Circulatory System

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Across
  1. 4. also known as thrombocytes. Contribute to the blood clotting process which stops bleeding.
  2. 7. also known as the circulatory system
  3. 8. common _____ arteries: main blood supply to the head, face, and neck located on each side of the neck and divided into internal and external branches
  4. 9. Flexible tubes that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
  5. 10. The fluid part of the blood and lymph that carries secretions and food to the cells and carbon dioxide from the cells.
  6. 12. nutritive fluid that circulated through the circulatory system
  7. 14. _______ and _________ jugular veins that run parallel to the carotid arteries when blood returns to the heart from the head, face, and neck
  8. 15. small vessels that collect blood from capillaries then drains it into the veins
Down
  1. 1. Small arteries that deliver blood to the capillaries
  2. 2. _____ blood cells perform the function of destroying disease-causing microorganisms
  3. 3. Tube like structures that transport blood to and from the heart
  4. 4. _________ circulation carries the blood from the heart to the lungs to be oxygenated
  5. 5. controls the steady circulation of the blood through the body by means of the heart and blood vessels
  6. 6. ___ blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells and transport carbon dioxide from the cells back to the lungs.
  7. 7. tiny & thin-walled blood vessels that connect smaller arteries to venules
  8. 11. ________ circulation carries the oxygenated blood from the heart throughout the body and back to the heart again
  9. 13. thin-walled blood vessels containing cup like valves that keeps blood flowing to the heart in one direction never backwards