Across
- 1. A blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood toward the heart
- 2. The fluid part of blood
- 3. The smallest type of blood vessel that connects arteries and veins
- 5. Your blood type is associated with the presence or absence of these found on the surface of red blood cells
- 6. A muscular organ in the chest that pumps blood
- 7. The force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels is called blood ____
- 10. High blood pressure
- 12. Cell fragments involved in blood clotting
- 13. The main components of this system are the heart, blood vessels, and blood
- 16. This valve separates the right atrium from the right ventricle
- 17. A protein found in red blood cells
Down
- 1. The two bottom chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart are the left & right _____
- 2. The circulation of blood between the heart and lungs
- 4. This valve separates the left atrium from the left ventricle
- 5. A buildup of plaque inside arteries
- 8. The circulation of blood between the heart and body
- 9. The kind of blood cell that carries oxygen
- 11. The kind of blood cell that help defend the body
- 14. Muscular blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart
- 15. The two top chambers of the heart that receive blood into the heart are the left & right ____