Across
- 3. normal blood pressure
- 4. of the myocardial cell from a contracted state back to a resting state
- 6. a widening
- 7. sac enclosing heart with two layers with fluid between
- 8. depolarization
- 9. vein
- 11. small vessels that gather blood from the capillaries into the veins
- 14. membrane forming the outer layer of the heart
- 17. tiny vessels that join arterioles and venules
- 18. heart muscle
- 19. regular rhythm of the heart cycle stimulated by the SA node
- 20. buildup of fatty substances that harden within the walls of arteries
- 22. chest
- 23. high blood pressure
- 25. to contract
- 29. thickening
- 31. atrium
- 32. compression of a part that causes narrowing
- 33. of a myocardial cell from a polarized (resting) state to a state of contraction (de = not; polarization = resting)
Down
- 1. lower right or left chamber of the heart
- 2. to expand
- 5. membrane lining the cavities of the heart
- 10. low blood pressure
- 12. pulse
- 13. swollen, twisted vein
- 15. profuse sweating
- 16. small vessels that receive blood from the arteries
- 21. limping; pain in a limb
- 24. fatty paste
- 26. vessel
- 27. resting; resting state of a myocardial cell
- 28. circle
- 30. clot