Chapter 11 Vocabulary
Across
- 2. largest vein in the body
- 3. valve between the left atrium and left ventricle, bicuspid valve
- 5. abnormal swishing sound
- 7. smallest type of a blood vessel
- 9. thin walled vessel that carries blood
- 11. the air we breathe is called what?
- 13. lower tip of the heart
- 14. structure in veins or in the heart that temporarily closes an opening so the blood can flow in one direction
- 15. plural atria
Down
- 1. innermost lining of blood vessels
- 4. one of two lower chambers of the heart.
- 6. contraction phase of the heart beat
- 8. small vein
- 10. inner lining of the heart
- 12. largest artery in the body