Year 8 Circulatory System
Across
- 1. the chambers in the top half of the heart
- 3. main artery that carries blood from the heart to the body
- 5. pressure wave in the artery as the heart beats
- 8. blood cells that carry oxygen
- 11. small parts of blood that help with clotting
- 12. relating to the lungs
- 13. a type of blood vessel that usually carries oxygenated blood
- 14. organ that transfers oxygen into the blood stream
- 15. keeps the heart beating
- 16. the finest blood vessels
- 18. with oxygen
- 19. blood vessel that travels toward the heart
Down
- 2. tube that passes air to the lungs
- 4. no oxygen
- 6. highest blood pressure
- 7. a chamber of the heart
- 9. lowest blood pressure
- 10. the blood pumping organ
- 11. liquid in the blood
- 17. prevents blood flowing the wrong way