Circulatory and Respiratory System Crossword
Across
- 3. controls inspiration and expiration of air a prevents inhalation of foreign objects
- 7. grooves holding arteries and veins in the heart
- 9. system in which main functions are to bring in oxygen and rid the body of waste in the form of carbon dioxide
- 11. letting air out of the lungs
- 12. protein that destroys bacteria, viruses, and other substances that invade the body.
- 13. microscopic blood vessels with a wall formed of one layer of simple squamous cells
Down
- 1. system which transports oxygen hormones and nutrients to body tissues and carbon dioxide waste from the body tissues and controls body temperature
- 2. bringing air into the lungs
- 4. carry blood away from the heart
- 5. four-chambered, hollow muscle used to pump blood
- 6. liquid substance in which various solid materials are suspended and moved about
- 8. vessels which carry blood away from the heart to the body tissues
- 10. vessels which carry blood toward the heart