Cardiovascular System Vocabulary
Across
- 2. vessels it is carried through the body
- 7. complex protein composed molecule called globin and iron
- 8. sending the blood to the lungs for oxygen
- 11. connect arterides with venules the smallest veins
- 12. a muscular hollow organ
- 14. sending the blood to all other parts of the heart
- 15. pertaining to the heart and blood vessel
Down
- 1. circulation pertaing to the whole heart
- 3. the left ventricle pushes blood into the aort
- 4. flows through the circulatory system
- 5. the blood in the right side of the heart that lacks oxygen
- 6. first branch of aortai carries blood to myocardium
- 9. blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
- 10. abnormal heart rhythms and can be mild to life threatening
- 13. carry blood away from the heart