Across
- 2. Mostly water, this functions as the medium through which blood cells and platelets are transported through the body
- 4. Blood Cells These are concave disks with a squashed in center
- 5. Vessels Blood travels through these tubes
- 6. Two large lightweight respiratory organs of the body
- 7. Blood vessels that have really small walls that nutrients and waste can go through
- 8. System Brings oxygen to the body and removes carbon dioxide
- 10. How many times your heart beats in a period of time
- 14. A cardiac muscle made up of four chambers
- 15. Large band of muscle that controls the size of chest cavity
- 16. The two branchges of the windpipe
- 18. The bottom two chambers of the heart
- 19. They carry blood back to the heart
Down
- 1. Grape-like clusters of air sacs within the lungs
- 3. The upper two chambers of the heart
- 7. System Carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells
- 9. Factors Any thing that can make an increase for a chance of disease
- 10. Release substances that start the process of blood clotting
- 11. Blood Cells These patrol tissues where they get rid of damaged or dead cells
- 12. They help blood flow in one direction
- 13. The tube that connects the throat to the bronchial tubes
- 17. They carry blood away from the heart