Circulatory system

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Across
  1. 3. the movement of the blood through the heart and around the body
  2. 4. the airway that leads from the larynx to the bronci. also called windpipe
  3. 5. liquid connective tissue composed of formed elements-erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets-and a fluid extracellular matrix called plasma; component of the cardiovascular system
  4. 7. another name for alveoli
  5. 9. the major blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body
  6. 11. takes blood low in oxygen from the body to the right atrium
  7. 16. blood vessel that conducts blood toward the heart
  8. 17. also called erythrocyte
  9. 19. one of the formed elements of blood that provides defense against disease agents and foreign materials
  10. 20. the heart valve at the base of the aorta and the pulmonary artery
Down
  1. 1. another word for high blood pressure
  2. 2. the two chambers at the top of the heart
  3. 3. the tiny blood vessels throughout the body that connect arteries and veins
  4. 6. a thin skeletal muscle that sits at the base of the chest and separates the abdomen from the chest
  5. 8. two muscular sides/walls of the heart
  6. 10. a strong muscle about the size of your fist
  7. 12. valve located at the base of the aorta
  8. 13. form clots and plug cuts
  9. 14. Carry blood away from the heart
  10. 15. the bony enclosing wall of the chest consisting chiefly of the ribs and the structures connecting them
  11. 18. valve located between the left atrium and ventricle; consists of two flaps of tissue