Across
- 5. A protein made by plasma cells (a type of white blood cell) in response to an antigen
- 6. the fundamental and distinctive characteristics or qualities of someone or something, especially when regarded as unchangeable.
- 10. a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles.
- 12. the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended
- 14. provides the functional blood supply to all body tissue
- 18. a small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting
- 19. blood that is rich in oxygen
- 20. heart chamber that receives blood into the heart and drives it into a ventricle, or chamber, for pumping blood away from the heart
- 21. is the thickest of the heart's chambers and is responsible for pumping oxygenated blood to tissues all over the body
- 22. a hollow muscular organ of the body that expands and contracts to move blood through the arteries and veins
- 23. the cavity of a tubular organ
Down
- 1. is the movement of molecules from a region of high concentration to one of lower concentration
- 2. A thin tube that carries lymph ( and white blood cells through the lymphatic system
- 3. The main blood vessel that supplies blood to a kidney and its nearby adrenal gland and ureter
- 4. A blood vessel that carries blood to the heart from tissues and organs in the body
- 6. a circulatory system in which the blood makes two distinct circuits
- 7. carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs
- 8. any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
- 9. any of various membranous structures, especially in the heart, veins, and lymph ducts, that function to close temporarily a passage or orifice
- 11. the main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system. In humans it passes over the heart from the left ventricle and runs down in front of the backbone.
- 13. Any substance that causes the body to make an immune response against that substance
- 15. a partition separating two chambers, such as that between the nostrils or the chambers of the heart
- 16. a form of small leukocyte (white blood cell) with a single round nucleus, occurring especially in the lymphatic system.
- 17. he soft, spongy tissue that has many blood vessels and is found in the center of most bones