Cardiovascular System Crossword

A disruption in cardiac rate or rhythm
Top chamber of the heart, receives blood from the veins
Small vessel made up of loosely connected endothelial cells that connect arteries to veins
Resting phase of the heart; blood is returned to the heart during this phase
A shift in the pacemaker of the heart from the sinoatrial node to some other site
An electrical tracing reflecting the conduction of an electrical impulse through the heart muscle
The muscle of the heart
The systolic blood pressure minus the diastolic blood pressure; reflects the filling pressure of the coronary arteries
Contracting phase of the heart, during which blood is pumped out of the heart
A hormones released from the adrenal cortex, which causes rendition pf sodium and water
Thick filament with projections, a component of a sarcomere, or muscle unit
A peptide hormone that causes vasoconstriction, stimulates aldosterone and ADH release