Across
- 3. An electronic device that is implanted in the body to monitor heart rate and rhythm
- 7. the largest artery of the body and carries blood from the heart to the circulatory system
- 8. a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
- 10. any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart
- 11. The smallest type of blood vessel
Down
- 1. responsible for the contractility of the heart and, therefore, the pumping action
- 2. a wall that separates the heart's left and right sides
- 4. the blood vessels that bring oxygen-rich blood from your heart to all of your body's cells
- 5. one of the two upper chambers in the heart that receives blood from the circulatory system
- 6. Any of various membranous structures in a hollow organ or passage that temporarily close to permit the flow of fluid in one direction only
- 9. the two lower chambers of the heart, one on the right and one on the left
