Across
- 5. pertaining to the heart and blood vessels
- 6. thin and smallest blood vessels in the body which allows for the exchange of oxygen, nutrients and waste between cells and tissues
- 9. transports blood from the upper portion of the body to the heart
- 11. enable blood to flow only toward the heart and prevents it from flowing away from the heart
- 12. smaller, thinner branches of arteries that deliver blood to the capillaries
- 16. transports blood from the lower portion of the body to the heart
- 19. oxygen,carbon dioxide, nitrogen
- 20. smallest veins that join to form the larger veins
Down
- 1. brings oxygen and nutrients to the cells and carries away waste
- 2. processes waste products and toxins of the blood
- 3. smallest formed elements of the blood, allowing for clotting
- 4. transports blood to and from all areas of the body
- 7. light colored fluid within the blood, that contains nutrients, hormones, waste products and water
- 8. relating to, or contained in, the veins
- 10. two largest veins in the body, that return blood to the heart
- 13. returns blood from all body parts to the heart
- 14. measurement of pressure exerted against the walls of the arteries
- 15. receives blood from the veins and pumps blood
- 17. large blood vessels that carry blood away form the heart to all regions of the body
- 18. facilitates gas exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide to the heart