Across
- 2. is the dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart.
- 4. any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
- 5. used in listening to sounds produced within the body, chiefly in the heart or lungs.
- 7. any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.
- 9. keep blood flowing in the right direction, Each valve has flaps (leaflets) that open and close once per heartbeat.
- 10. is the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body.
- 11. is a device that detects any life-threatening, rapid heartbeat.
Down
- 1. each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles.
- 3. is a crucial measure of the heart rate
- 4. A large vein that carries blood to the heart from other areas of the body
- 6. a medical procedure involving repeated compression of a patient's chest, performed in an attempt to restore the blood circulation and breathing of a person who has suffered cardiac arrest.
- 7. a loss of blood flow to part of the brain, which damages brain tissue.
- 8. any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.