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