Across
- 2. blood vessels that are responsible for carrying blood away from the heart.
- 4. inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
- 5. the time at which ventricular contraction occurs.
- 7. tiniest blood vessel.
- 8. device used to take blood pressure with.
- 12. the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats.
- 14. larger vessels, made up of venules.
Down
- 1. Blood pressure is expressed as a ____.
- 3. high blood pressure.
- 6. the pressure when the heart is contracting.
- 9. abnormal heart rhythms.
- 10. the innermost layer of epithelial cells.
- 11. echoes generate by high-frequency sound waves produce images of the heart.
- 13. local widening of an arterial wall.