Chapter 19 The Circulatory System: The Heart
Across
- 3. the amount ejected by each ventricle in 1 minute
- 4. valve that separates the right atrium and the right ventricle
- 7. septum that separates the ventricles
- 8. relaxation of the heart
- 11. pacemaker that initiates each heartbeat and determines the heart rate
- 12. blood vessels of the heart wall
- 14. layer that performs the work of the heart
- 15. branch of the left coronary artery that furnishes blood to the left ventricle
- 16. the inferior end of the heart
- 17. large vein on the posterior side of the heart that empties blood into the right atrium
- 19. contraction of the heart
- 20. serous membrane on the heart surface
- 22. fibers that distribute electrical excitation to the cardiocytes of the ventricles
Down
- 1. fatty deposit or blood clot in a coronary artery
- 2. listening to sounds made by the body
- 5. valve that blood passes through after leaving the right ventricle
- 6. adult resting heart rate over 100bpm
- 9. the broad superior portion of the heart
- 10. lubricating fluid enclosed in the pericardial cavity
- 13. the atria do this when at the same time the ventricles depolarize
- 18. the amount of blood ejected from the heart
- 21. during the P wave the atria do this