Cardiovascular Crossword Terms
Across
- 3. beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries
- 5. double-layered membrane surrounding the heart
- 8. Largest type of blood vessel
- 9. smallest type of blood vessel
- 10. inner lining of the heart
- 13. valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle; bicuspid valve
- 15. contraction phase of the heartbeat
Down
- 1. trained in opening veins for bloodwork, etc.
- 2. one of two chambers of the heart
- 4. abnormal heart rhythms
- 6. slow heart beat
- 7. one of two chambers of the heart
- 11. accumulated plaque in lumen of an artery
- 12. structure in veins or in the heart that temporarily closes an opening so that blood flows in only one direction
- 14. this bluish discoloration of the skin indicates diminished oxygen content of the blood