The Circulatory System Crossword

any of the muscular-walled tubes by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.
any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart
a device for controlling the passage of fluid or air through a pipe, duct, etc., especially an automatic device allowing movement in one direction only.
a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation
an artificial device for stimulating the heart muscle and regulating its contractions.
the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended.
carry fresh oxygen throughout the body
a small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting.
cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.
a disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their inner walls.