Cardiovascular System Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 5. disk-shaped red blood cell
- 6. a thin, smooth tissue that makes up the lining of the chambers and valves of the heart
- 8. the heart's lower chambers
- 10. the middle, muscular layer of the heart wall, responsible for the heart's pumping action
- 11. the smallest blood vessels in the circulatory system
- 13. the two upper chambers of the heart
- 14. carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to the rest of the body
Down
- 1. platelet
- 2. white blood cells
- 3. keeps the heart in a stable location in the mediastinum
- 4. carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart
- 7. blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood from the right side of your heart to your lungs
- 8. carries blood to the heart
- 9. blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from your lungs to your heart
- 12. the first and largest artery in the body