Heart, Blood and Circulatory System HMS
Across
- 2. molecules moving from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
- 4. iron containing protein that binds to oxygen
- 5. plasma is made of almost 90% this
- 8. can receive blood from A or O
- 12. the body's ability to keep a steady state internally
- 13. receives blood that comes to the heart
- 14. a muscular pump
- 15. this is between the right atrium and ventricle
- 18. plasma carries most of this
- 21. a type O person is this
- 25. sound made when the valves between the atria and ventricles slam shut
- 26. take up oxygen and deliver it to cells
- 27. liquid part of blood
- 29. tiny vessels where gas exchange occurs
- 30. the body's disease fighters
Down
- 1. this term means lungs
- 3. a type AB person is this
- 6. the body's drainage system
- 7. knobs of tissue that filter lymph
- 9. carry blood away from the heart with thicker walls
- 10. these get the most highly oxygenated blood
- 11. cell fragments that help form blood clots
- 16. the force with which ventricles contract
- 17. system that is made up of the heart, blood vessels and blood
- 19. this is between the left atrium and ventricle
- 20. pumps blood out of the heart
- 22. group of cells that make the heart contract
- 23. this is a flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backwards
- 24. carry blood to the heart
- 28. this prefix means heart