Heart A level biology
Across
- 1. period of relaxation of the heart muscle, accompanied by the filling of the chambers with blood.
- 4. Where the cardiac muscle is contracting
- 7. An abnormally slow heartbeat.
- 9. Lots of purkyne fibres that penetrate the septum.
- 10. continuously generates electrical impulses, thereby setting the normal rhythm and rate
- 11. Major vein which brings deoxygenated blood from the body
- 12. Where the cardiac muscle is in a relaxed state.
- 14. electrical gatekeeper between the atria and ventricles
Down
- 2. general name to any abnormal rhythm of the heart
- 3. Extra heartbeats out of the normal rhythm
- 5. An abnormally fast heartbeat.
- 6. valves which stop backflow of blood into the ventricles.
- 8. conduction system to create synchronized contractions of its ventricles
- 13. The tip of the left ventricle, opposite the base of the heart.