Cardiovascular/Circulatory System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. System that include organs and tissues that transport essential material to body cells and remove their waste products
  2. 8. blood cells that help the various body systems destroy disease-causing germs
  3. 10. small, disk-shaped structures that help your blood clot
  4. 11. blood cells that carry oxygen to all other cells in the body
  5. 12. carries blood to and from almost all body cells and connects arteries and veins
  6. 13. carries blood away from the heart to various parts of the body
Down
  1. 1. the muscle that acts as the pump for the circulatory system
  2. 2. carries blood from all parts of the body back to the heart
  3. 3. the force of blood pushing against the walls of the blood vessels
  4. 5. usually results from blood clots in the brain or from a torn blood vessel
  5. 6. a condition in which arteries harden and reduce blood flow
  6. 7. also called high blood pressure
  7. 9. blockage of blood flow to the heart