Across
- 3. medical term for high blood pressure
- 5. main artery that pumps blood to the body
- 7. broad top part of the heart
- 9. helps ensure blood flows in one direction
- 13. most inner layer of heart muscle
- 14. makes up 55% of your blood volume
- 15. cone shape end of the heart
- 16. side of heart that carries deoxygenated blood
- 17. amount of blood pumped every minute (2 words)
Down
- 1. proper name for the system that looks at the heart and blood vessels
- 2. acronym used to distinguish different valves in the heart (2 words)
- 4. doppler ultrasound used to create images of the heart
- 6. blood circuit that pumps blood between the heart and lungs
- 8. when the heart contracts
- 10. nervous system that increases heart rate
- 11. this type of gradient helps move blood through the body
- 12. thin sac that surrounds the heart