The Cardiovascular System

Edit Answers
123456789101112131415
Across
  1. 3. Chamber in a heart that receives blood
  2. 6. Red blood cells
  3. 9. System consisting of heart, blood, and blood vessels
  4. 11. Discharge chamber/ actually pumps blood
  5. 13. Maintain unidirectional blood flow (prevent backflow)
  6. 14. Protein in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen
Down
  1. 1. Bridge between arteries and veins
  2. 2. Matrix of the blood
  3. 4. A chronic condition in which the heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should
  4. 5. Disease in which walls of blood vessels thicken due to plaque buildup and then protrude into the vessel lumen
  5. 7. Molecule carried by blood from cells to lungs
  6. 8. Vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  7. 10. Vessel that carries blood towards the heart
  8. 12. Cavity carrying the heart
  9. 14. Organ that pumps blood
  10. 15. Molecule carried by blood from lungs to cells