Science
Across
- 2. Natural pacemaker of the heart
- 5. Tiny blood vessels in lungs and tissues
- 6. System that circulates blood
- 7. Arteries supplying heart muscle
- 9. Muscle that controls breathing
- 11. Blood vessel that returns blood to the heart
- 12. Tiny sacs where gas exchange occurs
- 14. Heartbeat sound caused by closing valves
- 18. Smallest blood vessels
- 20. Flap that keeps food out of airway
- 21. Passageway for food and air
- 22. Gas we exhale
- 23. Thin tissue lining lungs
- 26. Liquid part of blood
- 28. Gas inhaled for respiration
- 29. Circulation to and from lungs
- 31. Number of chambers in the heart
- 33. Organ that filters blood
- 34. Main vein bringing blood from body to heart
- 35. Blood cells carrying oxygen
- 38. Blood cells that fight infection
- 39. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
Down
- 1. Network of vessels returning fluid to blood
- 3. Dome-shaped breathing muscle
- 4. Main air tubes branching to lungs
- 8. Transport of blood through the body
- 10. Exchange of gases in alveoli
- 13. Main vein from head and arms
- 15. Windpipe
- 16. Protein that carries oxygen
- 17. Upper chamber of the heart
- 19. Largest artery in the body
- 24. Blood pressure measure when heart contracts
- 25. Blood pressure when heart relaxes
- 27. Main organ of breathing
- 30. Voice box
- 32. Organ that pumps blood
- 34. Flap preventing backflow of blood
- 36. Structure covering the trachea when swallowing
- 37. Lower chamber of the heart