Cardiovascular System
Across
- 2. Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.
- 8. Small artery.
- 11. Largest type of blood vessel; carries blood away from the heart to all parts of the body. Notice that artery and away begin with an “a.”
- 12. Muscular middle layer of the heart.
- 13. Record of the electrical activity of the heart. The electricity is represented by waves or defl ections called P, QRS, or T.
- 14. Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves
Down
- 1. Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
- 3. Relaxation phase of the heartbeat. (From Greek diastole, dilation)
- 4. valve Valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle; bicuspid valve.
- 5. Structure in veins or in the heart that temporarily closes an opening so that blood flows in only one direction.
- 6. Smallest type of blood vessel. Materials pass to and from the bloodstream through the thin capillary walls.
- 7. Largest artery in the body.
- 9. Innermost lining of blood vessels.
- 10. Inner lining of the heart.
- 11. One of two upper chambers of the heart.