Cardiovascular Crossword Terms

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