- the cardiovascular system -

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Across
  1. 2. artery, the primary vascular supply in the region of the knee and lower leg
  2. 3. circulation, the system of transportation that shunts de-oxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs to be re-saturated with oxygen before being dispersed into the systemic circulation
  3. 6. aorta, the longest part of your aorta (the largest artery in your body)
  4. 7. artery, major blood vessels that provide your brain's blood supply
  5. 8. murmur, a blowing whooshing or rasping sound heard during a heartbeat
  6. 12. flaps that act as one-way inlets for blood coming into a ventricle and one-way outlets for blood leaving a ventricle
  7. 13. dioxide, an important heat-trapping gas or greenhouse gas
  8. 14. a very small vein especially one collecting blood from the capillaries
  9. 15. aorta, the first section of your aorta and the largest blood vessel in your body
  10. 17. a part of the body that performs a specific function
  11. 19. blood vessels that distribute oxygen-rich blood to your entire body
  12. 21. artery, a major blood vessel supplying blood to your upper arm elbow forearm and hand
  13. 23. circulation provides the functional blood supply to all body tissue
  14. 26. artery, transports deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation
  15. 27. artery, large blood vessels that carry blood from your heart to your kidneys
  16. 28. relating to the heart and blood vessels
  17. 30. artery, one of the terminal branches of the celiac trunk
Down
  1. 1. artery, the main blood vessel supplying blood to your lower body
  2. 4. soft tissues
  3. 5. each of the two main chambers of the heart left and right
  4. 9. artery, runs on the inside of the forearm from the elbow to the thumb
  5. 10. veins, veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
  6. 11. arteries, a pair of blood vessels located on the sides of your neck that deliver blood to your brain and head
  7. 14. cavae, two large veins (great vessels) that return deoxygenated blood from the body into the heart
  8. 16. relating to or denoting the arteries which surround and supply the heart
  9. 18. the main and largest artery in the human body
  10. 20. aorta, the largest blood vessel in the body
  11. 22. blood vessels located throughout your body that collect oxygen-poor blood and return it to your heart
  12. 24. any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
  13. 25. aorta, a continuation of the descending aorta and becomes the abdominal aorta when it passes through the diaphragm
  14. 29. artery, the principal arterial supply of the upper limb