Heart Healthy!

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Across
  1. 2. the red liquid that constantly travels through your circulatory system
  2. 5. the type of blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart
  3. 7. the type of blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
  4. 8. the name for the two lower, powerful pumping chambers of the heart
  5. 9. the yellowish, liquid part of the blood that carries the red and white blood cells
  6. 10. the two organs where blood travels to drop off carbon dioxide and pick up fresh oxygen
  7. 11. the muscular organ that pumps blood throughout your entire body
Down
  1. 1. the rhythmic beat you can feel in your wrist or neck when your heart pumps
  2. 3. the invisible gas that your blood picks up from the lungs and delivers to your cells
  3. 4. the tiniest blood vessels in the body where oxygen and nutrients are traded with cells
  4. 6. the name for the two upper chambers of the heart
  5. 7. the little doors inside the heart that open and close to keep blood flowing in only one direction