Circulatory System Crossword Puzzle

2. the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of the body
5. a blood cell with large percentage of oxygen and low in carbon dioxide.
8. move blood from the upper chambers of the heart to the lower chambers of the the heart
13. chamber that receives blood into the heart and drive it into a ventricle, or chamber, for pumping blood away.
15. artery carry large amounts of blood from the aorta to the kidneys.
16. a muscle that pumps blood to all parts of your body
17. Artery carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs.
18. take nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the parts of the body that need it.
19. a hollow passageway through which blood flows
20. form clots and stop or prevent bleeding.
23. has the ability to ingest, and sometimes digest, foreign particles, such as bacteria, carbon, dust, or dye.
25. carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle through the arteries, to the capillaries in the tissues of the body.

1. it has two separate circuits and blood passes through the heart twice
3. the spongy tissue inside some of your bones, such as your hip and thigh bones
4. an organic chemical that contains genetic information and instructions for protein synthesis
6. from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration.
7. carries blood from the head, neck, arms, and chest
9. Ventricle the main chamber of your heart.
10. transport lymph away from tissue
11. protein that your immune system makes to help fight infection and protect you from getting sick in the future
12. a group of cells that have similar structure and that function together as a unit.
14. any substance that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against it
21. type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system.
22. the septum is the cartilage in the nose that separates the nostrils
24. tiny blood vessels that have thin walls