Heart
Across
- 1. Ensure one-way blood flow
- 6. Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
- 8. Pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs
- 10. These branches rapidly distribute the electrical signal throughout the right and left ventricles, stimulating them to contract and pump blood to the lungs and the rest of the body
Down
- 2. Pumps oxygenated blood to the entire body
- 3. The electrical impulse spreads across the atria, causing them to contract and pump blood into the ventricles
- 4. Located in the right atrium, this is the heart's natural pacemaker, initiating each electrical impulse
- 5. After passing through the AV node, the impulse continues down the bundle of His, a group of specialized fibers
- 7. Collects deoxygenated blood from the body
- 9. Situated between the atria and ventricles, the AV node momentarily delays the impulse, allowing the atria to finish contracting and empty their blood into the ventricles