The Circulatory System

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  1. 2. This side of the heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs
  2. 4. the process of donating a specific blood component, such as red cells, plasma or platelets is called this
  3. 7. The size of a red blood cell
  4. 9. This is the largest artery in the body
  5. 13. These kinds of white blood cells roll along blood vessel walls in search of bacteria to eat
  6. 17. These connect arteries to veins
  7. 18. White blood cells fight these
  8. 19. This kind of blood cell makes up only 1% of your blood
  9. 20. This body part is about equal in size to your heart
  10. 21. This is the only vein that carries oxygenated blood in the body
  11. 27. This is what is carried away from body tissues by the blood
  12. 30. This pumps your blood
  13. 31. This blood type is the universal recipient of red blood cells
  14. 33. These cells are responsible for carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide
  15. 36. These animals have over 800 blood types
  16. 37. Where red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are made
  17. 38. These carry blood back toward your heart
  18. 40. This is how long a red blood cell lives for
  19. 41. Red blood cells do not contain one of these, making it impossible to to repair themselves once damaged
  20. 42. Makes blood red
  21. 43. Another word for platelet
  22. 45. This liquid portion of the blood makes up about 55% of the blood’s volume
  23. 47. Earthworms, leeches, and insects have blood that is this color
  24. 48. Blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart
  25. 49. This is the number of liters of blood in the body
  26. 50. Your heart is one of these
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  1. 1. This is the movement of blood through the heart and around the body
  2. 3. This is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and liquid plasma
  3. 5. The percentage of the human body weight that blood makes up
  4. 6. This is the sound of the valves in the heart as they push blood from one chamber to another
  5. 8. Another word for high blood pressure
  6. 10. The color of lobster and crabs' blood
  7. 11. The heart has this many ventricles, and also this many atria
  8. 12. This is the only artery which carries deoxygenated blood
  9. 14. A cancer of the blood system in which excess immature, white blood cells are produced
  10. 15. This device separates plasma from the cells in blood
  11. 16. This is a wall of tissue that separates the right and left sides of the heart
  12. 22. This side of the heart receives blood from the lungs and pumps it out to the body
  13. 23. A white blood cells life span
  14. 24. These are blood cells that help stop bleeding
  15. 25. There are this many chambers in the heart
  16. 26. The study of blood is called this
  17. 28. There are approximately 60,000 miles of these in the human body
  18. 29. Most common type of blood cell
  19. 32. Another word for a red blood cell
  20. 34. White blood cells are also known as these
  21. 35. The number of weeks that red blood cells can be stored for
  22. 39. This blood type is the universal donor of red blood cells
  23. 40. These are fibers that weave around platelets at a cut or injury to plug up the flow of blood and form a scab
  24. 44. This is the shape of red blood cells
  25. 46. The amount of blood that a newborn baby has in their body