Cardiovascular Word Search!

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia (7)
  2. 4. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries (5)
  3. 8. A specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat (9)
  4. 9. Roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium (11)
  5. 10. The membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves (11)
  6. 11. The contraction of the chambers of the heart to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery (7)
  7. 13. A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol (13)

Down

  1. 1. Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules (9)
  2. 2. Any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia (11)
  3. 5. Venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter (plural) (11)
  4. 6. The shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against (8)
  5. 7. A minute vein continuous with a capillary (6)
  6. 12. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (4)