery carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs.

Thrombosis: The formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel. The vessel may be any vein or artery as, for example, in a deep vein thrombosis or a coronary (artery) thrombosis. The clot itsel . . . View Full Definition

Heart Rate: The number of times your heart beats per minute.

Stroke: The distance that the speaker cone or voice coil can travel in both directions.

Smooth Muscle: Muscle that lacks striations; found around circulatory system vessels and in the walls of such organs as the stomach, intestines, and bladder. Involuntary, not striated cells that control au . . . View Full Definition

Arteries: Thick-walled vessels that carry blood away from the heart. Singular=artery.

Semilunar Valve: A valve between each ventricle of the heart and the artery connected to that ventricle.

Aorta: The artery that carries blood from the left ventricle for distribution throughout the tissues of the body. The largest diameter and thickest walled artery in the body.