The Heart

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Across
  1. 6. the large vein that brings blood to the heart from the lower part of the body
  2. 7. a condition where the heart contracts abnormally
  3. 8. separates the left atrium and left ventricle
  4. 9. blood pumped in one beat
  5. 11. overall pressure within the blood system
  6. 13. inner most protective membrane of the heart
  7. 14. chamber that recieves blood from the lungs
  8. 15. a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  9. 16. the "pacemaker"
  10. 21. network of conductive fibers, stimulates ventricles
  11. 22. the main artery that sends blood to the rest of the body
Down
  1. 1. chamber that sends oxygenated blood to the rest of the body
  2. 2. separates the right atrium and right ventricle
  3. 3. between atrium and ventricle, impulse is delayed here
  4. 4. the only artery that carries oxygen depleted blood
  5. 5. chamber that receives oxygen depleted blood from the body
  6. 10. the outermost protective membrane of the heart
  7. 12. chamber that sends blood to the lungs
  8. 17. the part of the cardiac cycle when ventricles relax and fill
  9. 18. blood pumped in one minute
  10. 19. the part of the cardiac cycle when ventricles contract
  11. 20. a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart