Cardiovascular system Crossword
Across
- 3. a tough sac like membrane that surrounds the heart to hold it in place
- 5. hold av valves in place while the hart is pumping blood/prevent valve cusps from inverting
- 7. a vessel that carries blood low in oxygen from the body back to the heart
- 8. phase of heart when contraction occurs and blood is pumped from the lower chambers into the arteries
- 9. the phase of the heart when relaxation occurs and allows the lower chambers to fill with blood
- 11. The biggest and longest artery in the body. It carries oxygen rich blood from the left ventricle of the heart to the body.
- 14. routes deoxygenated blood pumped from r. ventricle out pulmonary arteries
- 15. the part of aorta that extends downward from aortic arch
- 16. branches off of the aorta into the r. common carotid and subclavian artery
- 17. only veins in body that carry oxygenated blood
- 19. transparent layer on wall of hear/most outer layer of heart
- 20. the muscular wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart
- 21. the first part of the aorta/leads into the aortic arch
- 22. lower chamber
Down
- 1. the force of your blood pushing against the walls of arteries
- 2. upper chamber/receives blood from outside of the heart
- 4. a tubular structure carrying blood
- 6. only arteries in body that carry deoxygenated blood
- 10. series of pressure changes within the heart
- 12. a vessel that carries blood high in oxygen away from the heart
- 13. thin layer that lines the inside of the myocardium
- 18. the bulk of the heart and is responsible for contraction of the heart