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Circulatory System
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Across
4. A flap of tissue that
prevents blood from flowing
backward
5. Consists of the heart,
blood vessels,and blood
9. Largest artery in the body
11. Take up oxygen in the
blood and deliver it to cells
elsewhere inthe body
12. Blood vessels that carry
blood back to the heart
Word Bank
Plasma
White blood cells
Aorta
Capillaries
14. Blood vessels that carry 7. Tiny blood vessels where
blood away from the heart substances are exchanged
Down between the blood and the
1. (Singular) lower chambers body cells
of the heart 8. Group of heart cells that
2. The body's disease fighters sends out signals that make the
3. Hollow, muscular organ heart muscle contract
that pumps blood throughout 10. The liquid part of the
the body blood
6. Cell fragments that play 13. (Singular) upper chambers
an important part in forming of the heart
blood clots
Valve Veins Red Blood Cells
Pacemaker Arteries Heart
Atrium Ventricles Cardiovascular System
Platelets