Cardiovascular System Terminology

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Across
  1. 4. Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
  2. 6. Largest vein in the body.
  3. 8. Small vein.
  4. 9. Largest artery in the body.
  5. 11. One of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
  6. 12. One of two lower chambers of the heart.
  7. 13. Lower tip of the heart.
  8. 14. Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.
  9. 15. Largest type of blood vessel; carries blood away from the heart to all parts of the body.
Down
  1. 1. Gas released by body cells, transported via veins to the heart, and then to the lungs for exhalation.
  2. 2. Gas that enters the blood through the lungs and travels to the heart to be pumped via arteries to all body cells.
  3. 3. Valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle; bicuspid valve.
  4. 5. Inner lining of the heart.
  5. 7. Small artery.
  6. 8. Structure in veins or in the heart that temporarily closes an opening so that blood flows in only one direction.
  7. 10. Smallest type of blood vessel.