Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• vessel: Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• superior: Better; higher quality
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• inferior: Being of little importance or worth
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• artery: Tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body
• exception: Something different or not included
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• attach: To be associated or connected with
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
• anatomy: Scientific study of the structure of (human) body
• permanently: For a long time; always
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• circulation: Movement of blood through the body
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fill: To make something full
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• surround: To be all the way around something
• remnant: Piece of cloth left over
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• cavity: Hole or empty space, especially in a tooth
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• fetal: Of a fetus or unborn baby
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• anterior: Front
• muscle: Physical power
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• diagram: A drawing intended to explain how something works
• coronary: Concerning the heart
• muscular: Having strong or developed muscles
• trunk: Long nose of an elephant
• valve: A device along a pipe or tube to regulate flow
• apex: Highest point (of something); peak
• marginal: Very small; on the edge; not important
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• fibrous: Containing, having or resembling threads
• ventricle: Chamber of the heart that pumps blood to arteries
• atrium: Open area in a building
• posterior: Positioned at or towards the back; later in time
• outermost: Situated the farthest possible point from a center
• pulmonary: Concerning the lungs/disease of the lungs
• aorta: Large artery that carries blood from the heart
• tubular: Long, round and with hollow inside; made of tubes
• arterial: Concerning, involving or contained in the arteries