Across
- 3. the thick layer of muscle on the heart that contracts the heart to create the pumping motion
- 5. the lower two chambers that receive blood from the top chambers and pump throughout the body
- 7. large veins that carry deoxygenized blood to the heart
- 9. one of the upper chambers of the heart, which receives blood
- 11. separates the two halves of the heart with a layer of tissue
Down
- 1. the small blood vessels that connect you arteries to your veins
- 2. vessel tubes allow blood to go back to the heart from the body
- 4. a large vessel that delivers oxygen-rich blood to the body
- 6. the flaps over the ventricles to prevent backwards bloodflow
- 8. battery powered implant that supports the heart when ones heart is pumping too slowly
- 10. these vessel tubes carry blood away from the heart and branch off of the aorta