Cardiovascular Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. outer layer of the heart
- 4. abnormal or unusual heart sounds
- 6. cardiac muscle
- 9. prevent backflow of blood
- 11. carries on the signal from the SA Node to the bundle of his
- 12. of his Series of "wires” that carry the electrical impulses into the lower chambers through the septum
- 14. uncoordinated shuddering of heart muscles, useless pump
- 15. anchors valve flaps in their closed position
- 17. receives blood
- 18. pacemaker of the heart
- 19. Fibers distribute the impulse out to the ventricles
Down
- 1. graphic record of heart activity
- 2. wall between artia and ventricles
- 3. clogged coronary vessels
- 5. lining of the chambers and valves of the heart
- 7. decrease in oxygen carrying ability of blood
- 8. pumps blood out
- 10. circuit highly resistant to blood flow
- 13. lack of adequate blood supply to the heart
- 16. blood cell formation