The Heart
Across
- 2. You should get 8–10 hours of this to help your heart rest
- 4. One way to reduce stress and help your heart
- 8. Tiny blood vessels where oxygen and nutrients move into the tissues
- 9. The strongest chamber of the heart
- 12. Gas that is a waste product your body gets rid of
- 16. The “natural pacemaker” of the heart
- 17. The bottom chamber of the heart that pumps blood
- 18. The top chamber of the heart that collects blood
- 19. This sound ("lub-dub") is made by heart ________ closing
- 20. This harmful habit damages your heart and lungs
Down
- 1. This organ works like a pump to move blood
- 3. The part of the heart that pumps blood to the whole body
- 5. Eating too much of this can harm your heart (common in junk food)
- 6. You can feel this on your wrist or neck—it shows your heartbeat
- 7. The part of the heart that sends blood to the lungs for oxygen
- 10. Special muscle type that makes up the heart
- 11. Gas that your body needs to make energy
- 13. This vessel carries blood away from the heart
- 14. What your heart pumps through the body
- 15. The system that includes the heart and blood vessels