Cardiovascular System Review

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Across
  1. 3. What your heart does as it pumps blood
  2. 6. A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  3. 10. Tiny cell fragments that help your blood clot
  4. 11. The body system made up of the heart and blood vessels
  5. 14. A gas carried by blood that cells need to make energy
  6. 15. A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
  7. 17. The fluid that carries oxygen nutrients and wastes in your circulatory system
  8. 18. The continuous movement of blood through the body
  9. 19. A flap in the heart that keeps blood moving in one direction
Down
  1. 1. A tiny blood vessel where oxygen and nutrients move into body cells
  2. 2. The strong muscle that pumps blood through your body
  3. 4. The upper chamber of the heart that receives blood
  4. 5. The side of the heart that pumps oxygen rich blood
  5. 7. The liquid part of blood that carries cells and nutrients
  6. 8. A waste gas carried by blood back to the lungs (two words)
  7. 9. A blood cell that helps fight infection (color)
  8. 11. A thickened clump of blood that forms to stop bleeding
  9. 12. The lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out
  10. 13. The blood cell that carries oxygen shaped like a biconcave disc (color)
  11. 16. The largest artery in the body that carries blood from the left ventricle