Vocabulary

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Vessel Buque	a ship or large boat.
Muscle Musculo	a band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body.
Pump Bomba	a mechanical device using suction or pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects such as tires.
Atrium Atrio	each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body; the left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein.
Ventricle Ventrículo	a hollow part or cavity in an organ
Ribs Costillas	each of a series of slender curved bones articulated in pairs to the spine (twelve pairs in humans), protecting the thoracic cavity and its organs.
Lungs Livianos	each of the pair of organs situated within the rib cage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed. Lungs are characteristic of vertebrates other than fish, though similar structures are present in some other animal groups.
Heart Corazón	a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two ventricles.
Blood Sangre	the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body. "drops of blood"
Chambers in heart Cámaras en el corazón	The heart has four chambers: two atria and two ventricles. The right atrium receives oxygen-poor blood from the body and pumps it to the right ventricle.
Hand tightly Mano apretada	Adjective. hand-tight (not comparable) As tight as can be made by the strength of one's hand wielding a standard tool: that is, without special equipment or leverage.
Valves Valvulas	a cylindrical mechanism in a brass instrument that, when depressed or turned, admits air into different sections of tubing and so extends the range of available notes.
Pulse Pulso	throb rhythmically; pulsate.
Vein Vena	any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
Artery Artería	any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
Oxygen Oxígeno	a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
Weight Peso	a body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.
Circulation Circulación	movement to and fro or around something, especially that of fluid in a closed system.
Germs Gérmenes	a microorganism, especially one which causes disease.
Platelet Plaqueta	a small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting.
Plaque Placa	a histopathologic lesion of brain tissue that is characteristic of Alzheimer's disease and consists of a dense proteinaceous core composed primarily of beta-amyloid that is often surrounded and infiltrated by a cluster of degenerating axons and dendrites
Disease Enfermedad	a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
White blood cells células blancas de la sangre	White blood cells are part of the body's immune system. They help the body fight infection and other diseases.
Red blood cells las células rojas de la sangre	A type of blood cell that is made in the bone marrow and found in the blood. Red blood cells contain a protein called hemoglobin, which carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body.
Heart attack Infarto de miocardio	a sudden and sometimes fatal occurrence of coronary thrombosis, typically resulting in the death of part of a heart muscle.
Stethoscope Estetoscopio	a medical instrument for listening to the action of someone's heart or breathing, typically having a small disk-shaped resonator that is placed against the chest, and two tubes connected to earpieces.

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