Life processes 1

Blood is a ________ connective tissue that transports food, oxygen, and waste materials throughout the body.

Blood consists of a fluid medium called ________, in which the cells are suspended.

________ is carried by the red blood corpuscles.

Plasma transports food, ________, and nitrogenous wastes in dissolved form.

The ________ is a muscular organ responsible for pumping blood around the body.

The oxygen-rich blood from the lungs enters the left ________ of the heart.

The left atrium relaxes when collecting oxygen-rich blood, and then contracts, transferring the blood to the ________.

The ________ side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs for oxygenation.

Oxygen enters the blood in the ________.

The separation of the right and left sides of the heart prevents the mixing of ________ and deoxygenated blood.