Circulatory System

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Across
  1. 1. This is the component of blood that carries oxygen
  2. 3. This is the component of blood that forms clots in blood vessels to stop bleeding
  3. 4. This is a yellow liquid in the blood that carries nutrients and waste products
  4. 5. These blood vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body
  5. 7. These blood vessels carry deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart
  6. 8. The circulatory system is made up of the ______, blood, and blood vessels
  7. 9. In this type of circulation, the blood flows between the heart and the lungs
  8. 12. ________ is the process that transports blood through the circulatory system
  9. 13. In this heart movement, the heart contracts and sends blood to the arteries
  10. 15. In this heart movement, the heart relaxes and blood enters from veins
  11. 17. The ______ carry oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart
  12. 18. Deoxygenated blood enters the _____ through the vena cava
  13. 19. These are very small, thin vessels that connect arteries to veins
Down
  1. 2. The oxygenated blood goes from the left atrium to the ______
  2. 3. The right ventricle pumps blood through the _____ to the lungs
  3. 6. This is the component of blood that attacks bacteria and viruses to defend the body
  4. 10. The oxygenated blood is carried from the pulmonary veins into the _______
  5. 11. The right atrium pushes blood into the _______
  6. 14. In this type of circulation, the blood flows between the heart and the rest of the body
  7. 16. The blood carries nutrients and _______ to the cells of the body