Across
- 2. anyone of the tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body
- 7. the part of blood that contains iron and carries oxygen through the body
- 8. a red-colored blood cell that carries oxygen from the lungs to other parts of the body
- 10. the smallest blood vessels
- 11. a clear, colorless cell in the blood that protects the body from disease
- 12. blood vessels of the heart
- 13. any one of the tubes that carry blood from the body back to the heart
- 17. high blood pressure
- 18. one of two sections of the heart, take in blood from the veins
Down
- 1. one of two sections of the heart that pump blood out to the body
- 3. a small, round, thin blood cell that helps blood to stop flowing from a cut
- 4. fatty deposits build up on artery walls and narrow the space for blood to flow
- 5. blood vessels of the body
- 6. the force with which blood moves through a person's body
- 9. disease disease of the heart and/or blood vessels
- 14. the watery part of blood
- 15. a cancer in which the body forms too many white blood cells
- 16. a condition in which a person has fewer red blood cells than normal