Across
- 3. Middle layer of the heart wall.
- 4. The type of pressure generated in the blood vessels by the heart.
- 8. System that creates red blood cells
- 9. protective sac around the heart
- 11. largest artery
- 12. In general, it is the blood vessel type that carries blood back to the heart.
- 14. Drains blood back to the heart from the upper regions of the body
- 15. White blood cells
- 16. It controls the timing of the heartbeat.
Down
- 1. A measure of the strain felt in your arteries.
- 2. The opening and closing of these things causes the sound of the heart
- 5. Upper chambers of the heart
- 6. Can cause low blood pressure
- 7. The sound the heart makes
- 10. Lower , external place that comes to a soft point on the heart
- 11. High blood pressure can cause damage to ________
- 13. Largest vein