Cardiovascular system heart
Across
- 2. A valve consisting of three cusps
- 3. Process in which fatty substances are deposited in the walls of the arteries resulting in an impeded blood flow
- 8. A recording that is produced by electrical currents created by the action potentials of the conduction system that is detected by electrodes placed on the skin’s surface
- 9. The inferior pointed end of the heart
- 10. The structure that separates the right ventricle from the left ventricle
- 15. The middle thickest layer that is composed of cardiac tissues responsible for the heart’s contraction and pumping of blood.
- 18. The natural pacemaker of the heart
- 19. The type of blood vessel that Carries the blood away from the heart
- 20. An oval depression on an interatrial septum
Down
- 1. Tendon like cords that connect to papillary muscles
- 4. The type of blood the coronary arteries of the heart delivers to the myocardium.
- 5. A major vein that collects blood from the coronary circulation back into the heart
- 6. Microscopic blood vessels that connect arterioles to venules
- 7. The phase of relaxation in the cardiac cycle
- 11. The type of hormone that increases the heart rate
- 12. An excess of what nutrient will increase the heart rate and contraction force
- 13. The outer layer of the serous pericardium that is fused to the fibrous pericardium
- 14. The membrane that surrounds the heart
- 16. The lower chambers of the heart
- 17. The first heart sound