Across
- 3. one of the two upper chambers of the heart
- 4. the largest artery in the body
- 6. the bones that protect the heart and lungs
- 8. the body system that moves blood through the body
- 9. the fluid that carries oxygen, nutrients, and waste through the body
- 11. a blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart
- 12. a blood vessel that carrries blood away from the heart
- 14. a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
- 15. the beat of the heart felt in the arteries
Down
- 1. the smallest blood vessel where gases and nutrients are exchanged
- 2. a gas carried away from the body to the lungs to be exhaled
- 5. the wall that seperates the left and right sides of the heart
- 7. a flap in the heart that keeps blodd from flowing backward
- 10. a gas carried by red blood cells to the body
- 13. one of the two lower chambers of the heart
