heart crossword
Across
- 2. valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle
- 3. thin walled vessel that carries blood from body tissues and lungs back to the heart
- 4. beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries
- 5. relaxation phase of the heartbeat
- 7. contraction phase of the heartbeat
- 8. double layered membrane surrounding the heart
- 11. one of two upper chambers of the heart
- 12. structure in veins or in the heart that temporarily closes an opening
- 13. muscular middle layer of the heart
- 15. gas that enters the blood through the lungs
- 16. two common carotid arteries located on either side of the neck
- 18. small vein
- 19. smallest type of blood vessel
Down
- 1. innermost lining of blood vessels
- 3. one of two lower chambers in the heart
- 6. largest artery in the body
- 9. small artery
- 10. inner lining of the heart
- 12. largest vein in the body
- 14. largest type of blood vessel
- 17. partition or wall dividing a cavity