CVD Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Dioxide Blood carries this to your lungs to breath out also It is a waste product made by your body
  2. 5. The right ventricle pumps the blood to the lungs where it becomes
  3. 8. The heart is a ___ type of muscle
  4. 10. a pair of spongy, air-filled organs located on either side of the chest (thorax)
  5. 12. Valve an aortic valve with only two cups
  6. 13. a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries
  7. 15. your heart rate ___ when resting after physical activity
  8. 16. Artery The arterial blood vessel that transports oxygenated blood to the heart muscle
  9. 18. are thin-walled chambers that receive blood from the veins
  10. 19. blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart
  11. 21. any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
  12. 23. Valve one of the two main valves on the right side of your heart
Down
  1. 1. Artery a small body of specialized muscle fibers, located in the right atrium of the heart, whose activity is responsible for initiating the heartbeat
  2. 3. a type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart
  3. 4. a very small vein, especially one collecting blood from the capillaries
  4. 6. Cava a large vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart
  5. 7. It can lead to severe health complications and increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and sometimes death
  6. 9. each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right
  7. 11. keeps blood flowing in the correct direction
  8. 14. What type of blood is moved from the body into the right atrium
  9. 17. the blood vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the tissues of the body
  10. 20. your Heart rate ___ after physical active
  11. 22. the largest artery in the body