CVS Crossword Puzzle (Physiology)

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  1. 2. Most important factor affecting vascular resistance in Poiseuille’s law
  2. 3. Maximum arterial pressure during ventricular contraction
  3. 5. Average arterial pressure during one cardiac cycle
  4. 10. Graphical recording of the electrical activity of the heart
  5. 12. Force exerted by blood on the walls of blood vessels
  6. 13. Opposition to blood flow caused by friction between blood and vessel wall
  7. 14. Fibers that rapidly distribute electrical impulses through ventricular muscle
  8. 16. Local regulation where increased tissue metabolism causes vasodilation
  9. 18. Muscular layer of the heart responsible for contraction
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  1. 1. Ability of blood vessels, especially veins, to store blood
  2. 3. Natural pacemaker of the heart
  3. 4. Smallest blood vessels where exchange of gases and nutrients occurs
  4. 6. Local vascular control where smooth muscle contracts when stretched
  5. 7. Major resistance vessels that regulate blood flow distribution
  6. 8. Condition where the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet body metabolic demand
  7. 9. Difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure
  8. 11. Node that slows electrical impulse transmission before it reaches the ventricles
  9. 12. Electrical pathway connecting the AV node to the ventricular conduction system
  10. 15. Lowest arterial pressure during ventricular relaxation
  11. 17. Blood vessels that serve as the main blood reservoir in circulation