Across
- 4. the rhythmical throbbing of arteries produced by the regular contractions of the heart
- 5. rhythmic contraction of the heart by which blood is driven through the aorta and pulmonary artery after each dilation or diastole
- 7. organ that supplies blood and oxygen to all parts of the body
- 8. cardiovascular disease characterized by a sac-like widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall
- 9. transports oxygen to body cells and delivers carbon dioxide to lungs
- 10. a chamber of the heart, having thick muscular walls, that receives blood from the atrium and pumps it to the arteries
- 11. blood vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the tissues of the body
Down
- 1. period during the normal beating of the heart in which the chambers of the heart dilate and fill with blood
- 2. extremely small blood vessel located within the tissues of the body that transports blood from arteries to veins
- 3. blood vessels that carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart
- 6. act as one-way inlets for blood coming into a ventricle and one-way outlets for blood leaving a ventricle
- 7. abnormally high blood pressure