Circulatory System
Across
- 3. a fibrous sac surrounding the heart
- 6. most of the oxygen-depleted blood will return to this area
- 8. pumps blood into the pulmonary artery and lungs
- 12. this connects the AV valves to the muscles that extend upwards from the myocardium
- 14. receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
- 15. feminine version of keanu; last name rhymes with melon
- 18. a larger,elastic artery
- 19. a thoracic compartment; where the heart is located
- 20. the heart is made up of four _______
- 21. also known as a groove
Down
- 1. blood exits the right ventricle through this
- 2. these open blood enters the aorta and pulmonary trunk arteries
- 4. these join myocytes in the muscle
- 5. alternating dark and light bands
- 7. a thick myocardial wall separating the two ventricles
- 9. pumps blood through the long systemic circulatory system
- 10. expands the volume of the chamber; small earshaped appendage
- 11. great and small cardiac veins merge with this; also empties into the right atrium
- 13. outer layer of the heart wall
- 16. the narrow end of the heart
- 17. this layer of the heart wall covers the heart valves and tendons