heart Crossword Puzzles
Cardiovascular System 2021-11-29
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- are the blood vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the tissues of the body
- blood pressure
- X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing (stenosis) or aneurysms. Any vessel can be looked at with this procedure
- echocardiogram
- beats per minute
- automated external defibrillator
- is a condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- involuntary striated muscle tissue found only in the heart and is responsible for the ability of the heart to pump blood
- meaning middle
- blood pressure cuff
- is a condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon
- meaning inner or within
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- test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- are tiny blood vessels that transport blood, nutrients and oxygen to cells in your organs and body systems
- this tool, as you know, is used to listen for the sounds of the heart, but it also helps us listen to other body sounds like the lungs and intestines
- are blood vessels in humans, and most other animals that carry blood towards the heart
- meaning around
- high blood pressure
- A laboratory test to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
- a complete stopping of the heart
- swollen and dilated veins
- meaning heart
- emergency department
- at the center of the cardiovascular system and has the job of pumping blood to the rest of the body
- meaning upon or on
25 Clues: meaning heart • blood pressure • meaning around • echocardiogram • meaning middle • beats per minute • meaning upon or on • high blood pressure • blood pressure cuff • emergency department • meaning inner or within • swollen and dilated veins • a complete stopping of the heart • automated external defibrillator • test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels • ...
Cardiovascular health 2025-04-24
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- behind or back
- infarction also referred to as a heart attack. A condition occurs when a part of the heart doesn't get the blood flow it needs.
- partial fibrillation
- is a tool that is used to listen for the sounds of the heart or other body parts.
- a type of blood vessel that has thick walls and carries blood away
- transport system for blood
- is a tool where X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing or aneurysms.
- dyspnea on exertion
- diabetes melitus
- have thinner walls and carry blood toward the heart
- is a condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon.
- heart failure is condition where the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left vent,ricle causing reduced blood flow.
- above or over or excessive
- enzymes are a tool that is used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage.
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- is a condition where the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed.
- congestive heart failure
- within
- beyond or excess
- around
- a type of blood vessel that has very thin walls, where the exchange of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nutrients occurs
- pump blood to the rest of the body
- is a tool that is used to measure pressure.
- is a condition where an increase in pressure in the blood vessels.
- is a tool that processes a recording, that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- coronary artery bypass graft
25 Clues: within • around • behind or back • diabetes melitus • dyspnea on exertion • partial fibrillation • beyond or excess • congestive heart failure • transport system for blood • coronary artery bypass graft • above or over or excessive • pump blood to the rest of the body • is a tool that is used to measure pressure. • have thinner walls and carry blood toward the heart • ...
Heart Disease & Conditions 2021-06-21
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- In very serious heart conditions or diseases this form of treatment is required.
- A common symptom related to heart conditions.
- In excess this can also cause the development of heart conditions.
- A common form of activity which helps to improve heart function.
- Found in cigarettes and is harmful to heart tissue.
- Conditions of the heart are classified as __________ diseases.
- Build up of this material in the lining of the arteries can cause issues.
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- Uncontrolled ______ can be dangerous to our heart.
- Known as high blood pressure.
- A habit for some persons which can affect the heart.
- Diets high in _____ can cause the development of diseases and conditions of the heart.
- A common cause of hypertension.
- These arteries in the heart feed the heart with nutrients.
- Caused by hardening of the coronary arteries of the heart.
- Heart disease is known as a __________ killer.
15 Clues: Known as high blood pressure. • A common cause of hypertension. • A common symptom related to heart conditions. • Heart disease is known as a __________ killer. • Uncontrolled ______ can be dangerous to our heart. • Found in cigarettes and is harmful to heart tissue. • A habit for some persons which can affect the heart. • ...
Heart Anatomy & Disease 2025-11-05
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- Rupture of an artery
- Between the atria and ventricles
- Pertaining to blood vessels that supply the heart
- Middle muscular layer of the heart
- Abnormally rapid heart rate
- Abnormally slow heart rate
- Protective sac surrounding the heart
- Abnormal enlargement of the heart
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- Inflammation of the heart muscle
- Inflammation of the pericardium
- Inner lining of heart chambers
- Disease of heart muscle
- Pain in the heart region
- Outer layer of the heart wall
14 Clues: Rupture of an artery • Disease of heart muscle • Pain in the heart region • Abnormally slow heart rate • Abnormally rapid heart rate • Outer layer of the heart wall • Inner lining of heart chambers • Inflammation of the pericardium • Inflammation of the heart muscle • Between the atria and ventricles • Abnormal enlargement of the heart • Middle muscular layer of the heart • ...
Cardiovascular System 2023-11-16
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- Abnormal heart rythms
- Largest type of blood vessel
- Lower chamber of the heart
- Inner lining of the heart
- Small vein
- Largest artery in the body
- Upper chamber of the heart
- Beat of the heart
- Smallest blood vessel
- Contraction phase of the heart
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- Double layered membrane surrounding the heart
- Relxation phase of the heartbeat
- Small artery
- Muscular inner layer of the heart
- Local dilation of an arterial wall
15 Clues: Small vein • Small artery • Beat of the heart • Abnormal heart rythms • Smallest blood vessel • Inner lining of the heart • Lower chamber of the heart • Largest artery in the body • Upper chamber of the heart • Largest type of blood vessel • Contraction phase of the heart • Relxation phase of the heartbeat • Muscular inner layer of the heart • Local dilation of an arterial wall • ...
Vocab Rect/Reg and Cor 2014-10-02
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- to put in writing the feelings of one's heart
- Like a king
- a guide to the ideas of a book, gets to the heart of the topic
- The fancy clothing of a king
- to dishearten
- a state of agreement, usually by means of treaty
- portable wind instrument producing notes of one heart
- Moral rightness
- Upright, not leaning
- agreement, reaching one heart
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- with heart-felt warmth
- lack of agreement or harmony
- A routine of right habits
- A law made by a ruler
- A right-angled parallelogram
- to inspire, to hearten
- The ruler of a church
- The manner of a ruler's government
- The murder of a king
- quality of having a brave heart
20 Clues: Like a king • to dishearten • Moral rightness • The murder of a king • Upright, not leaning • A law made by a ruler • The ruler of a church • with heart-felt warmth • to inspire, to hearten • A routine of right habits • lack of agreement or harmony • The fancy clothing of a king • A right-angled parallelogram • agreement, reaching one heart • quality of having a brave heart • ...
Get The Cardio In 2022-11-23
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- Instrument for listening to heart
- Test to show blockage in heart artery
- Electrocardiogram abbr.
- Vessels between arterioles and venules
- Xray of blood or lymph vessels
- Prefix meaning outside of
- Vessel that carries blood from heart
- Blood pressure abbr.
- Heart test using ultrasound waves
- Lobe that receives blood
- Vessels that carry blood to heart
- Muscular organ that pumps blood
- Suffix meaning process of cutting
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- Instrument to measure blood pressure
- Ventricular tachycardia abbr.
- Hardening of the arteries
- Swelling of the artery
- Coronary artery disease abbr.
- When a blood vessel in brain bursts
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation abbr.
- Prefix meaning around
- Inflammation of the pericardium
- Suffix meaning surgical removal
- Prefix meaning apart and through
24 Clues: Blood pressure abbr. • Prefix meaning around • Swelling of the artery • Electrocardiogram abbr. • Lobe that receives blood • Hardening of the arteries • Prefix meaning outside of • Ventricular tachycardia abbr. • Coronary artery disease abbr. • Xray of blood or lymph vessels • Inflammation of the pericardium • Suffix meaning surgical removal • Muscular organ that pumps blood • ...
unit 5 activity 2 2025-03-11
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- Thin inner layer that line each chamber of the heart
- disease
- heart attack
- small
- instrument that listens to the heart
- Largest artery in the body
- checks blood vessels
- test that uses ultrasound to see the heart
- Diabetes mellitus
- mostly effects the legs
- surgical puncture to remove fluid
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- process of cutting
- test used to check the heartbeat
- exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide part of the blood transportation section
- blood vessels are effected
- hypertension
- atrial fibrillation
- ventricular tachycardia
- Checks blood pressure
- implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- wall between right and left ventricles
- the heart stops completely
- High blood pressure
- An organ that pumps blood
- surgical removal or excision
25 Clues: small • disease • hypertension • heart attack • Diabetes mellitus • process of cutting • atrial fibrillation • High blood pressure • checks blood vessels • Checks blood pressure • ventricular tachycardia • mostly effects the legs • An organ that pumps blood • blood vessels are effected • Largest artery in the body • the heart stops completely • surgical removal or excision • ...
Cardio vascular system 2025-05-06
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- blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
- carry blood towards the heart
- platelets
- vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart
- inner layer of heart
- blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood from the right side of your heart to your lungs
- white blood cells
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- muscle layer of heart
- the main artery carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body
- bottom half of the heart
- vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart
- carry blood away from the heart
- outer layer of heart
- two upper cavities of the heart
- red blood cell withouth a nucleus
15 Clues: platelets • white blood cells • outer layer of heart • inner layer of heart • muscle layer of heart • bottom half of the heart • carry blood towards the heart • carry blood away from the heart • two upper cavities of the heart • red blood cell withouth a nucleus • vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart • blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules • ...
medical termonoligy 2026-02-27
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- (coronary artery disease)
- "High blood pressure."
- "The organ that pumps blood."
- (ECG or EKG)
- (removal)
- (vessel)
- (myocardial infarction)
- infarction
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- "Prefix meaning heart."
- test
- monitor
- "Abbreviation for blood pressure."
- (blood pressure)
- "Test that records the heart’s electrical activity."
- (blood)
- (low-density lipoprotein)
- (heart)
- (inflammation)
- (congestive heart failure)
19 Clues: test • monitor • (blood) • (heart) • (vessel) • (removal) • infarction • (ECG or EKG) • (inflammation) • (blood pressure) • "High blood pressure." • "Prefix meaning heart." • (myocardial infarction) • (coronary artery disease) • (low-density lipoprotein) • (congestive heart failure) • "The organ that pumps blood." • "Abbreviation for blood pressure." • ...
Cardiovascular System 2025-05-06
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- Inner lining of the heart
- Smallest Blood Vessel
- Heart muscle layer
- Blood vessel that carries blood to the heart
- Artery carrying deoxygenated blood to the lungs
- Red Blood Cell
- Lower chambers in heart
- Protective sac around the heart
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- Largest Vein
- Platelet
- Vein carrying oxygenated blood to the heart
- White Blood Cell
- Largest Artery
- Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- Upper chambers in heart
15 Clues: Platelet • Largest Vein • Largest Artery • Red Blood Cell • White Blood Cell • Heart muscle layer • Smallest Blood Vessel • Upper chambers in heart • Lower chambers in heart • Inner lining of the heart • Protective sac around the heart • Vein carrying oxygenated blood to the heart • Blood vessel that carries blood to the heart • Artery carrying deoxygenated blood to the lungs • ...
CardioPulmonary System Review 2023-03-06
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- Also known as the voice box section of throat
- main organ of the pulmonary system
- first part of throat behind nose and mouth
- main organ of the cardiovascular system
- protective sac surrounding the heart
- ____ Cava- main veins that bring blood to the heart
- main artery that leaves the heart
- muscle layer separating the thoracic and abdominal cavity
- blood cell leads to clotting of blood
- flap of skin protecting the respiratory system from food
- gas that the body's cells waste
- the two main branches off of the trachea into the lungs
- another name for the circulatory system
- ____ Atrium recieves the blood from the Vena Cava
- smallest passageways in the lungs
- heart wall that seperates the left from the right
- Heart Chamber to recieve blood
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- gas that the body's blood cells need
- blood cell that helps fight diseases
- blood cell that carries oxygen to the body
- also known as the windpipe section of throat
- liquid makes up 50-60% of the blood
- the layers of muscle that make up the heart organ.
- ____ ventricle is the largest chamber of the heart
- smallest blood vessels/ site of gas exchange
- blood vessels carry deoxygenated blood to the heart
- tiny airsacs that blood receives oxygen through the capillaries
- another name for the chest cavity that holds the heart and lungs
- blood vessels carry oxygenated blood to the body
- Heart chamber to pump out blood
- another name for the respiratory system
31 Clues: Heart Chamber to recieve blood • Heart chamber to pump out blood • gas that the body's cells waste • main artery that leaves the heart • smallest passageways in the lungs • main organ of the pulmonary system • liquid makes up 50-60% of the blood • gas that the body's blood cells need • blood cell that helps fight diseases • protective sac surrounding the heart • ...
circulatory system 2019-10-29
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- Lower sections of the heart
- smallest blood vessels that carry blood to the cells also connected to veins and arteries
- body fluid (connective tissue) that carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells and takes away metabolic waste (Co2, water, etc.)
- blood vessels that bring blood back to the heart: deoxygenated blood
- blood cells that protect body against pathogens
- relating to the lungs
- Section of the heart( your heart has four)
- Organ which pumps blood to the body and to the lungs. Made of cardiac muscle cells
- the separation between the right and left side of the heart
- Structure between the atrium and the ventricle to prevent backward flow of blood
- Upper sections of the heart
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- blood cells that carry oxygen by the help of hemoglobin
- system Organ system that moves blood to every part of your body. Consists of the heart, blood, and blood vessels.
- medical device used to listen to internal sounds of the body
- number of times the heart pump blood or beat in a minute.controlled by electrical shocks generated by the heart and natural Pacemaker
- blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart: oxygenated blood
- tiny blood cells that stop bleeding by forming blood clots
- the liquid part of the blood which holds the blood cells
18 Clues: relating to the lungs • Lower sections of the heart • Upper sections of the heart • Section of the heart( your heart has four) • blood cells that protect body against pathogens • blood cells that carry oxygen by the help of hemoglobin • the liquid part of the blood which holds the blood cells • tiny blood cells that stop bleeding by forming blood clots • ...
Cardiac Crossword: Arresting Facts about Heart Health 2013-03-06
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- Worldwide, 8.6 ______ women die from heart disease each year.
- When you develop heart disease, your heart has to work ______ to pump blood throughout the body.
- Heart _______ is the number one killer of women.
- Laughing can send 20% more _____ through your entire body.
- The average adult heart beats 72 times per ______.
- You are more likely to have a heart ______ on a Monday morning than any other day of the week.
- At rest, the heart pumps about 5 _____ of blood per minute.
- Your heart is the most important _______ in the body
- One in ____ adult females and males in the United States suffers from a form of cardiovascular disease.
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- As women get older, their risk for heart disease ______.
- A healthy diet and regular exercise can help _____ you from developing heart disease!
- A ______ heart actually creates a heightened risk for a heart attack :(
- Blood is actually a ______
- A woman's ______ weighs about 8 ounces.
- Make sure to wear ____ to support women's heart health!
15 Clues: Blood is actually a ______ • A woman's ______ weighs about 8 ounces. • Heart _______ is the number one killer of women. • The average adult heart beats 72 times per ______. • Your heart is the most important _______ in the body • Make sure to wear ____ to support women's heart health! • As women get older, their risk for heart disease ______. • ...
Circulatory system 2026-03-11
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- The smooth layer of cells that line the insides of the heart
- The part of the heart inferior to the right atrium, blood comes here from the right atrium and then gets fed to the pulmonary artery
- A type of anemia in which there's an inadequate amount of iron to form hemoglobin in erythrocytes
- Fatty plaques that are deposited onto the walls of the arteries, can lead to an emboli
- A type of anemia in which blood cells are unable to be created due to the destruction of bone marrow
- Blood vessels that carry blood BACK to the heart, usually deoxygenated blood
- The valve between the Left atrium and the left ventricle
- A foreign substance circulating in the blood stream
- A muscular organ that pumps blood thoughout the entire body
- The Part of the heart where oxygenated blood returns to
- The only oxygenated artery in the whole body, carries blood to the lungs to be oxygenated
- The valve that prevents back flow of blood from the aorta back to the LV
- The valve preventing the back flow of blood back into the right vetricle
- the vein that carries blood back to the heart from the upper half of the body
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- infarction Also called a heart attack, it is a blockage in the coronary arteries cutting off blood supply to the heart
- High Blood pressure
- the vein that carries blood back to the heart from the Lower half of the body
- Blood vessels that carry blood AWAY from the heart, usually carry oxygenated blood
- When the heart muscles do not beat adequately to supply the blood needs of the body
- A type of anemia in which the formation of erythrocytes are abnormally large in size but small in amount; caused by the lack of intrinsic factor
- The part of the heart inferior to the left atrium, pushes blood into the aorta and to the rest of the body
- The only oxygenated veins in the whole body, carries blood from the lungs to the heart
- The muscular middle layer of the heart
- The valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
- The part of the heart where deoxygenated blood returns from the body from the vena cavas
- The double layered membrane that covers the outside of the heart. Fills the space between the two layers and prevents friction and damage
- The largest Artery in the body, has three branches, and forms an arch
27 Clues: High Blood pressure • The muscular middle layer of the heart • A foreign substance circulating in the blood stream • The Part of the heart where oxygenated blood returns to • The valve between the Left atrium and the left ventricle • The valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle • A muscular organ that pumps blood thoughout the entire body • ...
cardiovascular crossword 2021-02-28
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- muscular layer, contracts to pump blood
- meaning two
- meaning three
- atrial fibrillation
- dye injected into blood vessels
- artery has a weakened wall
- meaning around
- measure certain items in the blood
- meaning heart
- acute myocardial infarction
- swollen or dilated veins
- meaning middle
- where the blood gets oxygen
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- ultrasound to look at the heart&vessels
- increase pressure in the blood vessels
- sac around the heart is inflamed
- narrowing in the arteries
- portable ECG machine that patients wears
- outer layer of the heart
- evaluate how this system is functioning
- thin inner layer of the heart
- center of the cardiovascular system
- automated external defibrillator
- atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery bypass graft
25 Clues: meaning two • meaning three • meaning heart • meaning around • meaning middle • atrial fibrillation • outer layer of the heart • swollen or dilated veins • narrowing in the arteries • artery has a weakened wall • acute myocardial infarction • where the blood gets oxygen • coronary artery bypass graft • thin inner layer of the heart • dye injected into blood vessels • ...
Human Body Systems 2020-10-21
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- bone that protects the brain
- the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
- type of muscle that are found in the heart
- controls the body
- type of muscle that is connected to bones
- first phase of the heart beating
- the air only pipe
- tiny hair inside the nose
- type of muscle that look smooth
- carries blood to the heart
- carries the blood away from the heart
- the most complex part of the brain
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- bone cells that make new bones
- protects the heart and lungs
- carries air
- second phase of the heart beating
- protein that makes bones
- where you information is stored
- nervous system’s cells
- a muscle located in front of the upper arm
20 Clues: carries air • controls the body • the air only pipe • nervous system’s cells • protein that makes bones • tiny hair inside the nose • carries blood to the heart • bone that protects the brain • protects the heart and lungs • bone cells that make new bones • where you information is stored • type of muscle that look smooth • first phase of the heart beating • ...
Medical 2024-10-24
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- a recording of the heart's electrical activity
- lung
- carry blood throughout your body
- medical imaging technique
- chest
- a catheter into the vessel of the heart
- defect in the structure of the heart
- hardening
- irregularities in the heartbeat
- high blood pressure
- an impairment in the heart's ability
- formation of an opening
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- carries blood away from the heart
- measures how healthy your heart is
- clot
- blood vessel
- inflammation of the pericardium
- dilated vein
- pressure
- rupture
- organs in the chest that supplies the body with oxygen
- returns blood to the heart
- vein
- fatty substance
- performed before and after exercise
- a hollow muscular organ that pumps blood
26 Clues: clot • lung • vein • chest • rupture • pressure • hardening • blood vessel • dilated vein • fatty substance • high blood pressure • formation of an opening • medical imaging technique • returns blood to the heart • inflammation of the pericardium • irregularities in the heartbeat • carry blood throughout your body • carries blood away from the heart • measures how healthy your heart is • ...
Cardiac Rehab Anatomy and Physiology 2022-02-11
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- Vessel that supplies body with oxygen-rich blood
- Type of exercise that improves muscle strength and mass
- Procedure to find and open blockages in the heart
- Type of surgery to go around blockages in heart
- Irregular heart rhythm
- Bottom chamber of the heart
- Normal heart rhythm
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- Percentage of blood that is pumped out of the heart
- Type of exercise that benefits the heart and lungs
- Slow heart rate
- Fast heart rate
- Small mesh tube implanted in artery to reduce blockage
- Vessel that brings blood back to the lungs to be re-oxygenated
- Top chamber of the heart
- One-way door for blood through the heart
15 Clues: Slow heart rate • Fast heart rate • Normal heart rhythm • Irregular heart rhythm • Top chamber of the heart • Bottom chamber of the heart • One-way door for blood through the heart • Type of surgery to go around blockages in heart • Vessel that supplies body with oxygen-rich blood • Procedure to find and open blockages in the heart • ...
cardiology crossword 2024-11-02
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- pumps blood
- (Blood Pressure)
- ECG
- (inflammation)
- (blood condition)
- works with blood vessels
- (record or picture)
- (vessel)
- (EKG)
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- test for stress
- (heart)
- gets pumped through your body
- they transport blood
- carries blood away
- (Heart Rate)
- (Coronary Artery Disease)
- (Electrocardiogram)
- pressure monitor BP monitor
- xray that shows blood flow
- (Congestive Heart Failure)
20 Clues: ECG • (EKG) • (heart) • (vessel) • pumps blood • (Heart Rate) • (inflammation) • test for stress • (Blood Pressure) • (blood condition) • carries blood away • (Electrocardiogram) • (record or picture) • they transport blood • works with blood vessels • (Coronary Artery Disease) • xray that shows blood flow • (Congestive Heart Failure) • pressure monitor BP monitor • gets pumped through your body
I hate this so much RRAAAAHHH(Litarally blood word serch what is this) 2025-05-06
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- smallest blood vessel
- another word for white blood cells
- lower cevitys of the heart
- middle layer of hearts wall
- carries oxygenated blood away from the heart
- another word for red blood cells
- a large vein that carries blood to the heart
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- carries blood from lungs to heart
- carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
- another word for Platelets
- carries blood from lungs to the heart
- sac that protects the heart
- inner wall of heart
- largest artery
- upper cavitys of the heart
15 Clues: largest artery • inner wall of heart • smallest blood vessel • another word for Platelets • lower cevitys of the heart • upper cavitys of the heart • sac that protects the heart • middle layer of hearts wall • another word for red blood cells • carries blood from lungs to heart • another word for white blood cells • carries blood from lungs to the heart • ...
Cardiovascular system 2021-12-02
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- Pertaining to.
- X-ray Uses X-rays to look at the structures and organs in your chest.
- Uses X-ray imaging to see your heart's blood vessels.
- A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant.
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy.
- Attack When blood is blocked from flowing to the heart muscle.
- A simple and fast test used to evaluate the heart.
- Makes detailed images of the beating heart.
- The opposite of big.
- Uses sound waves to create moving pictures of your heart.
- Acute myocardial infarction.
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- Vessels that return blood to the heart.
- The cardiovascular system has this organ at the center of its function.
- The problem of the heart rate or rythem of your heartbeat.
- Coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- Inflammation
- Cardiovascular disease.
- Failure When the heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should.
- Acute coronary syndromes.
- Makes it harder for your heart to pump to the rest of the body.
- Disease Disorders of the aorta.
- Networks of small vessels that perfuse tissues.
- Vessels that deliver blood to tissues.
- The cardiovascular system pumps blood from the heart to this organ to get oxygen.
- Pain.
25 Clues: Pain. • Inflammation • Pertaining to. • The opposite of big. • Cardiovascular disease. • Acute coronary syndromes. • Acute myocardial infarction. • Disease Disorders of the aorta. • Cardiac resynchronization therapy. • Coronary artery bypass graft surgery. • Vessels that deliver blood to tissues. • Vessels that return blood to the heart. • Makes detailed images of the beating heart. • ...
Circulatory System 2023-02-28
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- small pathways that connect arteries to veins
- this type of blood cell fights off infection and is the largest
- this animal has what is known as a second heart or a frog
- pumps blood to the other chambers
- mammals and these animals have a double loop 4 chamber system
- this is also removed from the bloodstream
- has a yellowish tint and liquid part of blood
- the heart is this type of muscle
- this type of blood cell is medium in size and carries the oxygen
- animals that have double loop 3 chamber heart
- lead the flow of blood through the body
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- these help the blood to clot
- animal that has single loop 2 chamber heart
- most livestock animals will have the same circulatory system as these
- pathway of oxygenated from the heart to the body
- pathway of oxygenated blood to the heart
- transports cells just like a bus transports people
- pumps blood out of heart to rest of body
- flaps that prevent the backflow of blood
- organ that controls the flow of blood
20 Clues: these help the blood to clot • the heart is this type of muscle • pumps blood to the other chambers • organ that controls the flow of blood • lead the flow of blood through the body • pathway of oxygenated blood to the heart • pumps blood out of heart to rest of body • flaps that prevent the backflow of blood • this is also removed from the bloodstream • ...
cardiovascular system 2020-11-05
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- arrest/complete stopping of the heart
- septum/the wall of the tissue that separates the right and left atria of the heart
- infarction
- monitor/a portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days
- cardioverter defibrillator
- an ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- valve/lies between the lower right heart chamber and the pulmonary artery
- vein thrombosis
- blood pressure
- used to measure pressure
- cardiovascular disease
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- tachycardia
- ray dye is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like aneurysms
- vessels that deliver oxygen rich blood from the heart to the tissues of the body
- vena cava/major vein in your upper body
- condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- puncture to remove fluid
- instrument used to listen for the sounds of the heart
- layer of tissue that lines the chambers of the heart
- veins/swollen and dilated veins
- or through
- condition in which an artery has a weekend wall causing it to swell
22 Clues: infarction • or through • tachycardia • blood pressure • vein thrombosis • cardiovascular disease • puncture to remove fluid • used to measure pressure • cardioverter defibrillator • veins/swollen and dilated veins • arrest/complete stopping of the heart • vena cava/major vein in your upper body • an ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels • ...
Cardiovascular Terms 2021-05-17
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- coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- inflatable portion of a catheter that inflates to push debris out of the way of blood-flow
- used to place balloons or stents
- atrium
- heart
- tubular structures that carry blood through the tissues and organs
- take deoxygenated blood back to the heart
- the lining around the heart is inflamed
- plaque builds up and hardens the arteries that give your heart vital oxygen
- the blood-flow to your brain is blocked
- placed at the beginning of a blood vessel to deliver treatments inside that blood vessel
- take oxygenated blood away from the heart and towards organs in the body
- crown
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- muscle
- branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.
- vessel
- implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- the heart entirely stops pumping blood
- prevents an artery from collapsing on itself
- your heart does not pump blood as effectively as it should or used to
- cardiovascular disease
- responsible for getting blood to all parts of the body.
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
24 Clues: heart • crown • muscle • vessel • atrium • cardiovascular disease • used to place balloons or stents • cardiac resynchronization therapy • coronary artery bypass graft surgery • implantable cardioverter defibrillator • the heart entirely stops pumping blood • transcatheter aortic valve replacement • the lining around the heart is inflamed • the blood-flow to your brain is blocked • ...
The cardiovascular system 2024-01-22
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- a blood pressure monitor
- the muscle separating the two ventricles
- low blood pressure
- pumps blood to the body via the aorta
- a blood vessel ghat carries blood away from the heart
- a disease characterised by narrowing of the lumen of the Coronary arteries
- receives deoxygenated blood from the body
- a disease where fatty plaques cause narrowing of the arteries
- pressure exerted by blood against the artery walls when the heart is contracting
- blood pressure pressure exerted by blood against the artery walls when the heart is relaxed
- the hearts pacemaker
- blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with oxygen
Down
- a technique of measuring the electrical impulses given out by the heart
- a blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart
- a resting heart rate below 60 bpm
- receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
- the blood vessels that have a wall one cell thick
- a resting heart rate above 100 bpm
- high blood pressure
- ventricle pumps blood to the lungs
- the structure that delays the electrical impulse between atria and ventricles
21 Clues: low blood pressure • high blood pressure • the hearts pacemaker • a blood pressure monitor • a resting heart rate below 60 bpm • a resting heart rate above 100 bpm • ventricle pumps blood to the lungs • pumps blood to the body via the aorta • the muscle separating the two ventricles • receives oxygenated blood from the lungs • receives deoxygenated blood from the body • ...
Anatomy Final Crossword 2023-01-14
Across
- the type of circulatory system mammals have
- transport blood back to the body
- inner layer of the heart wall
- transport blood back to the heart
- outer layer of the heart wall
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- two pumping chambers with thick walls
- left AV valve
- the four sections of the heart
- middle layer of the heart wall
- separates the two sides of the heart
- tough membrane around the heart
- Pointed end of the heart
- two receiving chambers with thin walls
- valve right AV valve
- pumps blood through body
15 Clues: left AV valve • valve right AV valve • Pointed end of the heart • pumps blood through body • inner layer of the heart wall • outer layer of the heart wall • the four sections of the heart • middle layer of the heart wall • tough membrane around the heart • transport blood back to the body • transport blood back to the heart • separates the two sides of the heart • ...
Cardiovascular Crossword Puzzle 2025-05-09
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- Innermost layer of the heart
- Connects smaller branches of arteries and veins
- Thickest layer of the heart wall
- Carries blood to the heart
- Carries deoxygenated-blood from the heart to the lungs
- Red blood cell
- Responsible for pumping blood out of the heart
- Holds the heart in place and protects it
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- Carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
- Platelets
- Carries oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart
- White blood cell
- Largest artery in the body
- Carries blood away from the heart
- Responible for receiving blood
15 Clues: Platelets • Red blood cell • White blood cell • Carries blood to the heart • Largest artery in the body • Innermost layer of the heart • Responible for receiving blood • Thickest layer of the heart wall • Carries blood away from the heart • Carries deoxygenated blood to the heart • Holds the heart in place and protects it • Responsible for pumping blood out of the heart • ...
Apologia Anatomy Lesson 8 2016-11-08
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- Deposits of fatty material that build up inside the blood vessels.
- Veins that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. TWO WORDS NO SPACES
- The large vein that collects blood from the lower parts of the body. THREE WORDS NO SPACES
- The largest artery in the body. It carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to arteries serving the body.
- The then, smooth tissue that lines the inside walls of the heart.
- The only arteries that carry deoxygenated blood. They carry blood from the right ventricle to the lungs. TWO WORDS NO SPACES
- The heart muscle. It's the thickest layer of the heart.
- "Doors" that open and close and are located between each atrium and ventricle and between each ventricle and the blood vessel leaving that ventricle.
- Two of the four valves found in the heart. THese half-moon shaped valves keep the blood from flowing backwards into the ventricles from the aorta and pulmonary artery when the heart relaxes between beats. TWO WORDS NO SPACES
- A special fibrous sac that holds the heart in place.
- The thick, muscular wall between the two ventri
Down
- The momentary stretching of arteries caused by the rush of blood forced out of the heart with each beat (contraction)
- An unique cluster of cells inside the heart that causes the heart to beat on its own.
- Two of the four valves found in the heart. THese valves are placed between the atrium and ventricle on each side. TWO WORDS NO SPACES
- The first number in a person's blood pressure. It indicates the pressure against the arterial walls when the ventricles contract. THREE WORDS NO SPACES
- The second number in a person's blood pressure. It indicates the pressure against the arterial walls when the ventricles relax. THREE WORDS NO SPACES
- A measurement of the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. TWO WORDS NO SPACES
- The large vein that collects blood from the upper parts of the body. THREE WORDS NO SPACES
- The two lower chambers of the heart. THese muscular chambers push the blood out of your heart.
- The thin wall between the two atria. TWO WORDS NO SPACES
- The top two chambers of the heart
21 Clues: The top two chambers of the heart • The thick, muscular wall between the two ventri • A special fibrous sac that holds the heart in place. • The heart muscle. It's the thickest layer of the heart. • The thin wall between the two atria. TWO WORDS NO SPACES • The then, smooth tissue that lines the inside walls of the heart. • ...
MUTAL Cardiology 2022-01-17
Across
- What electrical procedure is used to shock the heart back into normal rhythm?
- What vessel carries blood to the brain?
- Where does the blood go first after going through the initial two chambers?
- Which animal was a live heart recently transplanted into a human being?
- The top two chambers of the heart are called?
- An enlarged heart is known as
- Heart rate is measured in beats per
- When the heart stops functioning it has gone into (2 words)
- What is the fluid portion of blood called?
Down
- What does SVT stand for? (2 words)
- Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- How many chambers of the heart are there?
- What is the name of the sac that encloses the heart?
- What is the name of specialist who can diagnose and treat abnormal heart rhythms?
- The blood vessels that carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart
- Which is the last valve oxygen rich blood flows through when going back into the body?
- A condition you have from birth is known as?
17 Clues: An enlarged heart is known as • What does SVT stand for? (2 words) • Heart rate is measured in beats per • What vessel carries blood to the brain? • How many chambers of the heart are there? • What is the fluid portion of blood called? • A condition you have from birth is known as? • The top two chambers of the heart are called? • ...
Body Systems---Ethan Reiss 2014-05-28
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- Vessel that brings deoxygenated blood back to the heart
- Where the digestive and respiratory systems meet
- Vessel that brings blood to the heart
- Heart chamber that pumps blood
- Vessel that brings blood away from the heart
- Circuit that carries blood between the heart and the rest of the body
- Circuit that carries blood between heart and lungs
- Part of spinal chord that contains mostly axons
- Lobe of the cerebral cortex that controls sight
- Leads to each lung
- Lobe of the cerebral cortex that controls taste and speech
- Bad habit that causes lung cancer
- Iron deficiency
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- Coordination of movement and balance
- Voice box
- Sheet of muscle that contracts to "pull" air into lungs
- Air sacs inside lungs
- Heart chamber that receives blood
- Getting rid of so much CO2 from the body that the brain stops sending messages to the diaphragm
- Part of spinal chord that mostly contains nerve cell bodies and dendrites
- Side of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the body
- In red blood cells and carries O2
- Anything that causes a nerve signal to start
- Side of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
- Vessel that pumps oxygenated blood to the body
- Windpipe
26 Clues: Windpipe • Voice box • Iron deficiency • Leads to each lung • Air sacs inside lungs • Heart chamber that pumps blood • Heart chamber that receives blood • In red blood cells and carries O2 • Bad habit that causes lung cancer • Coordination of movement and balance • Vessel that brings blood to the heart • Vessel that brings blood away from the heart • ...
Cardiovascular System 2021-09-28
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- responsible for pumping oxygenated blood to tissues all over the body
- Percutaneous coronary intervention
- very small, flexible, hollow tube (called a catheter) into a blood vessel in the groin, arm, or neck.
- Drug-eluting stent
- Heart muscle disease
- Electrocardiogram
- click-murmur syndrome
- Cardiovascular disease
- A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle
- carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs
- shows how your heart works during physical activity
- two
- prescription meaning before meals
- Bare metal stent
- on,upon, over
- medical condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a deep vein
Down
- supplies blood to the right ventricle, the right atrium, and the SA (sinoatrial) and AV (atrioventricular) nodes,
- a range of birth defects that affect the normal way the heart works.
- an imaging test that looks at the arteries that supply blood to your heart
- one of four valves that regulate blood flow in the heart.
- below deficient
- is a quick and painless test that records the electrical signals in your heart
- receives blood full of oxygen from the lungs and then empties the blood into the left ventricle.
- between
- Abnormal heart rhythms
- a graphic outline of the heart's movement
26 Clues: two • between • on,upon, over • below deficient • Bare metal stent • Electrocardiogram • Drug-eluting stent • Heart muscle disease • click-murmur syndrome • Cardiovascular disease • Abnormal heart rhythms • prescription meaning before meals • Percutaneous coronary intervention • a graphic outline of the heart's movement • A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle • ...
The Cardiovascular System 2021-10-14
Across
- meaning "echocardiogram"
- when the heart stops beating suddenly; sometimes temporary
- root/connecting word referring to the "atrium"
- a condition where the heart beats irregularly
- major artery that carries blood from the heart to the head
- a flexible tube placed into a body cavity to remove fluid
- suffix referring to "growth"
- an inflatable device placed into a body cavity to create space
- when the pericardium is inflamed
- a tubular support placed inside of a blood vessel, vein, or artery to relieve obstruction
- an artery that has a weakened wall, causing enlargement of an artery
- tiny blood vessels that connect arteries and veins
- meaning "intravascular ultrasound"
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- device used to listen to the heart and other organs, by placing it on the chest
- a sudden blockage of blood flow to the heart, due to a blood clot in a coronary artery
- prefix referring to "heart"
- large vein that carries deoxygenated blood into the heart from the lower body
- an xray that shows blood vessel and lymph vessels
- meaning "coronary artery bypass graft"
- the vital organ that pumps blood throughout the body
- meaning "implantable cardioverter defibrillator"
- meaning "optical coherence tomography imaging"
- prefix referring to "middle"
- one of the hearts layers; outer layer of the heart
- prefix referring to "vessel"
25 Clues: meaning "echocardiogram" • prefix referring to "heart" • suffix referring to "growth" • prefix referring to "middle" • prefix referring to "vessel" • when the pericardium is inflamed • meaning "intravascular ultrasound" • meaning "coronary artery bypass graft" • a condition where the heart beats irregularly • root/connecting word referring to the "atrium" • ...
Ch 9: Cardiovascular System 2022-03-06
Across
- valve between left atrium and left ventricle
- valve that opens from right ventricle to pulmonary artery
- exam listening to sound within body with a stethoscope
- meaning of ateri/o
- node that is within wall of right atrium and initiates conductor of heart beat
- membrane outer layer of heart
- fast heart beat over 100 beats/min
- main trunk of arterial system
- limping pain from inadequate blood flow after rest
- upper left and right chambers of heart
- valve between right atrium and right ventricle
- type of blood that enters the heart
- type of ECG that inducts controlled exercise
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- condition of narrowing
- period of cardiac cycle when blood enters relaxed ventricles
- thick muscular part of the heart
- period of cardiac cycle when heart contracts and blood ejects
- what organ oxygenates blood
- combining form for fatty paste
- the loose protective sac over the heart
- lower left and right chambers of heart
- resting state of myocardial cell
- joining of two blood vessels to allow flow from one to the other
- obstruction or closing off
- valve between left ventricle and aorta
- area of dead tissue cells from occlusion of blood vessel
- low blood pressure
- meaning of sphygm/o
- high blood pressure
- combining form for clot
30 Clues: meaning of ateri/o • low blood pressure • meaning of sphygm/o • high blood pressure • condition of narrowing • combining form for clot • obstruction or closing off • what organ oxygenates blood • membrane outer layer of heart • main trunk of arterial system • combining form for fatty paste • thick muscular part of the heart • resting state of myocardial cell • ...
CVD crossword 2022-03-25
Across
- Smallest blood vessels that connect arteries and veins
- generates electrical impulses continuously and sets the rate of the heart beat
- Chest pain caused by inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle
- Thin walled chambers that receive the blood entering the heart
- separates the right atrium from the right ventricle
- Removed from the body by lungs in exhaled air
- Largest artery in the human body
- When oxygen is removed from the blood, it is considered ______
- Moves blood one way through the heart and prevents the backward flow of blood
- _____ blood carries oxygen and glucose used in respiration of the body’s cells
Down
- medical term for high blood pressure
- Largest vein in the human body
- Spongy air-filled organs on either side of the chest responsible for respiration
- Artery that carries deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs
- During an Adrenaline rush, heart rate and blood pressure ______
- When going from supine to standing, blood pressure will _______
- Separates the left atrium and left ventricle
- thick-walled chambers that forcefully pump blood out of the heart
- Carries low oxygenated blood from the body back to the heart
- Carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body
20 Clues: Largest vein in the human body • Largest artery in the human body • medical term for high blood pressure • Separates the left atrium and left ventricle • Removed from the body by lungs in exhaled air • separates the right atrium from the right ventricle • Smallest blood vessels that connect arteries and veins • ...
Circulatory Vocabulary 2021-04-20
Across
- The upper chambers of the heart
- Its job is to transport materials from one place to another within the human body
- A muscular organ in the chest that is made of four chambers
- A fluid connective tissue
- High Blood Pressure
- Muscular blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- Cell fragments involved in blood clotting
- The lower chambers of the heart
- The valve in between the right atrium and the right ventricle
- Carry oxygen
- The smallest type of blood vessels that connect very small arteries and veins
- The valve in between the left atrium and the left ventricle
Down
- Occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is blocked and cardiac muscle fibers die
- Diseases of the heart and blood vessels
- The force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels
- Generally larger than red blood cells but far fewer in number, they defend the body in various ways
- The buildup of plaque inside arteries
- The part of the circulatory system that carries blood between the heart and body
- The part of the circulatory system that carries blood between the heart and lungs
- Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart.
20 Clues: Carry oxygen • High Blood Pressure • A fluid connective tissue • The upper chambers of the heart • The lower chambers of the heart • The buildup of plaque inside arteries • Diseases of the heart and blood vessels • Cell fragments involved in blood clotting • Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart. • A muscular organ in the chest that is made of four chambers • ...
Cardiovascular System (VA) 2023-12-06
Across
- Irregular heartbeat/rhythm is called a/an
- An agent that prevents blood clotting
- A condition of abnormally low amounts of red blood cells
- The term used to indicate a state or condition of blue tinged mucous membranes
- A cardiac ultrasound is commonly called this
- The wall that divides the two ventricles
- The term used to describe how the heart controls body temperature
- This type of heart failure occurs in pets as a result of underlying cardiac disease
- The smallest blood vessels in the cardiovascular system
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- An abnormally slow heart rate
- The term used for high blood pressure
- The two sounds together that signify the closing of the heart valves
- An abnormally rapid heart rate
- A combining form for lung
- Blood on the left side of the heart is
- The act of listening (to the heart)
- Fluid accumulation in the peritoneal cavity
- The plural form of atrium
- The largest artery in the body
- As veins decrease in size they become these
- Medical term for backflow of blood in the heart
- The inferior vena cava is also known as the _____ vena cava
- The bottom of the heart(where it comes to a point)is called the
23 Clues: A combining form for lung • The plural form of atrium • An abnormally slow heart rate • An abnormally rapid heart rate • The largest artery in the body • The act of listening (to the heart) • The term used for high blood pressure • An agent that prevents blood clotting • Blood on the left side of the heart is • The wall that divides the two ventricles • ...
Structural Features of the Heart 2020-11-18
Across
- prevents the backflow of deoxygenated blood into the right ventricle
- site of gas exchange; deoxygenated blood becomes oxygenated
- innermost layer of the heart
- top of the heart
- divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries; carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
- outermost layer of the heart
- chamber that pushes deoxygenated blood to the right ventricle
- veins that bring deoxygenated blood to the right side of the heart
- blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- prevents the backflow of oxygenated blood into the left ventricle
- pointed bottom of the heart
Down
- blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs
- pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs
- they come in direct contact with tissues for gas exchange; oxygenated blood becomes deoxygenated
- has the thickest walls; pumps oxygenated blood to the body
- wall that separates the ventricles
- AV valve between the right atrium and ventricle
- blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the left atrium
- major organ in the cardiovascular system
- largest artery in the body
- AV valve between the left atrium and ventricle
- layer of the heart that contracts
- chamber that pushes oxygenated blood to the left ventricle
- blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart
24 Clues: top of the heart • largest artery in the body • pointed bottom of the heart • innermost layer of the heart • outermost layer of the heart • layer of the heart that contracts • wall that separates the ventricles • pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs • major organ in the cardiovascular system • AV valve between the left atrium and ventricle • ...
Unit5Lab1.MT.KS 2025-04-01
Across
- An irregular heartbeat that can affect blood flow.
- A condition characterized by consistently high blood pressure.
- A tool used to listen to heart sounds and rhythms.
- Tiny blood vessels where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs.
- Failure A condition where the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs.
- Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
- Blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart.
- Pressure Cuff A device used to measure blood pressure.
- Root word meaning blood, used in terms like "hemoglobin."
- An ultrasound of the heart to assess its structure and function.
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Suffix meaning surgical removal, as in "angioplasty."
- Attack A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle.
Down
- An imaging test that uses X-rays to see blood vessels.
- Suffix meaning inflammation, often used in cardiovascular diseases.
- Hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to plaque buildup.
- Blood Pressure.
- Beats Per Minute
- The largest artery in the body, distributing oxygenated blood to the rest of the body.
- Myocardial Infarction
- A test that records the electrical activity of the heart.
- Prefix meaning related to the heart.
- The muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
- Root word referring to plaque or fatty deposits in arteries.
- Congestive Heart Failure.
25 Clues: Blood Pressure. • Beats Per Minute • Myocardial Infarction • Coronary Artery Disease • Congestive Heart Failure. • Prefix meaning related to the heart. • An irregular heartbeat that can affect blood flow. • A tool used to listen to heart sounds and rhythms. • Suffix meaning surgical removal, as in "angioplasty." • Attack A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle. • ...
The Cardiovascular System 2025-02-24
Across
- – The muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
- – The largest artery in the body.
- – The medical term for high blood pressure.
- – The wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart.
- – The smallest blood vessels where gas exchange occurs.
- – The two large veins that bring blood back to the right atrium.
- – These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart.
- – The innermost lining of the heart that contains part of its electrical conduction system.
- – The relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle.
Down
- – Another name for the sinoatrial (SA) node, which controls the heart’s rhythm.
- – An irregular heartbeat caused by electrical disturbances.
- – This artery carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
- – The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle.
- – The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle.
- – The outer lining of the heart that protects it.
- – The thick muscular layer of the heart responsible for contraction.
- – Another name for the mitral valve, located between the left atrium and left ventricle.
- – These blood vessels transport blood back to the heart.
- – Tissue death caused by a lack of oxygen, commonly known as a heart attack.
- – A condition where there is a lack of blood flow to the heart muscle.
20 Clues: – The largest artery in the body. • – The medical term for high blood pressure. • – The relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle. • – The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle. • – The outer lining of the heart that protects it. • – This artery carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs. • – These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart. • ...
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2024-02-16
Across
- SEPARATES VENTRICLES
- MUSCULAR LAYER OF THE HEART WALL
- PRESSURE IN ARTERIES WHEN VENTRICLES ARE RELAXING
- BLOOD VESSEL THAT TAKES BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART
- ORGAN THAT OXYGENATES BLOOD
- AV VALVE SEPARATES LEFT AND RIGHT ATRIUM AND VENTRICLE
- AV VALVE SEPARATES LEFT AND LEFT ATRIUM AND VENTRICLE
- BLOOD VESSEL THAT TAKES BLOOD OT THE HEART
- MAJOR ARTERY WHICH SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE BODY.
- THE UPPER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART
- THE LOWER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART
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- BLOOD VESSELS TAKING BLOOD FROM HEART TO LUNGS
- RECORDING OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT OF HEART
- MICROSCOPIC BLOOD VESSEL
- HEART,BLOOD VESSELS, AND ____ MAKE UP THIS SYSTEM
- PRESSURE IN THE ARTERIES AT PEAK OF VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION
- NODE THAT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PACEMAKER
17 Clues: SEPARATES VENTRICLES • MICROSCOPIC BLOOD VESSEL • ORGAN THAT OXYGENATES BLOOD • THE UPPER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART • THE LOWER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART • MUSCULAR LAYER OF THE HEART WALL • RECORDING OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT OF HEART • NODE THAT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PACEMAKER • BLOOD VESSEL THAT TAKES BLOOD OT THE HEART • BLOOD VESSELS TAKING BLOOD FROM HEART TO LUNGS • ...
Respiratory & Circulatory Systems 2021-12-14
Across
- refers to lungs
- small air sacs
- bottom chambers of heart
- largest artery of heart
- protects the lungs
- breathing muscle
- bronch______
- air-filled organs
- arteries carry blood ______ from heart
- prevents blood flowing backwards
- open space inside vessels
- cells that carry oxygen
Down
- gas needed for survival
- carbon _________
- helps to stop bleeding
- cells that fight infection
- carries blood to the heart
- entrance chamber of heart
- flows through vessels
- aka windpipe
- high to low concentration
- smallest blood vessels
- air pipes that split
- liquid part of blood
- outside of vessel
25 Clues: aka windpipe • bronch______ • small air sacs • refers to lungs • carbon _________ • breathing muscle • outside of vessel • air-filled organs • protects the lungs • air pipes that split • liquid part of blood • flows through vessels • helps to stop bleeding • smallest blood vessels • gas needed for survival • largest artery of heart • cells that carry oxygen • bottom chambers of heart • ...
cardiovascular system 2023-08-02
Across
- most popular organ
- aut-
- go towards the heart
- septum wall between left and right atria
- EKG
- go away from the heart
- / artery swelling
- arrest / heart completely stops
- brady-
- ultrasound of the heart
Down
- test EKG while exercising
- automated external defibrillator
- pertaining to tone
- septum wall between left and right ventricles
- electrocardiogram
- infraction / commonly known as a heart attack
- tera-
- artery disease / leading cause of death in the US
- enzymes measures items in blood
- monitor portable ECG
- high blood pressure
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- nothing by mouth
- peri-
- do not resuciatate
25 Clues: EKG • aut- • tera- • peri- • brady- • nothing by mouth • electrocardiogram • most popular organ • pertaining to tone • / artery swelling • do not resuciatate • high blood pressure • go towards the heart • go away from the heart • monitor portable ECG • ultrasound of the heart • test EKG while exercising • cardiopulmonary resuscitation • automated external defibrillator • ...
Cardiovascular Disease 2018-06-07
Across
- abnormally uncomfortable awareness of breathing
- abnormal rhythm of the heart
- malformations of heart structure existing at birth
- volume of blood pumped per minute
- unexpected loss of heart function, breathing, and consciousness
- injury or death of muscular tissue of the heart
- the most important factor in determining individual differences in maximal exercise capacity
- pale gray or blue skin color
- enlarged heart
- nonsurgical technique for treating diseased arteries by temporarily inflating a tiny balloon inside an artery
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- any medicine that keeps blood from clotting
- condition where arteries become narrowed and hardened due to plaque build-up around artery wall
- disease involving heart and blood vessels
- forceful or rapid beating of the heart
- Used to construct a detour around a blockage or diseased area
- type of pacemaker with one lead placed into right atrium or right ventricle
- loss of consciousness
- cholesterol lowering medication
- medicine that relaxes blood vessels and increases supply of blood and oxygen to heart while reducing workload
- type of stroke that occurs when a blood vessel within the brain bursts
20 Clues: enlarged heart • loss of consciousness • abnormal rhythm of the heart • pale gray or blue skin color • cholesterol lowering medication • volume of blood pumped per minute • forceful or rapid beating of the heart • disease involving heart and blood vessels • any medicine that keeps blood from clotting • abnormally uncomfortable awareness of breathing • ...
Emilio's Crossword Puzzle 2024-11-18
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- Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels
- it's a class in Harlandale High School
- Chest Pain
- when the blood pressure is 90/40
- When the heartbeat is slow
- The acronym for performing open-heart surgery (sounds like a veggie)
- When the heart committed a crime
- Pressure may the force of the blood be in you
- located between the right atrium and right ventricle
- This Artery is always on top
- Machine sends electrical shocks to a patient with no pulse and is not awake
- Where do you place your hand for the pledge of allegiance
- you work out too much and blood pressure becomes high
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- Vena cava This vein is superior compared to the other veins
- Pertaining to the heart
- Blood Pressure
- Chief Complaint
- if you were a vein you would tell them "move out the way!!"
- Carries blood AWAY from the heart
- rhymes with raveoli
- you could say this person is very nice
- Carries blood TO the heart
- Condition of a heart w/o rhythm
- AKA a Los Angeles Gang name
- Beats per minute
25 Clues: Chest Pain • Blood Pressure • Chief Complaint • Beats per minute • rhymes with raveoli • Pertaining to the heart • When the heartbeat is slow • Carries blood TO the heart • AKA a Los Angeles Gang name • This Artery is always on top • Condition of a heart w/o rhythm • when the blood pressure is 90/40 • When the heart committed a crime • Carries blood AWAY from the heart • ...
cardiovascular system 2024-03-14
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- main artery of the body
- nursing care plan
- a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat
- Any disorder that affects the heart muscle
- prefix for blood vessel
- a type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart
- carries nutrients like o2 to certain places
- prefix for heart
- do not resuscitate
- takes blood away from the heart
- prefix for ventricle
- makes sure that blood flows in the right direction through your heart and to the rest of your body
- prefix for heart or crown
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- thickening or hardening of the arteries caused by a buildup of plaque in the inner lining of an artery
- delicate blood vessels that exist throughout your body
- electrocardiogram
- emergency room
- abbreviation for coronary artery bypass graft
- something blocks blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts
- takes the blood to the heart
- coronary artery disease
- abbreviation for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- what pumps the blood to the body
- Abbreviation for blood
- intensive care unit
25 Clues: emergency room • prefix for heart • nursing care plan • electrocardiogram • do not resuscitate • intensive care unit • prefix for ventricle • Abbreviation for blood • main artery of the body • prefix for blood vessel • coronary artery disease • prefix for heart or crown • takes the blood to the heart • takes blood away from the heart • what pumps the blood to the body • ...
medical termology 2022-01-14
Across
- stands for cardiovascular
- stands for deep vein thrombosis
- MRI a computer that produces detailed pictures of the persons cardiovascular system
- a prefix that means the heart
- pumps the blood in your body
- transports the blood away
- tests a tool that determines if the heart cells have been damaged
- delivers blood to the body tissues
- brings blood back to the heart
- parts the atria and the ventricles
- a disease that causes you to not get as much blood flow
- stands for chest pain
- veins a disease that causes swollen and dilated veins
- testing a tool that measures the hearts response to stress that is controlled
Down
- arrest the stopping of the heart
- a suffix that means chest
- X ray a tool that shows you a black and white picture of your chest organs
- a disease that causes weak artery walls
- stands for coronary artery disease
- artery a disease that causes arteries around the heart to get very narrow
- a tool that records the electrical signals in your heart
- a suffix that means pain
- a prefix that means blood
- stands for congestive heart failure
- a suffix that means narrowing
25 Clues: stands for chest pain • a suffix that means pain • stands for cardiovascular • a suffix that means chest • transports the blood away • a prefix that means blood • pumps the blood in your body • a prefix that means the heart • a suffix that means narrowing • brings blood back to the heart • stands for deep vein thrombosis • arrest the stopping of the heart • ...
Cardiovascular Heart Disease 2026-02-19
Across
- the upper portion of the heart
- the lower portion of the heart
- waxy fat-like substance we get through the foods we eat
- heart attack with no symptoms or warning
- disease related to glucose levels in your body
- pumps oxygen-rich blood throughout the body
- what you are eating and drinking everyday
- what the red blood cells carry throughout the body
Down
- narrowing of the arteries overtime because of the build up of plaque/cholesterol
- your heart is actually a __________________.
- when oxygen rich blood cannot get to the brain
- we need to maintain this in a healthy range with diet and exercise
- the heart has four of these
- a dangerous addictive habit that is extremely damaging to your health
- this lifetime hobby will keep your heart healthy and you feeling good
- carries de-oxygenated blood back to the heart
- the medical name for chronic high blood pressure
- has four chambers and is in our chest
- this is what is pumping through our bodies circulatory system
- not healthy or ideal to be consuming all the time. It is very processed
20 Clues: the heart has four of these • the upper portion of the heart • the lower portion of the heart • has four chambers and is in our chest • heart attack with no symptoms or warning • what you are eating and drinking everyday • pumps oxygen-rich blood throughout the body • your heart is actually a __________________. • carries de-oxygenated blood back to the heart • ...
Cardiovascular System 2026-01-05
Across
- Carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
- Valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle;bicuspid valve
- All diseases of the heart and blood vessels
- Carries blood from lower regions of the body to the right atrium
- Lower chambers of the heart
- Helps blood clot
- Receives blood from the head,arms,chest, and empties into the right atrium of the heart
- 120
- A hereditary disease where blood does not clot to stop bleeding
Down
- The blood pressure generated by the heart during contraction.-Top number
- Valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
- Iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
- 80
- Liquid part of blood
- Carry blood away from the heart
- Smallest blood vessels
- Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
- Caused by loss of blood or low iron in red blood cells
- Cancer of white blood cells
- Upper chamber of the heart
20 Clues: 80 • 120 • Helps blood clot • Liquid part of blood • Smallest blood vessels • Upper chamber of the heart • Lower chambers of the heart • Cancer of white blood cells • Carry blood away from the heart • All diseases of the heart and blood vessels • Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart • Valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle • ...
CPR 2025-10-07
Across
- Type of breath given in CPR
- Emergency life-saving procedure (abbr.)
- Vessel that returns blood to the heart.
- Tiny blood vessel where exchange of substances occurs.
- Waste gas exhaled from the lungs
- Portable device that shocks the heart (abbr.)
- Given to supply oxygen during CPR
- Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
- Muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
- Airways must be kept _____ during CPR
- CPR is started when a person is unconscious and this
- The liquid component of blood.
- Organs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged
Down
- Lower chamber of the heart (left and right).
- The rhythmic throbbing of arteries as blood is propelled.
- What you check on the wrist or neck
- When the heart stops beating suddenly
- Must be cleared before giving rescue breaths
- Gas carried by red blood cells to body tissues
- The largest artery in the body.
- Prevents backflow of blood in the heart and veins.
- Urgent situation requiring immediate action
- The act of pressing the chest during CPR
- Upper chamber of the heart (left and right).
- Relating to the lungs
25 Clues: Relating to the lungs • Type of breath given in CPR • The liquid component of blood. • The largest artery in the body. • Waste gas exhaled from the lungs • Given to supply oxygen during CPR • What you check on the wrist or neck • When the heart stops beating suddenly • Airways must be kept _____ during CPR • Emergency life-saving procedure (abbr.) • ...
Medical Terminology 2021-03-21
Across
- Root word that represents something that you hear with your ears
- Suffix that represents another phrase for bigger than normal
- Root word that represents the largest organ in the body
- Commonly known as a heart attack
- instrument to measure pressure
- Root word that represents something that your body builds when you lift weights
- Vessels that deliver blood to tissues
- test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- Abbreviation for what you breathe
- Abbreviation for where a doctor completes surgery
- Abbreviation for how fast your heart is beating
- an artery has a weakened wall
- Two layered sac that encloses the heart
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- The complete stopping of the heart
- meaning process of recording
- procedure using x-ray dye and a tiny tube called a catheter
- Narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart
- networks of small vessels that perfuse tissues.
- Abbreviation for where you go when there is a medical emergency
- Suffix that represents what you feel when you get hurt
- a procedure done in a specialized area of radiology
- vessels that return blood to the heart.
- Heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle
- Pumps blood to the rest of the body
24 Clues: meaning process of recording • an artery has a weakened wall • instrument to measure pressure • Commonly known as a heart attack • Abbreviation for what you breathe • The complete stopping of the heart • Pumps blood to the rest of the body • Vessels that deliver blood to tissues • vessels that return blood to the heart. • Two layered sac that encloses the heart • ...
Non-Infectious Diseases/Disorders 2020-11-02
Across
- Sudden interference of blood flow to brain
- Ball of abnormal cells
- Returns blood from lungs to heart
- Illnesses-get worse over time
- Illnesses-quick onset-quick recovery
- Refers to lungs or lung function
- Cause of a heart attack
- acronym used to detect cancer
- Top chamber-highly oxygenated blood
- Top chamber-low oxygenated blood
- Lung disorder related to "triggers"
- Takes blood from heart to lungs
- Chronic high blood pressure
- Controllable risk factor for heart disease
- Type of degenerative illness/disease
- Sudden interference of blood flow to heart
- Cancer causing agent found in environment
Down
- Considered an autoimmune disorder
- Uncontrollable risk factor for heart disease
- Returns blood from upper part of body
- medical term for blood sugar
- Disorder-wear & tear on joints
- Means "non-cancerous"
- #1 killer of Americans
- Person produces little/no insulin
- Fatty deposits in arteries
- Largest artery leaving the heart
- Example of acute illnesS
- Cause of a stroke
- Return blood to heart
- Type of diabetes related to weight/age/heredity
- Connect arteries to veins
- Arteries lose ability to stretch
- Take blood away from heart
- Illnesses-lifelong, even with treatment
- Color of blood
- Means "cancerous"
- Uncontrollable growth and spread of abnormal cell
38 Clues: Color of blood • Cause of a stroke • Means "cancerous" • Means "non-cancerous" • Return blood to heart • Ball of abnormal cells • #1 killer of Americans • Cause of a heart attack • Example of acute illnesS • Connect arteries to veins • Fatty deposits in arteries • Take blood away from heart • Chronic high blood pressure • medical term for blood sugar • Illnesses-get worse over time • ...
The Cardiovascular System 2021-10-14
Across
- device used to listen to the heart and other organs, by placing it on the chest
- a condition where the heart beats irregularly
- prefix referring to "vessel"
- large vein that carries deoxygenated blood into the heart from the lower body
- a sudden blockage of blood flow to the heart, due to a blood clot in a coronary artery
- root/connecting word referring to the "atrium"
- meaning "implantable cardioverter defibrillator"
- a flexible tube placed into a body cavity to remove fluid
- one of the hearts layers; outer layer of the heart
- a tubular support placed inside of a blood vessel, vein, or artery to relieve obstruction
- prefix referring to "heart"
- an artery that has a weakened wall, causing enlargement of an artery
Down
- major artery that carries blood from the heart to the head
- meaning "optical coherence tomography imaging"
- meaning "coronary artery bypass graft"
- an inflatable device placed into a body cavity to create space
- when the heart stops beating suddenly; sometimes temporary
- when the pericardium is inflamed
- meaning "echocardiogram"
- suffix referring to "growth"
- an xray that shows blood vessel and lymph vessels
- tiny blood vessels that connect arteries and veins
- the vital organ that pumps blood throughout the body
- prefix referring to "middle"
- meaning "intravascular ultrasound"
25 Clues: meaning "echocardiogram" • prefix referring to "heart" • prefix referring to "vessel" • suffix referring to "growth" • prefix referring to "middle" • when the pericardium is inflamed • meaning "intravascular ultrasound" • meaning "coronary artery bypass graft" • a condition where the heart beats irregularly • meaning "optical coherence tomography imaging" • ...
Circulatory System 2014-10-25
Across
- Something beginning with 'n' that the circulatory system transports
- A factor which effects heart rate
- Pumps blood
- Blood flows through here from the lungs to the left atrium
- Blood flows through here to get to the lungs from the right ventricle
- Phase of the cardiac cycle, atria contracts and forces blood into ventricles
- These blood cells transport O2 and CO2 around the body
- The bottom 2 chambers of the heart
- Contain valves to keep blood flowing in one direction
- Word for the maintenance of correct body temperature
- Helps with the clotting of blood
- Arteries, capillaries and veins
- These blood cells help fight infections and disease
Down
- Something beginning with 'o' that the circulatory system transports
- Blood on the right side of the heart
- A factor which effects heart rate
- Phase of the cardiac cycle, ventricles contract and blood ejected from ventricles
- Vessels which allow transport into and out of cells
- The top 2 chambers of the heart
- Blood on the left side of the heart
- The largest artery in the human body
- Vessels which return blood to the heart
- The liquid part of blood
- Strongest side of the heart
- Phase of the cardiac cycle, heart is relaxed and the atria fill with blood
- Blood vessels with thick walls
- Vessels which carry blood away from the heart
27 Clues: Pumps blood • The liquid part of blood • Strongest side of the heart • Blood vessels with thick walls • The top 2 chambers of the heart • Arteries, capillaries and veins • Helps with the clotting of blood • A factor which effects heart rate • A factor which effects heart rate • The bottom 2 chambers of the heart • Blood on the left side of the heart • ...
Cardiac 2023-12-06
Across
- determined by subtracting DBP from SBP
- the force of contraction is equal to the force of expansion
- definitive test for heart failure
- how much stretch on the ventricles
- apex of heart at 5th intercostal midline
- chest pain
- an elevation indicates cardiac damage (MI)
- can lead to cardiac concerns and dysrhythmias
- amount of blood pumped by ventricle in liters per minute
- changes can cause electrical conduction concerns of the heart
- should be >40 for men and >50 for women
- monitors the heart's electrical signals
- determines perfusion of the heart
- lab for monitoring of heart damage (MI)
- cranial verve that touches the heart
- percent of end diastolic volume ejected with each heart beat (left ventricle)
- should be <150
- lab that determines clotting times for Heparin therapy
- this helps to boost cardiac expansion and contractile force
Down
- fainting
- an enlarged heart
- continuously monitors patient's ECG tracings
- resistance to ejection of blood from ventricle
- should be <100
- should be <200
- is the primary pacemaker
- chest pain often relieved by rest
- amount of blood, in mL, ejected from the left ventricle during ventricular systole
- indicates inflammation
- an elevation of >500 may indicate heart failure
- treatment of choice for angina pectoris
31 Clues: fainting • chest pain • should be <100 • should be <200 • should be <150 • an enlarged heart • indicates inflammation • is the primary pacemaker • definitive test for heart failure • chest pain often relieved by rest • determines perfusion of the heart • how much stretch on the ventricles • cranial verve that touches the heart • determined by subtracting DBP from SBP • ...
Med Terms Unit 5 Lab-Wing 2024-04-21
Across
- A thin layer that lines each chamber
- The muscular layer that contracts to pump blood
- Enlarged
- Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
- Within
- Premature Ventricular Contraction
- The machine records the electrical activity of the heart
- When the chest is opened and a blood vessel is taken in order to replace a closed vessel on the heart
- Normal Sinus Rhythm
- The wall between the left and right ventricles
Down
- High blood pressure which is caused by increased pressure in the blood vessels.
- Swollen or dilated veins
- A condition that is commonly referred to as a heart attack
- A surgical procedure in which the patients heart is replaced with a donor's heart.
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Slow
- Where contrast is injected patient's patients blood vessels to help diagnose and get a better visual in the imaging
- An enclosed double-layered sac that is divided into two layers
- A test that uses an ultrasound to look at the heart and blood vessels
- A condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell.
- The outer layer of the heart wall
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
- Fast
- A condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed due to a virus or bacteria.
- Around
26 Clues: Slow • Fast • Within • Around • Enlarged • Normal Sinus Rhythm • Swollen or dilated veins • Congestive Heart Failure • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft • Automated External Defibrillator • Premature Ventricular Contraction • The outer layer of the heart wall • A thin layer that lines each chamber • Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease • The wall between the left and right ventricles • ...
Unit 5 2024-11-11
Across
- The heart is made of
- electrolytes
- coronary care unit
- is commonly referred to as a heart attack.
- is a condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow.
- is a condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon.
- is another procedure using x-ray dye and a tiny tube called a catheter
- diabetes mellitus
- is a disorder in which there is a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart.
Down
- Involves chest compressions and breathing techniques to pump the heart and breathe for the patient.
- involuntary muscle contraction
- The machine records the electrical activity of the heart.
- known as high blood pressure
- is a portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days.Cardiac
- has the heart at the center of its function, which is to pump blood to the rest of the body.
- acute myocardial infarction
- Hg millimeters of mercury
- The top of the heart
- pertaining to
- The bottom of the heart
- condition process or method
- surgical puncture to remove fluid
- is a procedure done in a specialized area of radiology.
- behind or back/backward
- All of this is enclosed in a double-layered sac called the
25 Clues: electrolytes • pertaining to • diabetes mellitus • coronary care unit • The heart is made of • The top of the heart • The bottom of the heart • behind or back/backward • Hg millimeters of mercury • acute myocardial infarction • condition process or method • known as high blood pressure • involuntary muscle contraction • surgical puncture to remove fluid • ...
Cardiac Concept 2025-08-25
Across
- The measurement of the force of blood against artery walls.
- The main artery that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart.
- A blood clot that has broken free and is traveling through the bloodstream.
- A procedure to unblock a narrowed artery using a balloon catheter.
- An irregular heartbeat.
- The smallest blood vessels, where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged.
- The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
- The natural pacemaker of the heart.
- The top two chambers of the heart.
- The pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts.
- A surgical procedure to create a new path for blood flow around a blocked artery.
- The valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle.
Down
- The volume of blood pumped by the left ventricle per beat.
- A condition where the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs.
- A high-fat substance that can accumulate in arteries.
- The specialized cardiac muscle tissue that makes up the heart walls.
- The protective sac around the heart.
- A sudden, severe chest pain caused by inadequate blood flow to the heart muscle.
- The pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats.
- The narrowing of arteries caused by plaque buildup.
20 Clues: An irregular heartbeat. • The top two chambers of the heart. • The natural pacemaker of the heart. • The protective sac around the heart. • The narrowing of arteries caused by plaque buildup. • The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. • A high-fat substance that can accumulate in arteries. • The pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts. • ...
Cardiology Conundrum 2015-07-15
Across
- Abnormally fast heart rate
- Ultrasound of the heart
- Abnormal heart sound
- Instrument used to listen to heart sounds
- Test conducted on a treadmill
- Low blood pressure
Down
- Slow heart beat
- Largest artery in the body
- High blood pressure
- Blood vessels leaving the heart
- Blood vessels that bring blood back to the heart
- Electrical device to stimulate the heart
- Fatty substance causing heart disease
- 24 hour heart monitor
14 Clues: Slow heart beat • Low blood pressure • High blood pressure • Abnormal heart sound • 24 hour heart monitor • Ultrasound of the heart • Largest artery in the body • Abnormally fast heart rate • Test conducted on a treadmill • Blood vessels leaving the heart • Fatty substance causing heart disease • Electrical device to stimulate the heart • Instrument used to listen to heart sounds • ...
Cour-/Cor-/Cord- Root Word = Heart 2021-02-05
Across
- agreement/with "heart"
- the heart or central part
- politeness and acting with "heart"
- house or "heart" of justice
- with "heart" and cheerful
- bravery and "with heart"
Down
- with "heart"/in agreement and peace
- romantic dating
- given "heart" or courage
- dishearten or cause to lose "heart"
- politely and with "heart"
- disagreement/no "heart"
- heart-shaped
13 Clues: heart-shaped • romantic dating • agreement/with "heart" • disagreement/no "heart" • given "heart" or courage • bravery and "with heart" • the heart or central part • politely and with "heart" • with "heart" and cheerful • house or "heart" of justice • politeness and acting with "heart" • with "heart"/in agreement and peace • dishearten or cause to lose "heart"
Medical Terminology Crossword Puzzle 2024-05-10
Across
- Dysfunction or damage to one or more of the heart valves.
- Formation of a blood clot in a vein, typically in the legs (deep vein thrombosis) or lungs (pulmonary embolism).
- Abnormally fast heart rate, usually defined as above 100 beats per minute.
- A diagnostic test that uses sound waves to produce images of the heart's structure and function.
- The phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart muscle contracts, pumping blood out of the chambers.
- Abnormally slow heart rate, usually defined as below 60 beats per minute.
- Also known as a heart attack, it occurs when blood flow to a part of the heart is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies.
- Inflammation of the myocardium, the muscular tissue of the heart.
- An abnormal heart sound caused by turbulent blood flow, often indicating a problem with a heart valve.
- A small device implanted in the chest or abdomen to regulate the heartbeat.
- A blood test that measures levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, important markers for cardiovascular health.
- Inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like covering around the heart.
- A bulge or weakness in the wall of a blood vessel, which can rupture and cause internal bleeding.
- Low blood pressure, where the force of blood against the artery walls is too low.
- Hardening and thickening of the arterial walls, often associated with aging and contributing to cardiovascular disease.
Down
- An irregular heartbeat, which can be too fast, too slow, or erratic.
- Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart chambers and valves.
- Insufficient blood flow to an organ, often resulting in tissue damage.
- Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- Disease of the heart muscle, leading to enlargement or thickening of the heart muscle.
- A sudden blockage of a blood vessel by a travelling clot (embolus).
- (CAD)Narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, leading to reduced blood flow to the heart muscle.
- The phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart muscle relaxes and fills with blood.
- A condition where plaque builds up inside the arteries, narrowing and hardening them.
- Formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing blood flow.
- A portable device worn by a patient to continuously monitor the heart's electrical activity over a period of time.
- Inadequate blood circulation due to the heart's inability to pump effectively.
- Chest pain or discomfort caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle.
- High blood pressure, a condition where the force of blood against the artery walls is too high.
- Awareness of one's own heartbeat, often described as rapid, strong, or irregular.
30 Clues: Dysfunction or damage to one or more of the heart valves. • Inflammation of the myocardium, the muscular tissue of the heart. • Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart chambers and valves. • A sudden blockage of a blood vessel by a travelling clot (embolus). • An irregular heartbeat, which can be too fast, too slow, or erratic. • ...
Unit 5 Medical Terminology 2022-10-21
Across
- condition when the veins are swollen and dilated often found in the legs
- procedure that uses x-ray dye to diagnose things like narrowing or aneurysms
- outside of a castle but the castle is your heart
- of the rooms of the heart
- to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
- or insufficient
- condition that causes increased pressure in the blood vessels
- and close quick for the flow of blood
- condition where the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
Down
- surgical procedure in which the patients heart is replaced with a heart from a donor
- ECG machine that a patient wears over a few days
- condition in which an artery has a weakened wall causing it to swell
- over, or excessive
- of the four chambers that aren't the atria
- tool used to listen for the sounds of the heart and other parts of the body
- take records of such as pictures
- Arrest/The complete stopping of the heart
- type of workouts you do to get in better shape
- puncture to remove fluid
- The shape of love
20 Clues: or insufficient • The shape of love • over, or excessive • puncture to remove fluid • of the rooms of the heart • take records of such as pictures • and close quick for the flow of blood • Arrest/The complete stopping of the heart • of the four chambers that aren't the atria • type of workouts you do to get in better shape • ECG machine that a patient wears over a few days • ...
Cardiovascular System 2021-09-28
Across
- Percutaneous coronary intervention
- prescription meaning before meals
- below deficient
- receives blood full of oxygen from the lungs and then empties the blood into the left ventricle.
- is a quick and painless test that records the electrical signals in your heart
- shows how your heart works during physical activity
- a graphic outline of the heart's movement
- carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs
- two
- Electrocardiogram
- A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle
Down
- a range of birth defects that affect the normal way the heart works.
- Heart muscle disease
- an imaging test that looks at the arteries that supply blood to your heart
- very small, flexible, hollow tube (called a catheter) into a blood vessel in the groin, arm, or neck.
- Bare metal stent
- responsible for pumping oxygenated blood to tissues all over the body
- medical condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a deep vein
- Abnormal heart rhythms
- on,upon, over
- Drug-eluting stent
- one of four valves that regulate blood flow in the heart.
- Cardiovascular disease
- between
- supplies blood to the right ventricle, the right atrium, and the SA (sinoatrial) and AV (atrioventricular) nodes,
25 Clues: two • between • on,upon, over • below deficient • Bare metal stent • Electrocardiogram • Drug-eluting stent • Heart muscle disease • Abnormal heart rhythms • Cardiovascular disease • prescription meaning before meals • Percutaneous coronary intervention • a graphic outline of the heart's movement • A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle • ...
Cardiovascular System 2021-09-28
Across
- responsible for pumping oxygenated blood to tissues all over the body
- Percutaneous coronary intervention
- very small, flexible, hollow tube (called a catheter) into a blood vessel in the groin, arm, or neck.
- Drug-eluting stent
- Heart muscle disease
- Electrocardiogram
- click-murmur syndrome
- Cardiovascular disease
- A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle
- carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs
- shows how your heart works during physical activity
- two
- prescription meaning before meals
- Bare metal stent
- on,upon, over
- medical condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a deep vein
Down
- supplies blood to the right ventricle, the right atrium, and the SA (sinoatrial) and AV (atrioventricular) nodes,
- a range of birth defects that affect the normal way the heart works.
- an imaging test that looks at the arteries that supply blood to your heart
- one of four valves that regulate blood flow in the heart.
- below deficient
- is a quick and painless test that records the electrical signals in your heart
- receives blood full of oxygen from the lungs and then empties the blood into the left ventricle.
- between
- Abnormal heart rhythms
- a graphic outline of the heart's movement
26 Clues: two • between • on,upon, over • below deficient • Bare metal stent • Electrocardiogram • Drug-eluting stent • Heart muscle disease • click-murmur syndrome • Cardiovascular disease • Abnormal heart rhythms • prescription meaning before meals • Percutaneous coronary intervention • a graphic outline of the heart's movement • A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle • ...
The Cardiovascular System 2021-10-14
Across
- suffix referring to "growth"
- prefix referring to "middle"
- an xray that shows blood vessel and lymph vessels
- prefix referring to "vessel"
- a flexible tube placed into a body cavity to remove fluid
- large vein that carries deoxygenated blood into the heart from the lower body
- a condition where the heart beats irregularly
- meaning "optical coherence tomography imaging"
- when the pericardium is inflamed
- device used to listen to the heart and other organs, by placing it on the chest
- meaning "echocardiogram"
Down
- an inflatable device placed into a body cavity to create space
- when the heart stops beating suddenly; sometimes temporary
- prefix referring to "heart"
- the vital organ that pumps blood throughout the body
- a tubular support placed inside of a blood vessel, vein, or artery to relieve obstruction
- an artery that has a weakened wall, causing enlargement of an artery
- a sudden blockage of blood flow to the heart, due to a blood clot in a coronary artery
- meaning "coronary artery bypass graft"
- meaning "implantable cardioverter defibrillator"
- root/connecting word referring to the "atrium"
- tiny blood vessels that connect arteries and veins
- one of the hearts layers; outer layer of the heart
- meaning "intravascular ultrasound"
- major artery that carries blood from the heart to the head
25 Clues: meaning "echocardiogram" • prefix referring to "heart" • suffix referring to "growth" • prefix referring to "middle" • prefix referring to "vessel" • when the pericardium is inflamed • meaning "intravascular ultrasound" • meaning "coronary artery bypass graft" • a condition where the heart beats irregularly • root/connecting word referring to the "atrium" • ...
Unit 5 Lab 2023-10-23
Across
- Cardiovascular disease.
- A test that is done while you are exercising.
- Root word for small vessels.
- Cardiac rhythm management
- Any abnormal rhythm of the heart: too slow, too fast, or at an irregular beat or tempo.
- Peripheral vascular disease
- This reads your heart’s electrical impulses.
- This gives a picture of your heart using ultrasound, a type of X-ray
- Root word for heart.
- Networks of small vessels that perfuse tissues.
- Thin folds of the endocardium with a core of dense connective tissue.
- Used to measure the substances and show if, and how much of, your heart muscle has been damaged.
- Pumps blood through the cardiovascular system.
Down
- Vessels that deliver blood to tissues.
- A special dye is injected into your coronary arteries and an X-ray is taken.
- The heart not pumping blood as well as it should.
- Occurs because of blockage in a blood vessel that delivers blood and oxygen to the brain.
- The term for diseases of the heart muscle.
- Root word for aorta.
- When the heart muscle is cut off from the oxygen it needs to operate.
- Vessels that return blood to the heart.
- Transient ischemic attack
- Atrial fibrillation
- Root word for disease.
- Root word for artery.
25 Clues: Atrial fibrillation • Root word for aorta. • Root word for heart. • Root word for artery. • Root word for disease. • Cardiovascular disease. • Cardiac rhythm management • Transient ischemic attack • Peripheral vascular disease • Root word for small vessels. • Vessels that deliver blood to tissues. • Vessels that return blood to the heart. • The term for diseases of the heart muscle. • ...
Heart and circulation 2019-04-01
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- blood with very little oxygen in it
- the number of chambers in the heart
- these vessels carry blood away from the heart
- carries blood away from the heart to the lungs
- liquid carried in the circulatory system
- the bottom chambers of the heart
- the largest artery in the body
- these blood vessels carry blood into the heart
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- the side of the heart with a thicker muscle wall
- carry oxygen in the blood
- another name for cardiac arrest
- the job of the heart
- the smallest blood vessels
- this bad habit can lead to heart disease
- the main vein of the body
- ensure that blood travels in one direction only
- a gas carried by red blood cells
17 Clues: the job of the heart • carry oxygen in the blood • the main vein of the body • the smallest blood vessels • the largest artery in the body • another name for cardiac arrest • the bottom chambers of the heart • a gas carried by red blood cells • blood with very little oxygen in it • the number of chambers in the heart • liquid carried in the circulatory system • ...
Cardiovascular System 2021-01-17
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- four chambers of the heart are separated by partitions
- high blood pressure
- largest artery in the body
- small vein
- two upper chambers
- area of dead tissue
- open
- two lower chambers
- beat of the heart as felt through the walls of arteries
- extra heart sound, heard between normal beats
- arteries that supply blood to the head and neck
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- relaxation
- rapid but irregular contractions
- contraction
- inner lining of the heart
- pacemaker of the heart
- small, pinpoint hemorrhages
- local widening of an arterial wall
- smallest blood vessel
- cava largest vein in the body
20 Clues: open • relaxation • small vein • contraction • two upper chambers • two lower chambers • high blood pressure • area of dead tissue • smallest blood vessel • pacemaker of the heart • inner lining of the heart • largest artery in the body • small, pinpoint hemorrhages • cava largest vein in the body • rapid but irregular contractions • local widening of an arterial wall • ...
Cardio terms 2023-11-11
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- used to listen to sounds
- meaning between
- attack clog blood vessel
- x-ray of blood
- used to measure blood pressure
- estimates blood flows
- meaning three
- inhale through
- meaning two
- meaning blood vessel
- blocked flow to brain
- types of blood vessels
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- meaning through
- another name for high blood pressure
- meaning chest
- carries blood towards from heart
- related to disease
- a disease that causes blood to be thicker
- fist sized organ
- loss of heart function
- meaning many
- recording of a heart
- study of
- meaning inflammation
- carries blood away from heart
25 Clues: study of • meaning two • meaning many • meaning chest • meaning three • x-ray of blood • inhale through • meaning through • meaning between • fist sized organ • related to disease • recording of a heart • meaning inflammation • meaning blood vessel • estimates blood flows • blocked flow to brain • loss of heart function • types of blood vessels • used to listen to sounds • attack clog blood vessel • ...
Circulatory System 2013-05-06
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- Returns deoxygenated blood to the heart
- supplies blood to the heart
- major organ of the circulatory system
- blood travels between the heart and lungs
- protein or carbohydrate on the surface of the RBC
- Transports O2 to all parts of the body
- Carries blood away from the heart
- cava major vein returning blood to the heart
- upper number, when ventricles relax
- Liquid component of blood
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- released to catch RBC to form clot or scab
- Cell fragments of large cells made in the bone marrow
- supplies blood to small intestine and liver
- Connects arteries to veins
- the movement of blood throughout the body
- Returns fluid in the tissues back to the bloodstream
- upper number, when ventricles contract
- upper chambers of the heart
- supplies blood to the kidneys
19 Clues: Liquid component of blood • Connects arteries to veins • supplies blood to the heart • upper chambers of the heart • supplies blood to the kidneys • Carries blood away from the heart • upper number, when ventricles relax • major organ of the circulatory system • Transports O2 to all parts of the body • upper number, when ventricles contract • ...
HJ Cardiovascular System Puzzle 2023-11-15
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- small veins
- large vein that drains blood from the upper part of the body
- blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart
- the smallest blood vessels in your bodies
- lower left heart chamber
- upper right heart chamber
- blood vessel that carries blood to your brain
- large vein that drains blood from the lower part of the body
- small arteries
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- blood flow from the heart to the lung tissues and back again
- blood flow from the heart to the body tissues and back again
- blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- largest artery in the body
- walls that separate the heart chambers
- lower right heart chamber
- upper left heart chamber
16 Clues: small veins • small arteries • lower left heart chamber • upper left heart chamber • upper right heart chamber • lower right heart chamber • largest artery in the body • walls that separate the heart chambers • the smallest blood vessels in your bodies • blood vessel that carries blood to your brain • blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart • ...
CARDIOVASCULAR TERMINOLOGY 2022-11-17
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- RELAXATION OF THE HEART
- MUSCULAR TISSUE OF THE HEART
- CHAMBER IN THE UPPER HALF OF THE HEART
- LARGEST VEIN IN THE BODY
- CONTRACTION OF THE HEART
- MEMBRAME THAT SURROUNDS THE HEART
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- MEASURES BLOOD PRESSURE
- SMALL VEIN
- SWISHING SOUND IN THE HEART
- LARGEST ARTERY IN THE BODY
- SMALL ARTERY
- BEAT OF THE HEART
- CHAMBER IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE HEART
- SMALLEST BLOOD VESSEL
- GAS RELEASED THROUGH EXHALATION
15 Clues: SMALL VEIN • SMALL ARTERY • BEAT OF THE HEART • SMALLEST BLOOD VESSEL • MEASURES BLOOD PRESSURE • RELAXATION OF THE HEART • LARGEST VEIN IN THE BODY • CONTRACTION OF THE HEART • LARGEST ARTERY IN THE BODY • SWISHING SOUND IN THE HEART • MUSCULAR TISSUE OF THE HEART • GAS RELEASED THROUGH EXHALATION • MEMBRAME THAT SURROUNDS THE HEART • CHAMBER IN THE UPPER HALF OF THE HEART • ...
Cardiovascular System 2025-05-06
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- Tiny vessels that connect arteries and veins
- Carries deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart
- Clots blood
- Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
- Inner most layer of the heart that lines the chambers and valves
- Carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
- Fights infection
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- Muscular middle layer of the heart
- Largest artery in the human body
- Lower chambers of the heart
- Large vein that carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
- Carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body
- Thin, fluid-filled sack that surrounds the heart
- Upper chambers of the heart
- Carries oxygen
15 Clues: Clots blood • Carries oxygen • Fights infection • Lower chambers of the heart • Upper chambers of the heart • Largest artery in the human body • Muscular middle layer of the heart • Tiny vessels that connect arteries and veins • Thin, fluid-filled sack that surrounds the heart • Carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body • ...
SHANANA’S PUZZLE 2025-05-06
15 Clues: To heart • Heart sac • From heart • Immune cell • Tiny vessel • Heart muscle • Heart lining • Clotting cell • Heart chamber • Largest artery • Red blood cell • Pumping chamber • Cava Largest vein • Vein Lung-to-heart vessel • Artery Heart-to-lung vessel
Cardiovascular System 2023-05-18
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- microscopic blood vessel for diffusion
- the AV valve on the right side of the heart
- delivers blood from the body to the heart
- blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- vessel that carries blood toward the heart
- blood cells that fight infection
- organ that pumps blood
- valve between the left atrium and ventricle
- layer of the heart made of cardiac muscle
- plasma is made mostly of this
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- carries blood from left ventricle to the body
- another name for red blood cells
- cells associated with blood clotting
- blood vessel that carries blood to capillaries
- deepest layer in the wall of the heart
- tunic layer made of smooth muscle
- tunic layer that lines the inside of blood vessels
- liquid part of blood
- type of muscle in the wall of blood vessels
19 Clues: liquid part of blood • organ that pumps blood • plasma is made mostly of this • another name for red blood cells • blood cells that fight infection • tunic layer made of smooth muscle • cells associated with blood clotting • microscopic blood vessel for diffusion • deepest layer in the wall of the heart • delivers blood from the body to the heart • ...
Heart Failure 2014-02-05
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- To improve cardiac function and control fluid retention
- Hyperthyroidism, infection, anemia or pregnancy are all caused of what type of HF
- The most common Increased cardiac workload cause of heart failure
- S/S: SOB, tachypnea, crackles if LV is affected, distended neck veins, liver enlargement , anorexia and nausea if RV is affected are what type of Ventricular HF
- cardiac workload ,Slow the progression of heart failure. You would place the PT in high fowler's position with ______ legs.
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- JVD is a clinical manifestation of what type of HF
- SOB is a clinical manifestation of what type of HF
- The most common impaired myocardial contraction cause of heart failure
- Molecular marker that is unequivocally associated with CHF
- Where fluid will back up in right sided heart failure
- Best indicator of water retention
- This drug is an Atrial nateuretic peptide hormone given for CHF based on BNP level
- Decrease muscle ability to contract or pump resulting in inability to move blood forward is a cause of what type of Ventricular HF
- Where fluid will back up in left sided heart failure
14 Clues: Best indicator of water retention • JVD is a clinical manifestation of what type of HF • SOB is a clinical manifestation of what type of HF • Where fluid will back up in left sided heart failure • Where fluid will back up in right sided heart failure • To improve cardiac function and control fluid retention • ...
Heart Sight 2020-11-09
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- having or showing the capacity to become or develop
- say something in a low, soft, or indistinct voice.
- walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
- an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face
- move with high springy steps
- to disappear and then reappear at a different place
- put or keep out of sight
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- leaning or turning away from the vertical or horizontal
- a relationship between people or group
- take advantage of someone by demanding their attention or commitment
- a sudden, sharp localized pain
- take a brief or hurried look
- make (secret or new information) known
- walk with a stiff
14 Clues: walk with a stiff • put or keep out of sight • take a brief or hurried look • move with high springy steps • a sudden, sharp localized pain • a relationship between people or group • make (secret or new information) known • walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall. • an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face • say something in a low, soft, or indistinct voice. • ...
Heart Vocab 2023-09-27
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- the only artery that carries O2 poor blood.
- the regular movement of blood through your body that is caused by the beating of your heart
- the 2 large veins that receive deoxygenated blood from the body
- the largest artery in the body, leads out from the heart to the body.
- the muscular wall of the heart.
- Prevent the backflow of blood in the heart
- Lower chambers of the heart
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- carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart and lungs to nourish the body
- the only vein that carries O2 rich blood.
- denial of blood to the brain.
- smallest of blood vessels that exchange oxygen poor and oxygen rich blood
- Upper chambers of the heart
- The wall that divides the left and right sides of the heart.
- carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart and lungs
14 Clues: Upper chambers of the heart • Lower chambers of the heart • denial of blood to the brain. • the muscular wall of the heart. • the only vein that carries O2 rich blood. • Prevent the backflow of blood in the heart • the only artery that carries O2 poor blood. • carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart and lungs • ...
The Heart 2023-10-01
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- The valve between the atrium and the left ventricle is called ... valve.
- This chamber of the heart receives blood.
- Our heart uses ... to push our blood forwards.
- Is oxygenated blood always colored in red?
- A healthy persons heart beats around ... times per minute.
- The valves which stop blood running back into the heart from arteries are called ... valves.
- Blood with less oxygen is called ... blood.
- These hold valves in place.
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- The valve between the atrium and the right ventricle is called ... valve.
- This chamber of the heart pumps blood out into the arteries.
- This is used by doctors to listen to your heart beat.
- This is the name of the main artery which leaves the heart to supply our body with blood.
- The heart is actually made of ... .
- If your heart doesn't beat properly then you might need an artificial ... .
14 Clues: These hold valves in place. • The heart is actually made of ... . • This chamber of the heart receives blood. • Is oxygenated blood always colored in red? • Blood with less oxygen is called ... blood. • Our heart uses ... to push our blood forwards. • This is used by doctors to listen to your heart beat. • A healthy persons heart beats around ... times per minute. • ...
The Heart 2023-10-01
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- The valve between the atrium and the left ventricle is called ... valve.
- This chamber of the heart receives blood.
- Our heart uses ... to push our blood forwards.
- Is oxygenated blood always colored in red?
- A healthy persons heart beats around ... times per minute.
- The valves which stop blood running back into the heart from arteries are called ... valves.
- Blood with less oxygen is called ... blood.
- These hold valves in place.
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- The valve between the atrium and the right ventricle is called ... valve.
- This chamber of the heart pumps blood out into the arteries.
- This is used by doctors to listen to your heart beat.
- This is the name of the main artery which leaves the heart to supply our body with blood.
- The heart is actually made of ... .
- If your heart doesn't beat properly then you might need an artificial ... .
14 Clues: These hold valves in place. • The heart is actually made of ... . • This chamber of the heart receives blood. • Is oxygenated blood always colored in red? • Blood with less oxygen is called ... blood. • Our heart uses ... to push our blood forwards. • This is used by doctors to listen to your heart beat. • A healthy persons heart beats around ... times per minute. • ...
Heart Failure 2023-10-15
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- High output failure related to thiamine deficiency
- Pulmonary congestion with cardiomegaly
- Decrease in cardiac output and decrease of renal perfusion causes
- Preload
- Treatment goal is to manage L heart failure
- Cyanosis, Inspiratory crackles, pleural effusion
- heart rate and stroke volume
- EF 55-70%
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- Toxic to myocardium, causes myocyte eath
- R ventricular failure unrelated to L heart failure
- Stimulates SNS and signals hypothalamus to make ADH
- HF with ventricular hypertrophy
- Increase of this hormone causes hyperthyroidism
- Attempts to improve renal salt and water excretion
14 Clues: Preload • EF 55-70% • heart rate and stroke volume • HF with ventricular hypertrophy • Pulmonary congestion with cardiomegaly • Toxic to myocardium, causes myocyte eath • Treatment goal is to manage L heart failure • Increase of this hormone causes hyperthyroidism • Cyanosis, Inspiratory crackles, pleural effusion • R ventricular failure unrelated to L heart failure • ...
Heart Failure 2024-02-29
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- This measurement is often elevated in congestive heart failure and indicates strain on the heart
- A common medication prescribed for congestive heart failure, also known as a "water pill", that helps reduce preload
- The largest consumer of energy in the body
- A new class of medications that can when combined with ARB's can improve HF outcomes.
- The most common cause of decreased contractility (the abbreviation)
- Cardiac _____ depends on the heart rate and stroke volume
- A major symptom of congestive heart failure.
- Heart's inefficient contraction
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- type of mechanism of CHF that includes abnormalities in the SNS, RAAs, and arginine vasopressin.
- A common imaging test used to diagnose and monitor congestive heart failure.
- The medical term for shortness of breath, often experienced in congestive heart failure.
- what side of heart failure is most commonly caused by a diffuse hypoxic pulmonary disease
- Advanced treatment for severe heart failure that can be lifesaving (the abbreviation)
- A common drug class prescribed to alleviate symptoms
14 Clues: Heart's inefficient contraction • The largest consumer of energy in the body • A major symptom of congestive heart failure. • A common drug class prescribed to alleviate symptoms • Cardiac _____ depends on the heart rate and stroke volume • The most common cause of decreased contractility (the abbreviation) • ...
Heart Infract 2019-11-05
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- Is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside of blood vessels
- State when blood flow through the artery is blocked
- Failure decreased pumping activity of the heart
- An inflammation of pericardium
- Test that checks how your heart is functioning by measuring the electical activity of the heart
- Situation when the organ doesn't get enough blood
- Changing the size and the shape of the heart
- Irregular heartbeat, it could be too fast or too slow
- Drug which desolves blood clots
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- Situation when blood pressure is too high
- The most accurate rate to diagnose heart infraction
- Elevated level of lipids
- Drug which widens the arteries and increases blood supply
- Surgical procedure to move tissue from one site to another on the body, or from another body
14 Clues: Elevated level of lipids • An inflammation of pericardium • Drug which desolves blood clots • Situation when blood pressure is too high • Changing the size and the shape of the heart • Failure decreased pumping activity of the heart • Situation when the organ doesn't get enough blood • State when blood flow through the artery is blocked • ...
Heart Infract 2019-11-06
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- Drug which widens the arteries and increases blood supply
- Test that checks how your heart is functioning by measuring the electical activity of the heart
- Irregular heartbeat, it could be too fast or too slow
- Changing the size and the shape of the heart
- Situation when blood pressure is too high
- The most accurate rate to diagnose heart infraction
- State when blood flow through the artery is blocked
- Failure decreased pumping activity of the heart
- Is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside of blood vessels
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- Drug which desolves blood clots
- Elevated level of lipids
- An inflammation of pericardium
- Situation when the organ doesn't get enough blood
- Surgical procedure to move tissue from one site to another on the body, or from another body
14 Clues: Elevated level of lipids • An inflammation of pericardium • Drug which desolves blood clots • Situation when blood pressure is too high • Changing the size and the shape of the heart • Failure decreased pumping activity of the heart • Situation when the organ doesn't get enough blood • The most accurate rate to diagnose heart infraction • ...
Heart Physiology 2024-08-28
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- This artery carries blood out of the left ventricle
- ____ arteries supply blood to the myocardium
- an area where vessels unite to form interconnections that
- the valve that prevents back flow of blood into the aorta
- The thickest layer of the heart
- Valve that does not close completely
- The veins that return deoxygenated blood from the systemic circuit to the heart
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- The walls of the ventricle are lined with
- After blood fills the right atrium, it passes through this structure
- This artery carries blood out of the right ventricle
- Heart sounds caused by issues with valves
- A special group of cells in the heart called the sinoatrial node (SA node) are known as the ______ of the heart
- Insufficient blood supply to an organ or part of the body
- The death of most or all cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury or insufficient blood supply to the cells
14 Clues: The thickest layer of the heart • Valve that does not close completely • The walls of the ventricle are lined with • Heart sounds caused by issues with valves • ____ arteries supply blood to the myocardium • This artery carries blood out of the left ventricle • This artery carries blood out of the right ventricle • ...
The Heart 2024-09-22
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- Chamber that pumps oxygenated blood to the body
- Receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins
- Chamber that pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs
- Cardiac muscle tissue
- Returns oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart
- Returns venous blood from the lower body back to the heart
- Left side atrioventricular valve
- Takes oxygenated blood from the left side of the heart to the body
- This artery supplies blood to the myocardium
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- Receives deoxygenated blood from the vena cava
- Returns venous blood from the upper body back to the heart
- Right side atrioventricular valve
- Type of valve preventing blood from flowing back into the ventricle
- Takes deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs
14 Clues: Cardiac muscle tissue • Left side atrioventricular valve • Right side atrioventricular valve • This artery supplies blood to the myocardium • Receives deoxygenated blood from the vena cava • Chamber that pumps oxygenated blood to the body • Receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins • Chamber that pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs • ...
Heart Failure 2023-02-28
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- Most causes of HF result in the dysfunction of the left ___.
- These hormones are increased in HF and may have some protective effect by decreasing preload.
- is the ability of the heart to eject blood effectively, this is decreased in persons with HF.
- A disease that predisposes someone to HF. It does this by disturbed calcium metabolism, oxidative stress, changes in fatty acid and GLUCOSE metabolism and mitchondrial dysfunction.
- is defined as an ejection fraction of <40% and the inability of the heart to generate adequate CO to perfuse vital organs (abbreviation)
- this should be restricted in the diet of someone with HF.
- These receptors in the central circulation detect decrease in perfusion (when co drops) and stimulate the SNS to cause vasoconstriction and release of ADH.
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- This is another important risk factor for HF.
- Pulmonary overcirculation from large left-to-right shunts(mixing) is called?
- __ blockers are meds that reduce myocardial demand
- This type of heart disease is one of the most important predisposing factors in HF.
- depends on the heart rate and stroke volume.
- __ inhibitors are meds used to reduce mortality in HF byreducing preload and afterload.
- this ventricle dysfunctional especially in pulmonary disease.
14 Clues: depends on the heart rate and stroke volume. • This is another important risk factor for HF. • __ blockers are meds that reduce myocardial demand • this should be restricted in the diet of someone with HF. • Most causes of HF result in the dysfunction of the left ___. • this ventricle dysfunctional especially in pulmonary disease. • ...
EKG & Heart 2024-11-21
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- (NSR. Standard cardiac cycle that begins in the SA node)
- (Absence of HR, no complexes, flat line)
- (Interference of electrical nature)
- (Atrial rate of 250-350 bpm, sawtooth pattern on ECG)
- (portable ECG device pt takes home)
- (Atrial depolarization)
- (Atrial rate of 350-500 bpm, p waves not distinct, irregular R to R waves)
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- (HR lower than 60 bpm)
- (Tremor caused by nervous system disorder OR cold patient)
- (Caused by electrode/lead displacement)
- (Ventricular depolarization)
- (Interruptions or disturbances in the ECG strip resulting from activity outside of the heart)
- (HR faster than 100 bpm)
- (Standard combination of electrode placements that designates a specific view of the heart)
14 Clues: (HR lower than 60 bpm) • (Atrial depolarization) • (HR faster than 100 bpm) • (Ventricular depolarization) • (Interference of electrical nature) • (portable ECG device pt takes home) • (Caused by electrode/lead displacement) • (Absence of HR, no complexes, flat line) • (Atrial rate of 250-350 bpm, sawtooth pattern on ECG) • ...
The Heart 2024-10-10
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- Pressure – The force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of the arteries.
- – The artery that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
- – Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart.
- – The smallest blood vessels where gas exchange occurs between blood and tissues.
- – Upper chambers of the heart that receive blood.
- – The protein in red blood cells that binds to oxygen and carries it throughout the body.
- – Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
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- – The gas that is transported by red blood cells to tissues and organs.
- – The arteries that supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscle itself.
- – The wall of tissue that separates the right and left sides of the heart.
- – Structures in veins and the heart that prevent the backflow of blood.
- – Lower chambers of the heart responsible for pumping blood out of the heart.
- – The largest artery in the body, transporting oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
- Cava – The largest vein, returning deoxygenated blood to the heart from the body.
14 Clues: – Upper chambers of the heart that receive blood. • – Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart. • – Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. • – The gas that is transported by red blood cells to tissues and organs. • – The arteries that supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscle itself. • ...
Heart Health 2026-02-17
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- Fat A healthy fat found in fish, nuts, and olive oil
- A feeling of calm that helps reduce heart strain
- A type of exercise that strengthens the heart and lungs
- A condition where blood pressure is too high
- The body’s response to pressure or worry
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- Grains A type of food high in fiber that supports heart health
- pressure The force of blood pushing against artery walls
- The organ that pumps blood through the body
- The amount of movement you take in a day (step count, walking, etc.)
- A common test that measures blood sugar over time
- Another word for physical activity
- A habit of eating a balanced variety of foods
- A mineral that helps control blood pressure (found in bananas)
- A healthy habit that improves rest and heart health
14 Clues: Another word for physical activity • A condition where blood pressure is too high • A habit of eating a balanced variety of foods • The body’s response to pressure or worry • The organ that pumps blood through the body • A feeling of calm that helps reduce heart strain • A common test that measures blood sugar over time • ...
Heart + Vessels 2025-10-15
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- returns blood to the heart under low pressure
- main artery that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body
- relating to the lungs or the circulation between heart and lungs
- lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out to the lungs or body
- upper chamber of the heart that receives blood returning to the heart
- describes blood rich in oxygen after passing through the lungs
- tiny blood vessel where exchange of gases and nutrients occurs
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- cava large vein that brings deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart
- carries blood away from the heart under high pressure
- structure in the heart or veins that prevents backflow of deoxygenated blood
- process that replenishes oxygen in the blood, and removes waste carbon dioxide
- _________ circulatory system, one for lungs and one for the body
- natural cluster of cells, or an artificial, life-saving device that produces the signal to cause the heart to pump
- location of gas exchange in the lungs, possess many capiliaries
14 Clues: returns blood to the heart under low pressure • carries blood away from the heart under high pressure • describes blood rich in oxygen after passing through the lungs • tiny blood vessel where exchange of gases and nutrients occurs • location of gas exchange in the lungs, possess many capiliaries • _________ circulatory system, one for lungs and one for the body • ...
Cardiovascular System 2023-03-09
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- contraction phase of the heartbeat
- lower chamber of the heart
- largest artery in the body
- abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of heart valves
- relaxation phase of the heartbeat
- inadequate oxygen in the tissues
- small vein
- upper chambers of the heart
- double layered membrane surrounding the heart
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- record of the electrical activity of the heart
- inner lining of the heart
- muscular middle layer of the heart
- rapid heartbeat
- gas that enters the blood through the lungs
- largest type of blood vessel
- beats of the heart felt through the walls of the arteries
16 Clues: small vein • rapid heartbeat • inner lining of the heart • lower chamber of the heart • largest artery in the body • upper chambers of the heart • largest type of blood vessel • inadequate oxygen in the tissues • relaxation phase of the heartbeat • contraction phase of the heartbeat • muscular middle layer of the heart • gas that enters the blood through the lungs • ...
circulatory system 2019-10-29
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- Section of the heart( your heart has four)
- smallest blood vessels that carry blood to the cells also connected to veins and arteries
- body fluid (connective tissue) that carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells and takes away metabolic waste (Co2, water, etc.)
- blood vessels that bring blood back to the heart: deoxygenated blood
- Organ which pumps blood to the body and to the lungs. Made of cardiac muscle cells
- system Organ system that moves blood to every part of your body. Consists of the heart, blood, and blood vessels.
- medical device used to listen to internal sounds of the body
- relating to the lungs
- Upper sections of the heart
- blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart: oxygenated blood
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- the liquid part of the blood which holds the blood cells
- blood cells that carry oxygen by the help of hemoglobin
- blood cells that protect body against pathogens
- Lower sections of the heart
- number of times the heart pump blood or beat in a minute.controlled by electrical shocks generated by the heart and natural Pacemaker
- the separation between the right and left side of the heart
- tiny blood cells that stop bleeding by forming blood clots
- Structure between the atrium and the ventricle to prevent backward flow of blood
18 Clues: relating to the lungs • Lower sections of the heart • Upper sections of the heart • Section of the heart( your heart has four) • blood cells that protect body against pathogens • blood cells that carry oxygen by the help of hemoglobin • the liquid part of the blood which holds the blood cells • tiny blood cells that stop bleeding by forming blood clots • ...
Structure and function of the human heart 2024-01-10
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- These are the upper chambers of the heart
- these are lower chambers of the heart
- It continuously circulates through blood vessels
- cage Heart is present almost at the centre of this.
- The heart is divided into how many compartments
- vessels that carry blood towards the heart from various parts of the body
- the walls of the veins are
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- muscular organ
- This system performs the circulation of various substances.
- The heart is made up of these muscles
- Arteries do not have
- This protects the heart from mechanical shocks
- heart is slightly inclined at this side
- Heart consists of how many chambers
- blood vessels which carry the blood away from the heart to the body
15 Clues: muscular organ • Arteries do not have • the walls of the veins are • Heart consists of how many chambers • The heart is made up of these muscles • these are lower chambers of the heart • heart is slightly inclined at this side • These are the upper chambers of the heart • This protects the heart from mechanical shocks • The heart is divided into how many compartments • ...
cardiovascular disease 2025-11-19
Across
- clot that travels to the lugs.Pulmonary embolism
- of a blood vessel by a clot.Embolism
- pain due to lack of oxygen to the heart.Angina pectoris
- of the heart muscle.Myocarditis
- fluid retention in the tissues.Edema
- decrease in blood flow to the heart.Hypoperfusion
- of the heart muscle. Cardiomyopthy
- heartbeat.Arrhythmia
- blood pressure.Hypertension
- of the arteries.Arteriosclerosis
- clot that travels to the brain.Cerebral embolism
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- heart cause by rheumatic fever.Rheumatic heart disease
- artery disease
- of the heart.Cardomegaly
- endocarditis
- of the arteries that supply blood to the heart.
- of the heart valves due to infection.
- cholesterol in the blood.Hypercholesterolemia
- blood supply to he heart. Ischemia
- of plaque in the arteries.Atherosclerosis
20 Clues: endocarditis • artery disease • heartbeat.Arrhythmia • of the heart.Cardomegaly • blood pressure.Hypertension • of the heart muscle.Myocarditis • of the arteries.Arteriosclerosis • of the heart muscle. Cardiomyopthy • blood supply to he heart. Ischemia • of a blood vessel by a clot.Embolism • fluid retention in the tissues.Edema • of the heart valves due to infection. • ...
10.7 Cardiovascular System 2021-07-04
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- Veins conduct blood ____ the heart from tissue.
- Two upper chambers of the heart are called ____.
- The ____ lines the inside of the heart and its valves.
- The pacemaker of the heart.
- ____ are the 2 lower chambers of the heart.
- A membranous sac that surrounds the heart.
- The largest artery in the body.
- Record that is used to detect electrical charges in the heart muscle.
- ____ is the contraction phase of the heart.
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- The 3 types of blood vessels in the body are arteries, veins and ____.
- The largest vein in the body.
- The middle muscular layer of the heart is the ____.
- ____ is the relaxation phase of the heart.
- Arteries carry blood ____ ____ the heart.
- Which atrium receives rich oxygenated blood?
15 Clues: The pacemaker of the heart. • The largest vein in the body. • The largest artery in the body. • Arteries carry blood ____ ____ the heart. • A membranous sac that surrounds the heart. • ____ is the relaxation phase of the heart. • ____ are the 2 lower chambers of the heart. • ____ is the contraction phase of the heart. • Which atrium receives rich oxygenated blood? • ...
cardiovascular crossword 2022-11-19
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- prevent the backflow of blood
- death of heart muscle
- recording of electricity through the heart
- supply blood to head and neck
- carbon dioxide
- walls of the heart
- inflammation of the pericardium surrounding the heart
- acute myocardial infarction
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- Abnormal swishing sound of the heart
- abnormal heart rhythms
- chest pain
- Lower tip of the heart
- Relaxation phase of heartbeat
- inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
- Contraction phase of the heartbeat
15 Clues: chest pain • carbon dioxide • walls of the heart • death of heart muscle • abnormal heart rhythms • Lower tip of the heart • acute myocardial infarction • prevent the backflow of blood • Relaxation phase of heartbeat • supply blood to head and neck • Contraction phase of the heartbeat • Abnormal swishing sound of the heart • recording of electricity through the heart • ...
Cardiovascular System Crossword 2026-01-29
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- chronically elevated arterial blood pressure
- muscles anchoring atrioventricular valves (2 words)
- resistance vessels controlling blood flow into capillaries
- small vessels collecting blood from capillaries
- chamber responsible for systemic circulation (2 words)
- vessels supplying oxygenated blood to heart muscle (2 words)
- electrical activation of cardiac muscle cells
- fibrous cords preventing valve prolapse (2 words)
- amount of blood ejected per ventricle per beat (2 words)
- thick-walled vessels carrying blood away from the heart
- semilunar valve between left ventricle and aorta (2 words)
- arterial pressure during ventricular relaxation (2 words)
- inner endothelial lining of the heart chambers
- valve between right atrium and right ventricle (2 words)
- protective sac surrounding the heart
- volume of blood pumped by the heart per minute (2 words)
- primary pacemaker initiating cardiac depolarization
- conduction pathway between atria and ventricles (3 words)
- terminal conduction fibers causing ventricular contraction (2 words)
- sequence of contraction and relaxation in one heartbeat (2 words)
- bicuspid valve between left atrium and left ventricle
- vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs (2 words)
- red blood cells transporting oxygen
- large vein returning deoxygenated blood to the right atrium (2 words)
- traveling clot that can obstruct blood flow
- phase of ventricular relaxation and filling
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- oxygen-binding protein in red blood cells
- abnormally low blood pressure
- phase of ventricular contraction
- vein draining blood from the upper body to the heart (3 words)
- white blood cells involved in immune defense
- abnormally fast heart rate
- microscopic vessels allowing exchange of gases and nutrients
- thin-walled vessels returning blood to the heart
- pathway supplying blood to the lungs (2 words)
- buildup of lipid plaques in arterial walls
- abnormal heart rhythm
- number of heartbeats per minute (2 words)
- arterial pressure during ventricular contraction (2 words)
- stationary blood clot within a vessel
- semilunar valve between right ventricle and pulmonary artery (2 words)
- force exerted by blood on vessel walls (2 words)
- muscular wall separating the L and R side of the heart
- lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out of the heart
- vessel that returns oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium (2 words)
- pathway supplying oxygenated blood to the body (2 words)
- vein draining blood from the lower body to the heart (3 words)
- upper chamber of the heart that receives blood
- muscular layer of the heart wall
- structures preventing backflow in veins
- recording of electrical activity of the heart
- largest artery carrying oxygenated blood from the left ventricle
- chamber responsible for pulmonary circulation (2 words)
- outer layer of the heart wall
- abnormally slow heart rate
- delay center conducting impulses to the ventricles
- cell fragments involved in blood clotting
57 Clues: abnormal heart rhythm • abnormally fast heart rate • abnormally slow heart rate • abnormally low blood pressure • outer layer of the heart wall • phase of ventricular contraction • muscular layer of the heart wall • red blood cells transporting oxygen • protective sac surrounding the heart • stationary blood clot within a vessel • structures preventing backflow in veins • ...
Circulatory System 2025-12-15
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- 1% of blood component
- blood vessel that carries oxygen rich blood away from the heart
- the only artery that carries oxygen POOR blood AWAY from the heart
- a common heart defect that describes any misflow of blood through the heart
- where red and white blood cells originate
- the circulatory path that supplies oxygen RICH blood to and carries deoxygenated blood from the muscle tissue of the heart
- disease-causing microorganisms that make you sick. ex. bacteria, fungi, viruses
- red blood cells
- where blood goes when returning to the heart from the rest of the body
- where the blood leaves through on its way to the rest of the body
- 55% of blood components
- blood vessel that carries oxygen poor blood to the heart
- foreign molecules that trigger an immune response in the body
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- WBC that protect against pathogens by recognizing pathogens and kills them by producing antibodies. in the specific immune system
- the smallest blood vessels. Gases and other substances are exchanged between the circulatory system and body tissues
- where the blood leaves through on its way to the lungs
- the valve on the left side of the heart
- the circulatory pathway that carries oxygen-POOR blood from the heart to the lungs and oxygen-RICH blood from the lungs to the heart
- two bottom chambers hat receive blood from the atria and pumps it into systemic/pulmonary circulation
- the only vein that carries oxygen RICH blood TO the heart
- AKA pacemaker. It sets the pace for cardiac activity
- a block of bloodflow to the BRAIN
- 44% of blood component
- WBC that protects against pathogens by digesting them. In the general immune system
- two top chambers that collect blood flowing into the heart
- a general term to describe several conditions in which the walls of the arteries thicken, lose elasticity, and harden
- protiens made by B CELLS that primarily bind to antigens on pathogens
- where blood returns to after circulating through the lungs
- the circulatory pathway that carries oxygen RICH blood from the heart to the body tissues and oxygen POOR blood from the tissues of the heart
- a condition where there is a buildup of plaque on the inside of the artery walls. This causes them to narrow, and causes blood pressure to increase
- a block of bloodflow to the HEART
- the valve on the right side of the heart
- white blood cells
33 Clues: red blood cells • white blood cells • 1% of blood component • 44% of blood component • 55% of blood components • a block of bloodflow to the BRAIN • a block of bloodflow to the HEART • the valve on the left side of the heart • the valve on the right side of the heart • where red and white blood cells originate • AKA pacemaker. It sets the pace for cardiac activity • ...
The Cardiovascular System 2020-06-19
Across
- the area where the heart lies
- hardening
- the top of the heart
- the inner layer of the heart
- chest
- infarction the heart attack, the lack of blood flow is caused by a blockage or a narrowing in one of the coronary arteries
- pulse
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- narrowing
- the small arteries
- fast
- has the function to pump blood to the rest of the body
- the outer layer of the heart, the visceral pericardium
- the muscular layer that contracts to pump blood
- the largest artery in the body
- heart
- the bottom of the heart
16 Clues: fast • heart • chest • pulse • narrowing • hardening • the small arteries • the top of the heart • the bottom of the heart • the inner layer of the heart • the area where the heart lies • the largest artery in the body • the muscular layer that contracts to pump blood • has the function to pump blood to the rest of the body • the outer layer of the heart, the visceral pericardium • ...
