The Circulatory System
Across
- 1. the cells that attack bacteria in blood and body tissues
- 4. thin-walled chambers that receive blood from veins
- 7. muscular organ that pumps blood through the body
- 8. an ear shaped appendage
- 11. the major muscle of respiration
- 13. the membrane that lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves
- 14. the positively charged central core of an atom
- 18. the outer surface of the heart
- 19. controlling the passage of fluid/air through a pipe
- 20. the smallest subunit of all muscular tissues and organs
Down
- 2. long contractile fibres
- 3. the largest and most important artery in the body
- 5. the muscular tissue of the heart
- 6. the membrane enclosing the heart
- 9. the tip of a pyramidal or rounded structure
- 10. the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins
- 12. main chambers of the heart on left and right
- 15. a cavity within a bone or other tissue
- 16. any of the tubes forming part of the blood
- 17. the soft pad positioned in between each of the vertebrae of the spine