Heart Health

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body (plural) (8)
  2. 8. Inability of the ___ to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions (12)
  3. 9. Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (plural) (7)
  4. 10. An organic process that takes place in the body (8)
  5. 11. Any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (6)

Down

  1. 1. A light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group (9)
  2. 2. A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries (9)
  3. 3. A sudden severe instance of abnormal ___ function (11)
  4. 4. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (plural) (5)
  5. 6. The gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers (10)
  6. 7. A specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat (9)