Cardiovascular System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Longest artery in body; carries blood away from heart
  2. 5. Receives blood from left atrium
  3. 7. Vessels After blood leaves the heart it carries through blood vessels
  4. 8. This organ pumps blood throughout the body
  5. 9. System Pertaining to heart and lungs
  6. 11. Iron containing protein of red blood cells; carries oxygen from lungs to tissue
  7. 12. Circulation Pertaining to the lungs
  8. 13. Tiny blood vessels connect arterioles and venules; allows exchange of nutrients and gases
  9. 15. Circulation Pertaining to the whole body
Down
  1. 1. Blood Blood on the right side of heart; low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide
  2. 2. Arteries First bunch of aorta; carries blood to myocardian
  3. 4. Fluid circulates through vessels in body to carry substances to all body parts
  4. 6. Abnormal heart rythym
  5. 10. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  6. 14. Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart