The Heart
Across
- 3. Bundle of specialized muscle fibers connecting the atria with the ventricles and transmitting electrical impulses between them.
- 5. Narrowing of the mitral valve.
- 6. Valve between the right atrium and right ventricle.
- 8. Valve between the left atrium and left ventricle.
- 10. Condition of rapid heartbeat.
- 11. Disease condition of heart muscle.
- 13. One of the two upper chambers of the heart.
- 15. Record of the electrical activity of the heart.
- 16. Relaxation phase of the heartbeat.
Down
- 1. One of two lower chambers of the heart.
- 2. Largest artery in the body.
- 4. Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.
- 7. Two common arteries located on each side of the neck.
- 9. Muscular middle layer of the heart.
- 12. Specialized nervous tissue in the right atrium that begins the heartbeat.
- 14. Partition or wall dividing right and left atria and ventricles.