Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 2. Carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
  2. 5. Major organ that propels blood throughout the circulatory system
  3. 6. Type of pressure that is a function of the volume of blood entering the arteries
  4. 10. Septum/ wall that divides the right and left ventricles of the heart
  5. 12. Heart valve that separates the right atrium from the right ventricle
  6. 13. Connect with even smaller blood vessels
  7. 15. Abnormal rapid heartbeat
  8. 17. Type of heart valve located between each ventricle and its associated great artery
  9. 18. Automatic regulation of blood flow
  10. 19. Also called visceral pericardium
  11. 20. Middle layer of the heart; responsible for contraction of the heart chambers
Down
  1. 1. Phase of the cardiac cycle, occurs when the heart is in the state of relaxation & dilatation & blood is refilling in the chambers
  2. 3. Smaller veins that collect blood from the capillaries & return it to the larger veins
  3. 4. AV valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle; 2 cusps
  4. 5. A condition which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated
  5. 7. Number of heart chambers
  6. 8. Type of circulation in which blood is carried from the right ventricle to the lungs and back to the left atrium
  7. 9. Type of heart valve located between each atrium and ventricle
  8. 11. Blood clot in the vein
  9. 14. Connect branches of arteries and veins
  10. 16. Abnormally slow heart rate