Cardiovascular Terms

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Across
  1. 2. is the dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart.
  2. 4. any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
  3. 5. used in listening to sounds produced within the body, chiefly in the heart or lungs.
  4. 7. any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.
  5. 9. keep blood flowing in the right direction, Each valve has flaps (leaflets) that open and close once per heartbeat.
  6. 10. is the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body.
  7. 11. is a device that detects any life-threatening, rapid heartbeat.
Down
  1. 1. each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles.
  2. 3. is a crucial measure of the heart rate
  3. 4. A large vein that carries blood to the heart from other areas of the body
  4. 6. a medical procedure involving repeated compression of a patient's chest, performed in an attempt to restore the blood circulation and breathing of a person who has suffered cardiac arrest.
  5. 7. a loss of blood flow to part of the brain, which damages brain tissue.
  6. 8. any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.