The Cardiovascular System
Across
- 2. Structure in veins or in the heart that temporarily closes an opening so that blood flows in only one direction
- 5. Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart
- 7. One of 2 upper chambers of the heart
- 9. Innermost lining of the heart
- 10. Smallest type of blood vessel
- 13. Inner lining of the heart
- 14. Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves
- 15. Gas that enters the blood through the lungs and travels to the heart to be pumped via arteries to all body cells
Down
- 1. One of 2 lower chambers of the heart
- 3. Small artery
- 4. Largest artery in the body
- 6. Largest type of blood vessel
- 8. Muscular middle layer of the heart
- 11. Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries
- 12. Small vein