Across
- 3. carries blood between the heart and the lungs
- 5. binds with oxygen in red blood cells
- 6. cushions the CNS and helps supply it with nutrients, hormones, and white blood cells
- 8. carries blood between the heart and the rest of the body
- 9. dichotomy between fight and flight in the autonomic nervous system
- 10. relay point between a neuron and a receiving cell
- 11. abnormally low amount of red blood cells or hemoglobin
- 12. coordinates body movement
- 13. fluid is pumped through open ended tubes
- 17. serves as input center for sensory data going to the cerebrum and output center for motor responses
- 18. smallest blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart
- 19. voice box
- 20. pumping phase if the heart
- 21. 3-5% of this is dissolved oxygen
- 22. sends sensory data to higher brain centers
- 23. controls pituitary gland and acts as a biological clock
Down
- 1. 21% of this is oxygen
- 2. facilitates exchange of material in the body
- 4. largest blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- 6. blood stays within a set of tubes and is distinct from interstitial fluids
- 7. muscle under the lungs that expands and contracts
- 14. air is forced into lungs
- 15. air moves passively into lungs after air pressure drops
- 16. passes data between the spinal cord and forebrain
