Cardiorespiratory System
Across
- 6. this summarises all the chemical reactions that keeps an organism alive
- 7. also called the windpipe
- 9. prevents blood from flowing the wrong way
- 10. back of the throat
- 12. symptoms include weakness on one side of the body
- 13. Greek for relaxation
- 15. the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle
- 16. []infarction sudden blockage to coronary arteries
Down
- 1. glucose and oxygen are the reactants of this process
- 2. breaking down of alveolar walls
- 3. carries blood away from the heart
- 4. cells produce mucous
- 5. beat and sweep the mucous up and out of the airways
- 8. chest pain that comes on with exertion
- 9. carries blood towards the heart
- 11. a special protein in red blood cells that contains iron and carries oxygen
- 14. disease in which the airways produce too much mucous