Blood donors save lives!

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. The time between birth and death; what living things have (4)
  2. 4. A person who requires medical care (plural) (8)
  3. 5. A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care (8)
  4. 6. Any substance that stimulates an immune response in the body (7)
  5. 9. The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of ___ (10)
  6. 10. A ___ that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing (12)
  7. 13. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color (10)
  8. 14. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (plural) (5)
  9. 15. Being protected from harm (6)

Down

  1. 1. How well your body and mind are doing (6)
  2. 2. The liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking (5)
  3. 4. Tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood (plural) (9)
  4. 7. Any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to (8)
  5. 8. A person who freely enlists for service (plural) (10)
  6. 11. Small sweet baked treats (7)
  7. 12. Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function (6)