The Heart
Across
- 1. Blood in the right side of the heart is most often represented by the color _____ because it is non-oxygenated.
- 2. Sends an electrical impulse that causes rhythmic contractions of the heart.
- 4. The dividing wall between the left and right sides of the heart is the _______.
- 7. The pulmonary vein transports blood into the ______ atrium.
- 9. _______ are situated between atriums and ventricles and they are one-way passages.
- 10. The left ________ is the strongest chamber of the heart.
- 11. While the heart is relaxed, the valves are ______.
- 12. The pathway to and from the body is the _______ pathway.
- 14. The first chamber through which non-oxygenated blood travels is the right ______.
- 16. The blood pressure in the ________, which takes blood to the body, is 120mmHg during ventricle contraction.
Down
- 1. The ________ valve is found between the left atrium and the left ventricle.
- 2. The _______ artery is the only artery that carries non-oxygenated blood.
- 3. _______ blood travels through the left side of the heart.
- 5. The pulmonary pathway goes to and from the _______.
- 6. While ventricles are contracted, ______ does not move into the ventricles.
- 8. The tricuspid and bicuspid valves are made of two or three ________.
- 9. The ________ brings non-oxygenated blood into the heart.
- 13. Both the left and _______ ventricles are muscles that pump the blood.
- 15. _____-like structures allow the atrium to store blood.