Cardiovascular ----------------------Weidert

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Across
  1. 6. point of the heart
  2. 7. directs blood flow around capillary beds
  3. 9. blood clot most likely lodged in a vein
  4. 11. elevated blood pressure
  5. 12. moon shaped valves of the aorta or pulmonary artery
  6. 13. "sped up" cardiac cycle
  7. 16. where the SA node is found
  8. 18. the muscle portion of the heart
  9. 20. artery that runs posterior to the knee
  10. 21. right AV valve
  11. 22. hormone that causes vasoconstriction
  12. 23. the abdominal aorta "splits" into this
  13. 24. pulmonary vein empties here
  14. 27. "sac" that the heart resides in
  15. 36. vessel that travels back toward the heart
  16. 38. artery to the kidney
  17. 41. hormone that elevates BP by absorbing more water from kidneys
  18. 43. largest artery in the body
  19. 44. artery of the wrist where pulse is taken
  20. 45. blood clot that is moving
  21. 48. tool used to detect electricity in the heart
  22. 49. allows the heart to bear
  23. 50. vein that travels to the liver from the digestive system
  24. 51. muscular part of the arteries and veins
  25. 52. the inner lining of the heart- repels blood
  26. 53. pumps to the pulmonary circuit
Down
  1. 1. wraps around the ventricles to cause contraction
  2. 2. space b/w lungs where the heart is
  3. 3. the third branch off of the aorta
  4. 4. blood pressure when the ventricles contract
  5. 5. sounds heard when heart valves don't close properly
  6. 8. major blood vessel to your head
  7. 10. artery of the arm where blood pressure is typically taken
  8. 14. travels to the lungs
  9. 15. when the atria are depolarizing
  10. 17. the "pause" between P and R it created here
  11. 19. pacemaker of the heart
  12. 25. slower than normal cardiac cycle
  13. 26. location of the AV bundle and AV branches
  14. 28. plaque build up in the coronary arteries
  15. 29. heart attack
  16. 30. blood pressure when ventricles are relaxed
  17. 31. major artery down the middle of the back
  18. 32. enters the right atrium
  19. 33. chest pain
  20. 34. tissue can become valves in larger veins
  21. 35. strings on the cuspid valves
  22. 37. vessel that travels away from the heart
  23. 39. pumps to the systemic circuit
  24. 40. when the ventricles are repolarizing
  25. 42. major blood vessel to your arm and head
  26. 46. vessel that is one cell thick and exchanges gases/fluids
  27. 47. left AV valve