Across
- 4. a small blood cell that helps the blood to clot
- 5. a tiny blood vessel
- 7. the artery that carries blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
- 8. a blood cell that fights infection by destroying microscopic, disease-causing organisms
- 9. a blood cell that carries oxygen throughout the body
- 10. structures that open and close to control blood flow through the heart
- 12. a waste product in the blood that comes from the
- 13. a blood vessel that carries blood to the heart
Down
- 1. system the body system that includes the heart,blood vessels, and blood
- 2. of proteins
- 3. a tube in the body through which blood flows
- 6. either of the two lower chambers of the heart that pumps blood through arteries
- 7. the vein that carries blood from the lungs to the left atrium
- 10. the muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
- 11. a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart