Circulatory System Crossword

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  1. 1. A blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood toward the heart
  2. 2. The fluid part of blood
  3. 3. The smallest type of blood vessel that connects arteries and veins
  4. 5. Your blood type is associated with the presence or absence of these found on the surface of red blood cells
  5. 6. A muscular organ in the chest that pumps blood
  6. 7. The force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels is called blood ____
  7. 10. High blood pressure
  8. 12. Cell fragments involved in blood clotting
  9. 13. The main components of this system are the heart, blood vessels, and blood
  10. 16. This valve separates the right atrium from the right ventricle
  11. 17. A protein found in red blood cells
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  1. 1. The two bottom chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart are the left & right _____
  2. 2. The circulation of blood between the heart and lungs
  3. 4. This valve separates the left atrium from the left ventricle
  4. 5. A buildup of plaque inside arteries
  5. 8. The circulation of blood between the heart and body
  6. 9. The kind of blood cell that carries oxygen
  7. 11. The kind of blood cell that help defend the body
  8. 14. Muscular blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart
  9. 15. The two top chambers of the heart that receive blood into the heart are the left & right ____