Circulatory System

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Across
  1. 2. Blood that has picked up oxygen in the lungs.
  2. 4. Receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body, the left atrium oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein.
  3. 7. Oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein.
  4. 9. A muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
  5. 12. Artery that carries deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs.
  6. 13. The body system that consists of the heart, blood vessels and blood
  7. 15. Carry blood back to the heart.
  8. 16. Veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Down
  1. 1. Tiny vessels that connect arteries and veins, where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged with tissues
  2. 3. Blood that has released its oxygen to the body's tissues.
  3. 5. Receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein.
  4. 6. Carry blood away from the heart.
  5. 8. Lap-like structures in the circulatory system that act like one-way doors to ensure blood flows in a single direction
  6. 10. The largest artery, which carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
  7. 11. Fluid that carries oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and waste products. It is made of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
  8. 14. Receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium. Pumps this blood to the lungs through the pulmonary trunk, where it picks up oxygen.