Circulatory System
Across
- 1. the network of capillaries (microvessels) and a large network of tubes located throughout your body that transport lymph away from tissues
- 5. random motion of molecules by which there is a net flow of matter from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration.
- 6. a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen
- 8. The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ such as a blood vessel or the intestine
- 10. any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body,
- 11. produce antibodies
- 13. a muscular organ about the size of a fist, located just behind and slightly left of the breastbone
- 17. a molecule that contains the biological instructions that make each species unique
- 19. the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body
- 20. it's made up of 90% water and 10% solutes
- 23. the main chamber of your heart
- 24. carry a large volume of blood from the heart to the kidneys
- 25. the triangular wall of cardiac tissue that separates the left and right ventricles
Down
- 2. helps to fight bacteria
- 3. carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs
- 4. a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body
- 7. two separate circuits and blood passes through the heart twice
- 9. provides the functional blood supply to all body tissue
- 10. the largest vein in the body
- 12. a tissue inside some of your bones, such as your hip and thigh bones
- 14. small, colorless cell fragments in our blood that form clots and stop or prevent bleeding
- 15. a blood cell with large percentage of oxygen and low in carbon dioxide
- 16. a small blood vessel from 5 to 10 micrometres
- 18. functions to close temporarily a passage or orifice
- 21. heart chamber that receives blood into the heart and drives it into a ventricle, or chamber, for pumping blood away from the heart
- 22. makes up organs and other body parts