Cardiac System Crossword
Across
- 3. device for measuring blood pressure
- 4. the type of circulation that involves the flow of blood from the heart through the body.
- 7. largest artery in the body
- 10. valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
- 11. listening to sounds within the body using a stethoscope
- 13. tubular blood vessel with an elastic layer that moves blood away from the heart
- 14. lining that surrounds the heart (visceral and parietal)
- 16. the muscular middle layer of the heart
- 18. relaxation of the heart muscle that lets blood in
Down
- 1. the interior lining of endothelial cells in the heart
- 2. cavae, two large veins (inferior and superior) that bring deoxygenated blood to the heart
- 5. method for recording the electrical impulses in the heart
- 6. upper chamber of the heart
- 8. contraction of the heart muscle that pumps blood out
- 9. lower chamber of the heart
- 12. tubular blood vessel that moves blood towards the heart
- 15. muscular wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart
- 17. valve between the left atrium and left ventricle