The Circulatory System Word Search
The Circulatory System, as a word search. 12 words drawn from the parts and systems of the human body sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: HEART, ARTERY, VEIN, AORTA, CAPILLARY, CIRCULATION, PLASMA, PLATELET, REDBLOODCELL, WHITEBLOODCELL, ATRIUM, VENTRICLE.
Every word on the list appears exactly once. Words can run forwards or backwards, so scan both directions before you move on.
The Circulatory System word list, defined
- HEART /hɑːt/ (British); /hɑːrt/ (American) · noun, verb
- The hollow muscular organ that pumps blood around the body. Figuratively, a heart can mean a person's feelings, love, sympathy, courage, innermost thoughts, or the central part of something. Related: courage, spirit, core, center.
- ARTERY /ˈɑːtəri/ (UK), /ˈɑːrtəri/ (US) · noun
- A blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues and organs of the body (with the pulmonary arteries being the exception, carrying deoxygenated blood to the lungs); figuratively, a major route or channel for transport or communication. Related: blood vessel, vessel, aorta, channel.
- VEIN /veɪn/ · noun
- A vein is a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart. By extension, the word refers to a channel or seam in rock or soil, a course of water, a distinctive style or tendency in writing, and a streak of talent, emotion, or humor. Related: blood vessel, lode, seam, channel.
- AORTA /eɪˈɔːtə/ (British), /eɪˈɔːrtə/ (US) · noun
- The main and largest artery of the human body, which carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs. Related: main artery, great artery, aortal vessel.
- CAPILLARY /ˈkæpəˌlɛri/ · noun, adjective
- As a noun, a capillary is any of the tiny, thin-walled blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules, through which oxygen, nutrients, and waste are exchanged with body tissues. As an adjective, it describes something relating to or resembling such fine vessels, or having the properties of capillarity — the movement of liquid through very narrow spaces. Related: capillary vessel, hairline vessel, microvessel, blood vessel.
- CIRCULATION /ˌsɜːrkjʊˈleɪʃən/ (UK), /ˌsɝːkjəˈleɪʃən/ (US) · noun
- The movement or flow of something in a continuous circuit, especially blood through the body, air through a space, or currency and information through a community. Related: flow, movement, circumference, distribution.
- PLASMA /ˈplæzəm/ · noun
- In biology, plasma is the pale-yellow, cell-free fluid that remains when blood cells are removed from blood. In physics, it is an ionized gas containing charged particles, as found in stars, plasmas, and some laboratory devices. Related: blood plasma, serum, ionized gas.
- PLATELET /ˈpleɪtlət/ · noun
- A platelet is a small, flat fragment of a blood cell involved in blood clotting. Platelets help damaged blood vessels form clots and stop bleeding. Related: thrombocyte, clotting body.
- ATRIUM /ˈeɪtriəm/ · noun
- A large open space, often with a glass roof, at the centre of a building such as a hotel or office. In anatomy, an atrium is one of the two upper chambers of the heart that receive blood. Related: hall, lobby, court, courtyard.
- VENTRICLE /ˈvɛntrɪkəl/ · noun
- A ventricle is a chamber or cavity within an organ, especially one of the two lower chambers of the heart that pump blood out toward the lungs or the rest of the body. In the brain, ventricles are communicating cavities containing cerebrospinal fluid. Related: chamber, cavity, lower chamber.
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