The Circulatory System
Across
- 2. The two upper chambers of the heart
- 5. High blood pressure
- 7. Damage to part of the heart muscle due to a lack of oxygen-rich blood supply
- 11. The largest artery in the body
- 12. Pressure of the blood in the arteries
- 13. Exchange materials between the blood and body cells
- 15. The alternating expansion and relaxation of the artery walls
Down
- 1. Cell fragments that help form blood clots
- 3. cells that fight disease
- 4. Main organ of the circulatory system
- 6. The two lower chambers of the heart
- 8. Picks up the oxygen and delivers it to cells in the body
- 9. A vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood to the body
- 10. Liquid part of the blood
- 14. Blood vessels that carry blood from various parts of the body to the heart