Heart Keywords

1. The heart is a double one of these.
4. Blood passes before leaving each chamber of the heart. These prevent the backward flow of blood
5. Where blood gets pumped to get rid of deoxygenated blood and fill up on oxygen
6. Main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body
8. Carries deoxygenated blood from the body
9. The type of blood that comes from the lungs to the heart ready to be sent around the body
10. Solely pumps blood to the lungs
11. The thickest of the heart's chambers and is responsible for pumping oxygenated blood to tissues all over the body
12. Another word meaning heart, used in the medical field

1. Responsible for carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart
2. Carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
3. The type of blood that's returned to the heart before going back to the lungs.
5. Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it down into the left ventricle which delivers it to the body.
7. Receives deoxygenated blood from the body through the vena cava and pumps it into the right ventricle