Across
- 2. responsible for carrying oxygen
- 3. tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
- 8. body's largest artery, responsible for carrying oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body
- 9. the oxygen-poor blood to the lungs
- 12. the heart in a stable location in the mediastinum
- 13. Artery-blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood from the right side of your heart to your lungs
- 14. as receiving chambers for blood returning to the heart from the body
Down
- 1. Vein-unique veins that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart, specifically the left atrium
- 4. used for defending against infection and disease
- 5. the thin, smooth membrane which lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves.
- 6. forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
- 7. large vein that carries blood to the heart from other areas of the body
- 10. the middle layer of the heart's wall, composed of cardiac muscle tissue
- 11. vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.