Across
- 2. rate, the number of times the heart beats every minute
- 4. cava, largest veins of the body
- 6. liquid portion of blood
- 8. gives blood its red colour
- 9. widening of blood vessels
- 11. another word for platelets
- 14. another word for red blood cells
- 15. septum, divides right and left side of the heart
- 16. carries blood to the heart
- 17. another word for white blood cells
Down
- 1. purpose is to prevent backflow
- 3. smallest type of blood vessel
- 5. largest artery of the body
- 7. constricting of blood vessels
- 10. carries blood away from the heart
- 12. blood, carried by the pulmonary veins
- 13. blood, carried by the pulmonary arteries