Basic Cardiac Terms

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
t
2.
V t i
3.
e c e
4.
o x
Gas in the air that we need to breathe
5.
v
A structure in a hollow organ with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
6.
o
The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
7.
p m o i
8.
r a y
9.
h a r
10.
n o e n
A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol
11.
s p
The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid
12.
y h t
13.
e o
14.
h o
A blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin
15.
a s
16.
e
During an ___ stage