Heart of My Heart (Normal Cardiac Structure and Function)

Heart of My Heart (Normal Cardiac Structure and Function)
The ‘heart’ (or starting place) for the study of the heart is normal structure and function. How many of these normal cardiac structures and functions can you identify? If you need help, just click the Hint link to see a gross or microscopic image related to the clue.



ACROSS
1. backward blood flow

3. myocyte pumping action

5. semilunar valve, not aortic Hint (HMHA5)

8. obstruction of forward blood flow  Hint (HMHA8)

10. dense connective tissue layer in normal valve leaflet Hint (HMHA10)

12. increase in cell number in response to injury

15. myocyte relaxation

16. fibrous and parietal  Hint (HMHA16)

17. atrioventricular valve, not mitral Hint (HMHA17)

<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">18. terminal conduction fibers <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hint (HMHA18)

<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">19. tissue response to disuse

DOWN
2. conduction junction (2 words) Hint (HMHD2)

4. cardiac mesothelium Hint (HMHD4)

6. replacement of one cell type by another in response to injury

7. retrograde movement of valve leaflet  Hint (HMHD7)

9. flexible loose connective tissue layer in normal valve Hint (HMHD9)

11. contractile unit of cardiac myocyte Hint (HMHD11)

12. increase in cell size in response to injury

13. cardiac endothelium Hint (HMHD13)

14. cardiac and skeletal but not smooth Hint (HMHD14)

SOLUTION
Heart of My Heart (Solution)