Across
- 4. are blood vessels that convey blood from the tissues back to the heart
- 9. membrane that protects and surrounds the heart
- 10. a protein that is confined to blood
- 11. most important method of capillary exchange
- 12. total blood volume occupied by RBC's
- 14. a connective tissue that is composed of nutrients and extracellular matrix
- 15. contains that Red blood cell, White Blood cell and platelets
Down
- 1. forms the right border of the heart
- 2. deliver blood to capillaries and help regulate blood flow from arteries to capillaries
- 3. carry blood away from the heart to other organs
- 5. the thin transparent outer layer of the heart wall
- 6. System that is composed of Blood, Blood vessel and the Heart
- 7. oxygen carrying pigment
- 8. thickest chamber of the heart
- 13. relatively small, roughly the same size as you close your fist