Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A minute vein continuous with a capillary
- 4 Across
- A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
- 5 Across
- Any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways
- 6 Across
- Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules (plural)
- 8 Across
- Relating to or affecting the lungs
- 9 Across
- Organ that pumps blood around the body
- 1 Down
- The contraction of the chambers of the heart to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
- 2 Down
- A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
- 3 Down
- A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
- 4 Down
- The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- 7 Down