Body Systems

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Across
  1. 3. a band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract
  2. 8. muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body
  3. 9. a short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint
  4. 10. a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone
Down
  1. 1. a pair of spongy, air-filled organs located on either side of the chest
  2. 2. any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart
  3. 4. any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
  4. 5. a rigid tissue that constitutes part of the skeleton
  5. 6. firm, whitish, flexible connective tissue
  6. 7. a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation