The Circulatory System

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Across
  1. 1. the chamber of the heart that opens up to draw blood into the heart from the body (2 words)
  2. 3. the chamber of the heart that opens up to draw blood into the heart from the lungs (2 words)
  3. 6. the tube that carries blood from the heart to the lungs (2 words)
  4. 9. the chamber of the heart that sends blood out through the aorta (2 words)
  5. 11. the largest artery in the body, which carries oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body
  6. 12. a structure that (in the circulatory system) allows blood to only flow in one direction
Down
  1. 2. this is the term for a tube that carries blood away from the heart
  2. 4. another name for the circulatory system
  3. 5. the tube that carries blood from the lungs to the heart (2 words)
  4. 7. the chamber of the heart that sends blood from the heart to the lungs (2 words)
  5. 8. this is the term for a tube that carries blood towards the heart
  6. 10. microscopic blood vessels where oxygen, nutrients, and waste products are picked up and dropped off in the body's tissues
  7. 12. blood vessel which carries blood back to the heart from the rest of the body (2 words)