Circulatory, Respirtory, digestive systems
Across
- 1. fatty substance found in the blood
- 2. vessels that carry blood toward the heart
- 3. blood cells that help fight disease
- 6. blood components that help form clots
- 9. another name for the circulatory system
- 11. rhythmic beat caused by the heart pumping blood
- 13. process of adding oxygen to the blood
- 15. lower chamber of the heart
- 20. movement of blood throughout the body
- 21. muscular organ that pumps blood
Down
- 1. smallest blood vessels in the body
- 4. structures that prevent blood from flowing backward
- 5. protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells
- 7. upper chamber of the heart
- 8. liquid part of the blood
- 10. gas transported from the lungs to body cells
- 12. largest artery in the human body
- 14. blood cells that transport oxygen
- 16. waste gas transported from cells to the lungs
- 17. vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- 18. thickened blood that helps stop bleeding
- 19. tissue that transports substances around the body