Circulatory System Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 5. a blood cell with large percentage of oxygen.
  2. 8. carry a large volume of blood from the heart to the kidneys.
  3. 9. carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle, through the arteries, to the capillaries in the tissues of the body.
  4. 12. heart chamber that receives blood into the heart and drives it into a ventricle
  5. 14. the clear, straw-colored liquid portion of blood that remains after red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and other cellular components are removed.
  6. 16. a blood cell with large percentage of oxygen
  7. 17. type of whitebloodcell they include natural killer cells
  8. 19. the main chamber of your heart.
  9. 20. is one of two upper chambers in the heart that receives blood from the circulatory system.
  10. 23. . It has two separate circuits and blood passes through the heart twice
  11. 24. There are 4 basic types of this connective, epithelial, muscle, and nervous.
  12. 25. the cartilage and bone in your nose.
  13. 26. a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies.
Down
  1. 1. A valve is a mechanism that opens and closes to control the flow of fluids.
  2. 2. form clots and stop or prevent bleeding.
  3. 3. carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs.
  4. 4. the network of capillaries (microvessels) and a large network of tubes located throughout your body that transport lymph away from tissues.
  5. 6. the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body.
  6. 7. occurs through the passing down from parent or parents to offspring.
  7. 10. They are the smallest blood vessels in the body.
  8. 11. a net flow of matter from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration.
  9. 13. It has two separate circuits and blood passes through the heart twice
  10. 15. the spongy tissue inside some of your bones, such as your hip and thigh bones.
  11. 18. used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses.
  12. 19. is the inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine.
  13. 21. carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
  14. 22. Their main role is to circulate and migrate through tissues to ingest and destroy both microbes and cellular debris.