Across
- 2. the time where the heart relaxes and fills with blood
- 5. volume of blood pumped by heart
- 6. when the heart contracts
- 9. the symbol for millimeters of mercury
- 10. the system contains all heart functions
- 13. a thin walled blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
- 16. the blood vessel that carries the oxygen rich blood from the lungs to the left ventricle
- 18. the vessel's that supply the heart with oxygen rich blood
- 20. the pressure that is forced on the walls of the blood vessel
- 21. a network of capillary's in a particular part of the body
- 23. the larger v shaped bottom chamber for blood
- 24. a thick walled blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 25. the largest veins in the heart that carry oxygen poor blood to the heart
Down
- 1. the large blood vessel that carries oxygen poor blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
- 3. thick wall of muscle that divides the sides of a heart
- 4. a unit for measuring pressure
- 7. the pressure that is exerted on the artery walls when the hearts ventricles are contracting
- 8. the residual pressure exerted on the arteries
- 11. chronic abnormally high blood pressure
- 12. the valves of the heart
- 14. the largest artery in the body that carries the oxygen rich blood from the left ventricle of the heart
- 15. a enlarged twisted vein near the skin \
- 17. a small vein that joins a larger vein to the capillary
- 19. the tiney blood vessel that connects the smallest branch of an artery to the smallest branch of the vein
- 22. the smaller upper chamber that receives blood returning to the heart