Principles of Circulation Crossword
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2. pressure of fluid outside of the capillary pushing in
3. ventricular volume at the beginning of the contraction
8. the ventricular volume at the end of the contraction
12. Back pressure force that is exerted by blood in the large arterial vessels
14. drag on the sides of the vessels
15. The amount that the ventricles are stretched by the blood
16. The amount of blood pumped out by each ventricle in 1 minute
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1. pressure of fluid inside of the capillary pushing out
4. Law that states the critical factor controlling stroke volume is the degree of stretch of the cardiac muscle just before it contracts
5. Cardiac cell contractile force
6. a measure of the amount of friction blood encounters as it passes through vessels.
7. defined as complete beats/minute
9. volume of blood pumped out of the ventricles per beat
10. Thickness or stickiness of the blood.
11. The force per unit area exerted on the wall of the blood vessel by its contained blood
13. The actual volume of blood flowing through a vessel