Heart Crossword

3. Results in excess fluid surrounding or within cells.
7. The formation of new blood vessels.
8. Specialized adhesive protein complexes that localize to intercellular junctions and are responsible for maintaining the mechanical integrity of tissues.
10. Pumps blood to the pulmonary trunk.
12. The posterior superior surface of the heart.
15. Pumps blood to the aorta.
16. Outer layer of the heart wall.
21. Prevents backflow into the left ventricle.
22. Multiplied by stroke volume is equal to cardiac output.
23. Prevents backflow of blood into left atrium.

1. The delivery of blood per unit time per gram of tissue.
2. cycle All events associated with one heartbeat.
4. A connection or opening between two things that are normally diverging or branching, such as between blood vessels, leaf veins, or streams.
5. Pumps blood to the right ventricle.
6. Ability to reach threshold without stimulation.
9. Pacemaker of the heart.
11. Increase in cardiac output above normal level at rest.
13. What is in the space between the parietal and visceral layer of the pericardium.
14. Prevents backflow of blood into the right ventricle.
17. Middle layer of heart wall.
18. Carries blood away from the right ventricles and branches into the pulmonary arteries.
19. Prevents the backflow of blood to the left atrium.
20. Inner layer of the heart wall.