Human Body 104-119
Across
- 4. force that the blood exerts on the walls of arteries
- 6. use of oxygen by cells to release energy stored in food
- 7. pieces of larger cells found in bone marrow floating in plasma that help stop bleeding by making fiber nets to form clots
- 9. circulation of blood between the heart and body
- 11. process of using oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide and water
- 12. includes heart, blood, blood vessels, and lymphatic system; functions to move blood throughout body
- 13. tiny sacs at the ends of the bronchioles surrounded by capillaries where exchanges of gases occur
- 14. group of organs that take in oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide
- 15. tiniest of blood vessels that allow for exchanges with body cells
Down
- 1. circulation of blood between the heart and lungs
- 2. connective tissue which carries gases, nutrients, and wastes through body
- 3. part of blood that defends the body against pathogens and cleans wounds
- 5. most blood cells, made in bone marrow, carries oxygen to body cells
- 7. fluid part of blood containing a mixture of water, minerals, nutrients, sugars, proteins and other substances
- 8. blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
- 10. blood vessels that carry blood away from heart