Cardiovascular
Across
- 3. separates left atrium from ventricle
- 4. membranous partition of the lungs
- 5. membrane that surrounds the heart
- 7. the time from the end of one heart contraction to the end of the subsequent contraction
- 10. two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the venticles
- 13. blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients from your heart to the rest of your body
- 16. occurs when the heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should
- 17. hollow part of the organ
- 18. muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination
- 21. heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood.
- 23. pressure of the blood in the circulatory system
- 24. heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries
- 25. Sound of blood flowing through the heart
Down
- 1. of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
- 2. vessels supplying oxygenated blood to and returning deoygenated blood from tissue of the body
- 6. a condition in which the blood vessels have persistently raised pressure
- 8. main artery of the body
- 9. a slow heart rate
- 11. connects atrium to ventricles
- 12. relating to, affecting, or consisting of a vessel
- 14. measures the forces the heart exterts on the walls of the arteries in between beats
- 15. large vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart
- 19. divide the right side from the left side of the heart
- 20. tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body
- 22. Low blood pressure occurs when blood pressure is much lower than normal