The heart
Across
- 4. vein responsible for carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart.
- 7. muscular organ in most animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system.
- 9. blood carrying more of carbon dioxide to be expelled from body
- 10. Ventricle The lower right chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium and pumps it under low pressure into the lungs via the pulmonary artery.
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- 1. valve the semilunar valve of the heart that lies between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery and has three cusps.
- 2. when the visceral layer of serous pericardium comes into contact with heart it is known as the
- 3. blood carrying more of oxygen to deliver to body tissues while
- 5. Atrium is one of the four chambers of the heart, located on the left posterior side. Its primary roles are to act as a holding chamber for blood returning from the lungs and to act as a pump to transport blood to other areas of the heart
- 6. the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body.
- 8. valve a valve in the human heart between the left ventricle and the aorta. It is one of the two semilunar valves of the heart, the other being the pulmonary valve