Glossary

This Glossary Page is intended to be filled by the Science Class students from San Jorge School.

heart, lungs, arteries, veins, and capillaries.
 * Biology**: The study or science of life.
 * Cell**: Is the basic unit of life.
 * Blood vessels**: arteries, veins, and capillaries are all blood vessels.
 * Artery**: a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
 * Vein**: a blood vessel that carries blood to the heart.
 * Capillary**: a very small blood vessel that connects an artery and a vein.
 * Heart**: a muscular organ that pumps blood to the lungs and the body.
 * Lungs**: organs that take in oxygen from the air and remove carbon dioxide from the body.
 * Circulatory system**: the system that carries blood around the body. It is composed of the
 * Pulse:** the beating of the heart that can be felt by pressing on an artery.
 * Pulse rate**: measurement of how fast the heart is beating.
 * Cardiologist**: a doctor who diagnoses and treats problems with the heart.
 * Pediatrician**: a doctor who treats children.