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