Respiratory/Circulatory System
Across
- 2. very tiny blood vessels
- 4. the tube that blood is pumped through to get into the right side of the heart, and out of the lungs
- 5. blood cells that prevent disease
- 8. cells in the circulatory system that prevent blood clotting
- 9. a muscle inside your body that pumps blood through 4 chambers nonstop
- 11. the tube in which humans obtain oxygen from
- 12. the system by which oxygen is taken into the body
- 16. the two major respiratory organs in the human body
- 18. the tube that blood is pumped through to get out of the left side of the heart, and into the lungs
- 19. tubes that blood go through to get to cells in the body
- 20. how fast your heart pumps blood.
Down
- 1. one of four heart structures that open and close in order for blood to get from chamber to chamber
- 2. the system by which blood is circulated through the body
- 3. 600,000,000 air sacs in the lungs
- 6. contracts when inhaling, relaxes when exhaling
- 7. one of two lower chambers in the heart
- 10. the main branches of the trachea
- 12. microscopic disks that carry blood to the cells and tissues
- 13. things that increase the chance of a heart attack
- 14. one of two upper chambers in the heart
- 15. the water part of blood
- 17. the fluid that circulates in the circulatory system