The Heart
Across
- 4. After the lungs fill blood with oxygen, the pulmonary veins carry the blood to the left atrium.
- 9. Opens when blood flows out of your left ventricle to your aorta (artery that carries oxygen-rich blood to your body).
- 10. The left ventricle is slightly larger than the right. It pumps oxygen-rich blood to the rest of your body.
- 12. Protective outer layer.
- 15. Inner layer.
Down
- 1. Muscular middle layer.
- 2. Opens when blood flows from your right ventricle to your pulmonary arteries (the only arteries that carry oxygen-poor blood to your lungs).
- 3. small blood vessels where your body exchanges oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood.
- 5. Door between your left atrium and left ventricle.
- 6. The lower right chamber pumps the oxygen-poor blood to your lungs through the pulmonary artery.
- 7. Two large veins deliver oxygen-poor blood to your right atrium.
- 8. carry oxygen-poor blood back to your heart.
- 11. The lower right chamber pumps the oxygen-poor blood to your lungs through the pulmonary artery.
- 13. valve, Door between your right atrium and right ventricle.
- 14. carry oxygen-rich blood from your heart to your body’s tissues. The exception is your pulmonary arteries, which go to your lungs.