Cardiovascular System
Across
- 3. one of the combining forms for vein
- 5. medical term for abnormal heartbeat
- 7. oxygen rich blood runs from arteries and arterioles into these
- 10. tinyblood vessels surrounding lung tissue through which gases pass into and out of the blood
- 13. artery that pumps oxygen-poor blood away from the heart toward the lungs
- 14. disease of heart muscle
- 15. combining form for small arteries
- 16. oxygen-poor blood enters this chamber after passing the tricuspid valve
- 18. pertaining to within a vein
Down
- 1. myocardial infarction is commonly known as this
- 2. hollow muscular organ that pumps blood all over the body
- 4. high blood pressure condition
- 6. small veins
- 8. hardening of the arteries
- 9. valve separating left atrium from left ventricle
- 11. repairing a blood vessel surgically
- 12. veins and venules run to superior and inferior vena cava and enter this chamber
- 17. pertaining to the heart
- 19. largest artery of the body