Ashley's cardiovascular puzzle
Across
- 3. Lower tip of the heart.
- 6. Small artery.
- 7. Gas that enters the blood through the lungs and travels to the heart to be pumped via arteries to all body cells
- 10. Largest type of blood vessel; carries blood away from the heart to all parts of the body.
- 11. Muscular middle layer of the heart.
- 13. Record of the electrical activity of the heart.
- 15. Artery carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs.
- 17. Two common carotid arteries located on each side of the neck branch from the aorta and provide blood to head, neck and brain.
Down
- 1. Inner lining of the heart.
- 2. Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves
- 4. Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
- 5. Smallest type of blood vessel.
- 8. Largest vein in the body.
- 9. Largest artery in the body.
- 12. Thin-walled vessel that carries blood from body tissues and lungs back to the heart.
- 14. Relaxation phase of the heartbeat.
- 16. One of two lower chambers of the heart.