My Crossword Maker Logo
Powered by BrightSprout
Save Status:
or to save your progress. The page will not refresh.
Controls:
SPACEBAR SWITCHES TYPING DIRECTION
Answer Key:
Edit a Copy:
Make Your Own:
Crossword Word Search Worksheet
Rate This Puzzle:
Log in or sign up to rate this puzzle.

Chapter 26: The Cardiovascular System

Teacher: SREvans
Across
_____ veins are twisted, dilated veins usually seen in the legs that affect women more than men.
The widening of the muscular wall of an artery to decreases blood pressure.
____ is the abbreviation for this vocab definition: a condition in which the mitral valve falls into the left atrium during systole.
___ is an inflammation of the innermost lining of the heart, including the heart valves.
This node is located in the wall of the right atrium and generates an impulse that flows to the atrioventricular
_____ valve has three cusps and is situated between the right atrium and the right ventricule
____ circulation is the route blood takes from the heart through the body and back to the heart.
____ are the strongest of the blood vessels.
______ is a condition in which a blood clot and inflammation develop in a vein.
___ is an inflammation of the muscular layer of the heart.
What is the abbreviation for congestive heart failure
This middle layer is the thickest layer of the wall and is made primarily of cardiac muscle.
_____ are branches of arterioles, they are the smallest type of blood vessel.
______ stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve
This is a membrane that covers the heart and the large blood vessels attached to it.
____ are simply abnormal heart sounds.
________ infarction is commonly known as a heart attack, characterized by damage to cardiac muscle.
Down
The constriction of the muscular wall of an artery to increase blood pressure.
___ are very small blood vessels that are formed when capillaries merge together
Cardiac ________ is the total amount of blood pumped out of the heart in one minute.
A portion of a thrombus that breaks off and moves through the bloodstream.
When the ventricles contract, blood pressure is the greatest in the arteries and is called the ________ pressure
_____ is the inflammation of the pericardium
When the ventricles relax, blood pressure in the arteries is at its lowest is called the ____ pressure.
An _____ is a ballooned, weakened arterial wall.
_____ are abnormal heart rhythms in which the heart beats too quickly or too slowly
This is the innermost layer is thin and very smooth, stretches as the heart pumps blood
This node is located between the atria, just above the ventricles.
This outermost layer is the visceral pericardium that contains fat.
______ circulation is the route blood takes from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart again.
____are blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart
_____ is the abbreviation of the term for this definition: This term abbreviation commonly known as hypertension
_____ is the abbreviation for the vocab term defined as: is also known as artherosclerosis