Circulatory System
Across
- 6. the muscle your heart is made up of
- 8. Blood cells that contain haemoglobin and carry oxygen around your body
- 9. Blood vessels that carry blood away from your heart
- 13. Blood with low oxygen
- 15. A waxy, fat-like substance
- 16. A chemical found in red blood cells
Down
- 1. Blood with high oxygen
- 2. Chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to heart muscles
- 3. Network of thin-walled vessels that join the arteries to the veins
- 4. The system that carries blood to and from your heart to the rest of your body
- 5. Blood cells that help to fight pathogens (disease)
- 7. A clear yellowish liquid found in blood
- 10. Blood vessels that carry blood back to your heart
- 11. Broken up bits of cells that help our blood to clot
- 12. A small abnormal build-up of cholesterol, calcium and fibrin leading to the narrowing of arteries
- 14. A blood clot