Across
- 2. The smallest arteries
- 6. Like an enormous highway system that moves blood throughout the body
- 8. The "roads" that make up the circulatory system
- 11. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- 12. Deoxygenated bllod is carried back to the heart through these
- 13. Transports oxygen,nurtientsk and water to your cells, and carries carbon dioxide and wasted away from your cells
- 14. Important for clotting blood
Down
- 1. A network of tiny blood vessels that act like a highway interchange
- 3. Fight infection and prevent growth of cancer
- 4. Allow blood to flow in only one direction
- 5. Allows the blood to move from the body into the heart
- 7. Carry oxygen from your lungs to the cells of your body and carbon dioxide from the cells to the lungs where it is exhaled
- 9. Pumps the blood out of the heart
- 10. A muscular organ that pumps blood throughout your body
- 14. A clear yellowish liquid that makes up 55% of blood
- 15. The largest artery in to body