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- 1. What are the smallest blood vessels that connect arteries and veins called?
- 3. What is the liquid part of blood called?
- 6. What is the only vein that carries oxygenated blood called?
- 8. associated with the heart
- 9. forms into fibrin to make a mesh during blood clotting
- 12. What is the largest artery in the body called?
- 14. blood vessel that carries blood from the intestines to the liver
- 15. What is the circulation of blood between the heart and the lungs called?
- 17. What is the condition in which fatty deposits build up inside arteries called?
- 19. What are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart called?
- 23. What are the cell like structures in blood that help with blood clotting called?
- 24. What is the force of blood against the walls of blood vessels called?
- 25. What is the circulation of blood between the heart and the rest of the body called?
- 26. What are the blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart called?
Down
- 2. valves in the main blood vessels of the heart
- 4. What is the artery that carries blood from the heart to the lungs called?
- 5. part of heart that receives blood from the body
- 7. What is the protein in red blood cells that binds to oxygen called?
- 10. most powerful section of the heart
- 11. What are the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle called?
- 13. valves in the heart that separate the atria and ventricles
- 16. What are the cells in blood that transport oxygen called?
- 18. the hole in arteries and veins
- 20. What is the rhythmic contraction and relaxation of the heart called?
- 21. What are the cells in blood that fight infection by engulfing pathogens called?
- 22. What are the two large veins that return blood to the heart from the body called?