Across
- 1. red blood cells
- 2. thin, strong connective tissue strings that attach papillary muscles to the ventricles
- 4. platelets
- 7. thick muscular section that separates the two ventricles
- 11. vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 13. Rounded tip of the heart directed anteriorly and slightly inferiorly
- 14. opening between the right and left atria in an embryo and a fetus
- 15. Serous membrane covering the surface of the heart. Also called the visceral pericardium
- 17. Flat portion of the heart directed posteriorly and superiorly
- 18. Vein that returns blood from the head and neck, upper limbs and thorax to the right atrium
- 21. blood clotting
- 23. process whereby a small balloon is inflated in the aorta to increase blood flow
- 24. atrioventricular valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
- 26. large artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart and passes through the thorax and abdomen
- 27. Two upper chambers of the heart into which veins carry blood
- 28. white blood cells
- 30. short trunk that receives most of the veins of the heart and empties into the right atrium
- 31. atrioventricular valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle
- 32. Thick middle layer of the heart, composed of cardiac muscle cells and is responsible for the ability of the heart to contract
Down
- 1. Graphic record of the heart's electric currents
- 3. separates the two atria
- 5. liquid part of blood
- 6. Vein that returns blood from the lower limbs and the greater part of the pelvic and abdominal organs to the right atrium
- 8. Two lower chambers on the heart that pump blood into the arteries
- 9. large muscular ridges and columns found in the interior walls of the ventricles
- 10. Small pouch projecting from the superior, anterior portion of each atrium of the heart
- 12. the reason blood is red is because of this component
- 16. separates the atria from the ventricles
- 19. vessel that carries blood to the heart
- 20. slight oval depression on the right side of the septum
- 22. Innermost layer of the heart
- 25. Membrane covering the heart
- 29. Body region where the heart can be found