Circulatory System Vocab
Across
- 2. the muscular central wall that separates the left and right sections of the heart,prevent oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood from mixing
- 5. a blood vessel that takes blood away from the heart, typically with oxygen
- 6. a blood vessel that takes blood toward the heart, typically without oxygen
- 8. are the type of blood cell that helps form clots to stop blood from leaving the blood vessels
- 9. blood vessels that connect arteries and veins, one cell thick walls
- 10. the type of blood cell that helps fight infections
Down
- 1. the lower section of the heart, muscular, thick-walled, and pumps blood out of the heart
- 3. responsible for not allowing backward flow of blood
- 4. the upper section of the heart that receives blood from veins
- 7. is the type of blood cell that transports different resources around the body
- 11. a muscle that is at the center of the circulatory system, acts like a pump