Cardiovascular Crossword

When the heart muscle contracts pushing the blood out of the heart and into the large blood vessels of the circulatory system
Heart chamber that receives deoxygenated blood from right atrium
Heart chamber that receives blood from lungs
Found between the right atrium and right ventricle
The strongest heart chamber
Temporarily slows the impulse as it passes from atria to ventricles
Holds on to valves to prevent prolapse
Found between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery
Located between the left ventricle and the left atrium
Pull on the chordae tendinae and help to prevent prolapsing of the AV valves
Phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries.
Heart's natural pacemaker
A change within a cell, during which the cell undergoes a shift in electric charge distribution, resulting in less negative charge inside the cell.
Interior layer of blood vessel
General name for vessels that carry blood back to the heart
Dilatation of blood vessels, which decreases blood pressure.
Buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on your artery walls
Small vessel that carries blood away from capillaries
Thin blood vessel that exchanges materials with body tissues
Force that opposes the flow of blood