Across
- 2. Any of the membranous tubes that form a branching system and carry blood to the heart from the cells, tissues, and organs of the body.
- 4. Irrational fear of blood.
- 8. Red blood cells that carry __________(the molecule that transports oxygen) and help remove wastes from tissues throughout the body.
- 9. A cell, especially a white blood cell, having granules that stain readily with basic dyes.
- 10. The primary type of white blood cell involved in inflammation.
- 11. The three-segmented valve of the heart that keeps blood in the right ventricle from flowing back into the right atrium.
- 14. An elastic tubular channel, such as an artery, a vein, or a capillary, through which the blood circulates.
- 15. Conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- 16. The semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta, controlling the flow of blood.
- 17. Another name for "mitral valve".
- 19. The chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta.
- 20. Blood ________:The course of the blood from the heart through the arteries, capillaries, and veins back again to the heart.ophage
- 23. Any of the muscular elastic tubes that form a branching system and that carry blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body.
- 24. White blood cell is also called, ___________.
- 25. The inner open space or cavity of a tubular organ, as of a blood vessel or an intestine.
Down
- 1. Either of two large veins that return deoxygented blood to the right atrium of the heart.
- 3. The fluid that circulates through the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins and is the chief means of transport within the body.
- 5. A type of white blood cell containing granules that can be stained by eosin.
- 6. These blood vessels form an intricate network throughout the body for the interchange of various substances, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide, between blood and tissue cells.
- 7. The chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk.
- 12. Prevents blood from flowing from the artery back into the heart.
- 13. The main vessel in the arterial network, which conveys oxygen-rich blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs.
- 18. The right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the vena cava and coronary sinus.
- 21. The chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system.
- 22. An irregularly shaped,disclike,cytoplasmic fragment of a megakaryocyte that is shed in the marrow sinus and subsequently found in the peripheral blood, where it functions in clotting.