Heart Healthy
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
a
r
t
Organ that pumps blood around the body
2.
l
o
o
Red liquid pumped around the body by the heart
3.
f
b
e
Any of several elongated, threadlike cells
4.
a
t
r
e
s
A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body (plural)
5.
e
r
c
i
s
Physical activity that keeps you fit
6.
f
i
t
Sweet food that grows on plants
7.
v
g
i
e
s
Edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous (plural)
8.
h
a
l
t
y
In good shape and not sick
9.
e
i
h
t
The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
10.
l
a
y
To have fun with games or toys
11.
v
n
s
A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (plural)
12.
a
o
r
The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
14.
g
a
i
n
A relatively small granular particle of a substance (plural)
17.
n
t
s
Usually large hard-shelled seed (plural)
18.
t
o
n
g
Having a ___ physiological or chemical effect