Across
- 3. Medical term for low blood pressure
- 5. the circuit of vessels supplying oxygenated blood to and returning deoxygenated blood from the tissues of the body
- 7. the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats.
- 9. Brings blood from the head and arms and upper body
- 11. large vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart.
- 16. the valves that connect the atrium to the ventricles
- 17. the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.
- 18. membrane, or sac, that surrounds your heart
- 19. Bring blood to the heart
- 20. transports oxygen-poor blood from the right ventricle to the lungs,
Down
- 1. Medical term for high blood pressure
- 2. pressure in the blood
- 4. Upper cavities of the heart
- 6. brings blood from the lower body
- 8. membranous partition between two body cavities
- 10. Lower cavities of the heart
- 12. measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats
- 13. Bring blood away from the heart
- 14. the main artery of the body
- 15. the performance of the human heart from the beginning of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next.