cardiovascular system
Across
- 2. the heart___ over ten-thousand times a day
- 3. branch together to form larger veins
- 5. Arteries branch into smaller vessels called
- 8. artery in foot
- 9. bring deoxygenated blood from right side of heart to lungs
- 10. the main artery of the body
- 12. continuous one-way circuit through the body, involving 2 main loops
- 13. supplied, treated, or enriched with oxygen
- 15. body's largest veins
- 20. connect arteries and veins
- 21. the____ transports nutrients and oxygen through the body
Down
- 1. remove oxygen from
- 4. the part of the vascular system that carries blood from the left ventricle to organs and tissues of the body
- 6. artery in lower arm
- 7. artery in lower leg
- 11. balance or equilibrium
- 14. artery in thigh
- 16. carry blood away from the heart
- 17. prevent backwards flow
- 18. strong muscular organ that pumps blood
- 19. carry blood back to the heart