Dissection

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A structure in a hollow organ with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it (plural) (6)
  2. 4. Of or relating to the heart (7)
  3. 6. The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures (7)
  4. 7. Any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (6)
  5. 9. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (4)
  6. 11. Cutting so as to separate into pieces (10)
  7. 12. A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries (9)

Down

  1. 2. A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body (6)
  2. 3. Characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms (7)
  3. 5. Organ that pumps blood around the body (5)
  4. 6. A person who studies the natural world through observation and investigation. (9)
  5. 8. Roused to anger (3)
  6. 10. Red liquid pumped around the body by the heart (5)