Human and plants
Across
- 2. Muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
- 6. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 7. The primary energy currency of the cell
- 8. Plant tissue that transports sugars and nutrients
- 10. Blood vessel that returns blood toward the heart
- 11. Occurring without oxygen, as in certain cellular respiration
- 14. Device used to measure blood pressure
- 18. A byproduct of anaerobic respiration in yeast and plants
- 19. Pores on leaf surfaces that regulate gas and water exchange
- 20. Iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
Down
- 1. Loss of water vapor from plant leaves
- 3. Medical instrument used to listen to heart and lung sounds
- 4. Small blood cells that help in clotting
- 5. Dome-shaped muscle beneath the lungs that aids breathing
- 9. Plant tissue that transports water and minerals upward
- 12. Tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs
- 13. Upper chambers of the heart that receive blood
- 15. The first stage of cellular respiration, breaking glucose into pyruvate
- 16. The main artery that carries blood from the heart to the body
- 17. Carbon dioxide, a waste product of respiration and reactant in photosynthesis