Cardiac Terms
Across
- 2. where the great vessels enter and leave the heart.
- 5. phase of the cardiac cycle when the ventricles contract.
- 7. two upper chambers of the heart.
- 10. unique ability of the cardiac muscle to contract without nervous stimulation.
- 12. thin layer of squamous epithelial cells covering the heart's surface.
- 13. the period of cardiac relaxation.
Down
- 1. space between the lungs and beneath the sternum where the heart resides.
- 3. double-walled sac surrounding the heart and root of the great vessels.
- 4. two lower chambers of the heart.
- 6. the heart's inner layer.
- 8. the study of the heart and the treatment of related disorders.
- 9. middle layer of the heart wall.
- 11. pointed end of the heart.