Across
- 4. The lower chambers of the heart
- 10. The outer layer of the heart wall
- 11. The largest artery in the body
- 12. pressure The measurement of pressure exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels
- 15. Smallest blood vessels where oxygen and nutrient are exchanged with tissue
- 17. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Down
- 1. The process of the heart beating
- 2. Heart rate of 60 beats per minute.
- 3. The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood
- 5. Blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart
- 6. The network of blood vessels supplying the heart muscle
- 7. The valve that separates the left ventricle from the aorta
- 8. The main pumping organ of the cardiovascular system
- 9. The rhythmic expansion and contraction of arteries caused by the pumping of blood from the heart
- 13. The fluid that carries oxygen and nutrients
- 14. Rate Number of times the heart beats in one minute
- 16. The force that moves blood through the circulatory system