Across
- 2. "tiny vein," that acts as a crucial bridge in the circulatory system
- 3. major blood vessels in the neck that drain deoxygenated blood from the brain
- 4. the body's smallest, most numerous blood vessels
- 5. muscles located in the ventricles of the heart
- 10. Two lower Chambers of the heart
- 12. blood vessels that branch off the bottom of the abdominal aorta
- 14. connects the ascending aorta to the descending aorta
- 16. inferior tip formed by the left ventricle
Down
- 1. double-layered, fluid-filled sac enclosing the heart and the roots of major blood vessels
- 6. deep blood vessel located in the back of the knee
- 7. muscular blood vessels that branch off from arteries
- 8. two largest veins in the body
- 9. Carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
- 11. blood vessel in the thigh that returns deoxygenated blood from the lower leg to the heart
- 13. oxygenated blood away from the heart
- 15. two upper Chambers of the heart