The Circulatory System Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• red blood cells : transport oxygen
• septum : separates the left side and the right side of the heart.
• valves : prevent backflow of blood
• vena cava : deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium through the
• capillaries : are very small blood vessels that connect arteries and veins.
• cardiac muscle : the heart is made of very strong muscle that can continuously pump blood, called?
• white blood cells : protect the body from disease
• ventricles : the lower chambers of the heart.
• aorta : the major artery in the heart that carries oxygenated blood to the whole body
• veins : carry blood to the heart
• plasma : the yellow liquid part of the blood, that transports substances around the body
• pulmonary artery : what artery takes blood to the lungs?
• haemoglobin : red pigmentation found in red blood cells
• pulse : is a wave of vibration that passes through an artery when blood is forced out of the heart.
• arteries : carry blood away from the heart
• pulmonary vein : brings oxygenated blood back to the left atrium from the lungs.
• platelets : clot the blood
• atrium : the upper chambers of the heart.