Blood and Plasma
Across
- 2. Blood entering right atrium
- 4. Type of circulatory system found in fish
- 6. Process of gas exchange in lungs
- 7. Cells that defend against disease
- 10. Type of blood carried by arteries
- 11. Drains lymph back into the bloodstream
- 14. Chamber of the heart
- 16. Stops the backward flow of blood
- 20. Relating to the lungs
- 21. Outer fibres of larger blood vessels
- 23. Vessels that carry blood to the heart
- 25. Contacts and expands to alter lung volume
- 26. Transported by lymph from the intestines
- 28. Valve in the right side of the heart
- 29. Inside of the vessel
Down
- 1. Fragments of blood cells vital for clotting
- 3. Straw coloured fluid making up 55% of blood
- 5. Type of circulatory system found in mammals
- 8. Cells that deliver oxygen
- 9. Carries excess lymph away from the tissues
- 12. The smallest vessels
- 13. Diffuse oxygen into the capillaries
- 15. Chamber that warms and filters air entering body
- 17. High pressure vessel
- 18. Provides air passage to the lungs
- 19. Filter the lymph to remove toxins
- 22. Secondary function of the respiratory system
- 24. Node delays impulses to the ventricles
- 27. Fibres in the ventricles causing contractions