The Circulatory System

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Across
  1. 3. where are substances exchanged between he blood and body cells?
  2. 5. what carries blood to the heart itself?
  3. 7. what is a group of cells in the right atrium, that sends out signals that make the heart muscle contract?
  4. 9. what is the process called after the blood leaves the left atrium?
  5. 11. what pumps blood to the body through blood vessels?
  6. 12. what pumps oxygen- poor blood to the lungs?
  7. 13. what is the tissue material that forms a wall, to separate the right atrium and the left atrium?
  8. 14. what is the major blood vessel from the upper body to the heart?
  9. 17. what is a flap of tissue that prevents blood from following backwards?
Down
  1. 1. what is the largest artery in the body that is attached to the left ventricle?
  2. 2. what carries blood back to the heart?
  3. 4. what is the major blood vessel from the lower body to the heart?
  4. 6. what is the process called after the blood leaves the right atrium?
  5. 8. what pumps blood out of the heart?
  6. 10. what pumps oxygen-rich blood to all parts of the body?
  7. 15. what carries blood away from the heart?
  8. 16. what receives blood that comes into the heart?