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