Heart and cardiac cycle
Across
5. A vessel that brings deoxygenated blood back to the
heart from the body. (2)
7. This word refers to blood to vessels going to or coming
from the lungs.
8. A hormone released from the adrenal glands, which
increases heart rate.
10. Small chambers at the top of the heart.
11. Blood that is rich in carbon dioxide and poor in oxygen.
14. Tissue that ensures the one way flow of blood from the
atria to the ventricles. (3)
17. The type of blood that enters the left side of the heart.
18. Large chambers at the bottom of the heart.
Down
1. The number of times a heart fills and empties with blood
in a set period of time. Usually measured in beats per
minute, b/pm. (2)
2. The effect of adrenaline on heart rate.
3. These ensure blood moves out of the heart from the
ventricles. (3)
4. The blood vessels that supply the heart muscle/tissue
with blood. (2)
6. The largest artery in the body.
9. The blood vessel that leaves the right side of the heart
and takes blood to the lungs to be oxygenated. (2)
12. Circulation of the blood from the heart to the body and
back.
13. The filling and emptying of the heart with blood. (2)
15. If blood cannot deliver oxygen and glucose to the heart
tissue, this cannot happen..
16. The heart muscles relax and the heart passively fills with
blood from the veins.