Cardiovascular System Vocabulary Crossword

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  1. 3. divided into a right and left coronary artery to carry blood to the head
  2. 6. the iron containing protein of red blood cells; serves to carry oxygen from lungs to the tissue
  3. 8. blood arrives in the lungs & oxygen is taken into the blood.
  4. 10. a muscular, hollow organ often called the "pump" of the body
  5. 11. pertaining to the heart and blood vessels
  6. 13. connect arterioles with venules the smallest veins
Down
  1. 1. pertaining to the whole body
  2. 2. irregular or abnormal rhythm, usually referring to the heart rhythm
  3. 4. when the blood leaves the heat, it is carried through body in blood vessels
  4. 5. fluid that circulates through the vessels in the body to carry substance all body parts
  5. 7. largest artery in the body; carries blood away from the heart
  6. 9. blood vessels that carries blood away from the heart
  7. 12. blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart