heart Crossword Puzzles

Cardiovascular System 2019-12-05

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
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  1. sodium
  2. complete stoppage of the heart
  3. Used to check blood pressure
  4. pertaining to
  5. meaning inner
  6. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  7. Oxygenated blood this part of the heart
  8. also known as a heart attack
  9. meaning fast
  10. veins Dilated veins
  11. Process of recording blood vessels
  12. meaning around
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  1. Artery with a weakened wall
  2. High Blood Pressure
  3. ECG
  4. Automated External Defibrillator
  5. Vital Signs Stable
  6. Hg millimeters of mercury
  7. Ultrasound used to look at heart or vessels
  8. wall between right and left ventricle
  9. deoxygenated Blood this part of heart
  10. Low Blood Pressure
  11. pulmonary organs
  12. surgical removal
  13. inflammation around the heart
  14. surgical puncture to remove fluid
  15. implantable cardioverter defibrillator
  16. also known as renal organs
  17. electrolytes
  18. coronary artery bypass graft
  19. Monitor Portable ECG Machine

31 Clues: ECG • sodium • electrolytes • meaning fast • pertaining to • meaning inner • meaning around • pulmonary organs • surgical removal • Vital Signs Stable • Low Blood Pressure • High Blood Pressure • veins Dilated veins • Hg millimeters of mercury • also known as renal organs • Artery with a weakened wall • Used to check blood pressure • also known as a heart attack • coronary artery bypass graft • ...

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM COMMON NAMES 2022-04-20

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM COMMON NAMES crossword puzzle
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  1. Your major Air Bags.
  2. Carry Blood back to the Heart.
  3. The Smallest blood Vessels.
  4. Another name for Blood.
  5. Often told to relieve Stress.
  6. The Valves in the Right Atrium.
  7. The lower chambers of the Heart.
  8. The Middle Valve in your Heart.
  9. The LARGEST PART of your HEART.
  10. The strongest muscle in your Body.
  11. Found in the Lungs.
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  1. Blood Pressure reading That's High.
  2. How many times your hart beats in 1 Min.
  3. Blood pressure Reading (LOW)
  4. GETS blood from the VENA CAVAs.
  5. CREATED from Bones Formation.
  6. The Basic unit of Life.
  7. TUBES THAT exchanges OXYGEN and Carbon DIOXIDE.
  8. THE LARGEST Blood vessel.
  9. The Largest Artery in your Heart.
  10. The Mot important liquid in the body.
  11. Made up of all the Cells and Water.
  12. The airbags That transport OXYGEN.

23 Clues: Found in the Lungs. • Your major Air Bags. • The Basic unit of Life. • Another name for Blood. • THE LARGEST Blood vessel. • Blood pressure Reading (LOW) • The Smallest blood Vessels. • CREATED from Bones Formation. • Often told to relieve Stress. • GETS blood from the VENA CAVAs. • Carry Blood back to the Heart. • ...

Chapter 16- Circulation and Respiration; By: Jose Sanchez 2016-05-05

Chapter 16- Circulation and Respiration; By: Jose Sanchez crossword puzzle
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  1. Prevents blood from flowing/going backward
  2. The circulation of blood between the heart and the rest of the body
  3. A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  4. The throat
  5. When the heart is too weak to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs
  6. The cause of when the heart contracts, and blood is pushed out of the heart into the arteries
  7. The windpipe
  8. What your heart, blood, and blood vessels ,make up
  9. Blood cells that keep you healthy by destroying pathogens
  10. When heart muscle cells do not get enough blood
  11. A connective tissue made up of plasma, red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells
  12. A tiny blood vessel that allows exchanges between body cells and blood
  13. Hollow tubes that blood travels through
  14. A mixture of water, minerals, nutrients, sugars, proteins, and other substances
  15. A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
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  1. Tiny air sacks in the lungs
  2. Each lower chamber
  3. The group of organs that take in oxygen, and remove carbon dioxide
  4. The circulation of blood between your heart and lungs
  5. Each upper chamber
  6. The part of the throat that contains the vocal cords
  7. The process by which the body gains and uses oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide and water
  8. Supply oxygen for every living cell in your body
  9. An organ made mostly of cardiac muscle tissue
  10. Pieces of larger cells found in bone marrow
  11. One of the two tubes that connect to the lungs

26 Clues: The throat • The windpipe • Each lower chamber • Each upper chamber • Tiny air sacks in the lungs • Hollow tubes that blood travels through • Prevents blood from flowing/going backward • Pieces of larger cells found in bone marrow • An organ made mostly of cardiac muscle tissue • One of the two tubes that connect to the lungs • When heart muscle cells do not get enough blood • ...

CVD Crossword 2021-04-06

CVD Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the upper two heart chambers
  2. high blood pressure
  3. carries blood to the heart
  4. Dioxide, A colorless, odorless gas that is present in the atmosphere and is formed when any fuel containing carbon is burned
  5. small blood vessel in the microcirculation that allows blood to return from the capillary beds to drain into the larger blood vessels
  6. Node, specialized muscle tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that acts as a pacemaker by producing a contractile signal at regular intervals
  7. any of various membranous structures
  8. Valve, One of the four valves of the heart it permits blood to flow one way only, from the left atrium into the left ventricle
  9. the two chambers of the heart that are involved in pumping blood
  10. done without control
  11. Artery, supply blood to the heart muscle
  12. pair of spongy, air-filled organs located on either side of the chest
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  1. primary site for control of blood flow
  2. Artery, artery carrying blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation (google)
  3. removal of oxygen
  4. any of the minute blood vessels that form networks throughout the bodily tissues
  5. carries blood away from the heart
  6. main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body (Tricuspid Valve, prevent back flow of blood from the right ventricle into the right atrium during right ventricular contraction
  7. to supply something with oxygen
  8. chest pain or discomfort caused when your heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen-rich blood
  9. to go higher
  10. to go lower

22 Clues: to go lower • to go higher • removal of oxygen • high blood pressure • done without control • carries blood to the heart • the upper two heart chambers • to supply something with oxygen • carries blood away from the heart • any of various membranous structures • primary site for control of blood flow • Artery, supply blood to the heart muscle • ...

Cardiovascular System 2022-03-11

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
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  1. The valve that is between the right atrium and right ventricle
  2. the general color on diagrams of oxygenated blood
  3. a double sac of serous membranes
  4. The pacemaker of the heart
  5. The valve that is inferior to the pulmonary trunk
  6. the general color on diagrams of deoxygenated blood
  7. The oxygenated side of circulation
  8. Heart chambers that constricts and sends blood throughout the body
  9. Blood vessels that provides the heart with oxygenated blood
  10. Receives oxygen poor blood from the vena cavae
  11. Receives oxygen poor blood from an atrium
  12. The condition when blood flows back in the heart
  13. Heart chambers that receive blood
  14. Electrical current travels along the sides of the heart by the way of these structures
  15. the rounded muscular projections attached to the chordae tendineae in the ventricles of the heart
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  1. The blood vessel that sends blood from the head and neck to the right atrium
  2. wall of myocardium that separates the two ventricles
  3. cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and bicuspid valve
  4. A dividing wall between ventricles
  5. Caused by pooling of blood in the veins
  6. the number of blood chambers
  7. Receives oxygen rich blood from an atrium
  8. the pointed end of the heart
  9. the membrane that tightly covers the external surface of the heart
  10. The valve that has two cusps
  11. Receives oxygen rich blood from lungs
  12. The strongest artery in the body
  13. the contracting wall layer of the heart
  14. the innermost wall layer
  15. The smallest blood vessels that transport gases

30 Clues: the innermost wall layer • The pacemaker of the heart • the number of blood chambers • the pointed end of the heart • The valve that has two cusps • a double sac of serous membranes • The strongest artery in the body • Heart chambers that receive blood • A dividing wall between ventricles • The oxygenated side of circulation • Receives oxygen rich blood from lungs • ...

Cardiovascular System Terms 2025-05-06

Cardiovascular System Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. The smallest blood vessel where gas exchange occurs.
  2. A blood vessel that returns blood to the heart.
  3. A blood cell also called a platelet, involved in clotting.
  4. The blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
  5. The inner lining of the heart chambers.
  6. The blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
  7. A white blood cell that fights infection and disease.
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  1. The muscular middle layer of the heart wall.
  2. The largest artery in the body that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body.
  3. The lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out.
  4. The large vein that returns deoxygenated blood to the heart.
  5. A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
  6. The membrane surrounding and protecting the heart.
  7. The upper chamber of the heart that receives blood.
  8. A red blood cell that carries oxygen throughout the body.

15 Clues: The inner lining of the heart chambers. • The muscular middle layer of the heart wall. • A blood vessel that returns blood to the heart. • The membrane surrounding and protecting the heart. • The upper chamber of the heart that receives blood. • The smallest blood vessel where gas exchange occurs. • The lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out. • ...

cardiovascular vocab 2022-01-28

cardiovascular vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. arterie, either of two arteries that arise one from the left and one from the right side of the aorta immediately above the semilunar valves and supply the tissues of the heart itself
  2. the backward flow of blood through a defective heart valve
  3. the middle muscular layer of the heart wall
  4. Coronary Syndrome, characterized by sudden changes (such as an increase in the severity or length of anginal attacks or a decrease in the exertion required to precipitate an attack) especially when symptoms were previously stable
  5. output, the volume of blood ejected from the left side of the heart in one minute
  6. diastolic volume, the amount of blood that is in the ventricles before the heart contracts
  7. fraction, the ratio of the volume of blood the heart empties during systole to the volume of blood in the heart at the end of diastole expressed as a percentage usually between 50 and 80%
  8. gradient, The space rate of variation of pressure in a given direction
  9. constriction or narrowing of the diameter of a bodily passage such as the heart or orifice
  10. any of the tubular branching vessels that carry blood from the capillaries toward the heart
  11. a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
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  1. Artery Disease, reduces blood flow through the coronary arteries to the heart and typically results in chest pain or heart damage
  2. wall tension, The thickness of the ventricular myocardium, is proportional to ventricular radius and intraventricular pressure.
  3. any of the tubular branching muscular and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body
  4. to become enlarged or widened
  5. is an abnormal blood-filled bulge of a blood vessel and especially an artery resulting from the weakening of the vessel wall
  6. Shock, shock resulting from the failure of the heart to pump an adequate amount of blood as a result of heart disease and especially heart attack
  7. pumping of fluid through an organ or tissue
  8. tamponade, Mechanical compression of the heart by large amounts of fluid or blood within the pericardial space that limits the normal range of motion and function of the heart.
  9. systolic volume, the amount of blood

20 Clues: to become enlarged or widened • systolic volume, the amount of blood • the middle muscular layer of the heart wall • pumping of fluid through an organ or tissue • a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body • the backward flow of blood through a defective heart valve • gradient, The space rate of variation of pressure in a given direction • ...

circulatory system 2025-05-06

circulatory system crossword puzzle
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  1. super small vein or artery
  2. carries deoxygenated blood
  3. platelets
  4. main vein carrying blood
  5. inner layer of heart
  6. main artery carrying blood
  7. white blood cells
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  1. middle layer of heart
  2. distributes blood out of heart
  3. lower part of heart
  4. large vein
  5. carries oxygenated blood
  6. outer layer of heart
  7. top of heart
  8. red blood cells

15 Clues: platelets • large vein • top of heart • red blood cells • white blood cells • lower part of heart • outer layer of heart • inner layer of heart • middle layer of heart • carries oxygenated blood • main vein carrying blood • super small vein or artery • carries deoxygenated blood • main artery carrying blood • distributes blood out of heart

Cardiovascular System 2023-12-03

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
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  1. intreventricular septum
  2. red artery blood color
  3. transport nutrients
  4. upper heart chambers
  5. vein
  6. two upper/lower
  7. heart
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  1. sac surrounding the heart
  2. heart muscle
  3. blood vessels
  4. small vessel
  5. angioplasty
  6. large artery
  7. coronary
  8. blood clot
  9. major blood vessel
  10. very large vein

17 Clues: vein • heart • coronary • blood clot • angioplasty • heart muscle • small vessel • large artery • blood vessels • very large vein • two upper/lower • major blood vessel • transport nutrients • upper heart chambers • intreventricular septum • sac surrounding the heart • red artery blood color

10.7 cardiac system 2023-11-16

10.7 cardiac system crossword puzzle
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  1. biggest pathway away from the heart
  2. lamen, lemuel and even some hearts do this
  3. the upper chambers of the heart
  4. lower chambers of the heart
  5. heart contraction
  6. where oxygen and nutrition are transferred from the blood and waste is picked up
  7. inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
  8. transport blood away from the heart.
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  1. dysrhythmias
  2. prevents blood from flowing backward
  3. smallest area where blood is being transported away from heart
  4. smallest area where blood is being transported to heart, has valves
  5. transport blood to the heart, has valves.
  6. reaction of the heart

14 Clues: dysrhythmias • heart contraction • reaction of the heart • lower chambers of the heart • the upper chambers of the heart • biggest pathway away from the heart • prevents blood from flowing backward • transport blood away from the heart. • transport blood to the heart, has valves. • lamen, lemuel and even some hearts do this • inflammation of the inner lining of the heart • ...

Heart Disease C 2022-03-01

Heart Disease C crossword puzzle
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  1. SA ____ is a heart's natural pacemaker
  2. Heart to lungs and back is pulmonary _____
  3. A person with sudden cardiac arrest is ____
  4. Blood in the vein travels to the ___ atrium first.
  5. Blood from heart to body & back is __ system
  6. Blood in pulmonary vein travels to the left ____ first.
  7. A device to make your heart beat properly
  8. Blood passing mitral valve ends up in ____ ventricle
  9. A person with heart attack stays _____
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  1. Blood can only travel in one direction in one way _____.
  2. Vein around the heart is called ______ vein
  3. Artery around the heart is called ______ artery
  4. Born with heart disease is ____ heart defect
  5. Excessive fluid in lungs is called pulmonary _____
  6. Blood in pulmonary artery travels from the right ______.
  7. Brain gets no oxygen if you have a ______
  8. Blood clot in lungs is called pulmonary ____

17 Clues: SA ____ is a heart's natural pacemaker • A person with heart attack stays _____ • Brain gets no oxygen if you have a ______ • A device to make your heart beat properly • Heart to lungs and back is pulmonary _____ • Vein around the heart is called ______ vein • A person with sudden cardiac arrest is ____ • Born with heart disease is ____ heart defect • ...

The Cardiovascular System 2023-11-13

The Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
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  1. Structure in veins or in the heart that temporarily closes an opening so that blood flows in only one direction
  2. Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart
  3. One of 2 upper chambers of the heart
  4. Innermost lining of the heart
  5. Smallest type of blood vessel
  6. Inner lining of the heart
  7. Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves
  8. Gas that enters the blood through the lungs and travels to the heart to be pumped via arteries to all body cells
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  1. One of 2 lower chambers of the heart
  2. Small artery
  3. Largest artery in the body
  4. Largest type of blood vessel
  5. Muscular middle layer of the heart
  6. Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries
  7. Small vein

15 Clues: Small vein • Small artery • Inner lining of the heart • Largest artery in the body • Largest type of blood vessel • Innermost lining of the heart • Smallest type of blood vessel • Muscular middle layer of the heart • One of 2 lower chambers of the heart • One of 2 upper chambers of the heart • Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart • ...

Module 9 Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart 2013-05-17

Module 9 Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart crossword puzzle
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  1. deprived of adequate oxygen
  2. Part of your autonomic nervous system. Your fight or flight response. Can act to increase your heart rate (2)
  3. Chest pain caused by a fleeting deficiency in blood delivery to the myocardium (2)
  4. Located in the right atrial wall, this is the heart's pacemaker (2)
  5. The endocardial conducting network. These directly excite ventricular myocardial cells. This network is more elaborate in the left ventricle as it is much larger than the right (2)
  6. The contraction of the heart- blood forced from the chambers (1)
  7. The amount of blood returning to the heart and distending its ventricles (2)
  8. Receiving chamber of the heart. Receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary circuit (2)
  9. The right atrioventricular valve (AV) (2)
  10. Short, low pressure circulation (2)
  11. Part of your autonomic nervous system. Your rest and digest response. Can act to decrease your heart rate (2)
  12. All events associated with blood flow through the heart during one complete heartbeat (2)
  13. The relaxation of the heart- heart fills with blood (1)
  14. Amount of blood remaining in the ventricles after contraction (3)
  15. Also known as the bicuspid valve, it is the left atrioventricular valve (AV) (2)
  16. A condition where arteries harden and narrow due to the formation and accumulation of fatty plaque (1)
  17. Long, high-pressure, high-friction circuit (2)
  18. The right and left vessels transports oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart (2)
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  1. Decreased blood supply
  2. Amount of blood ejected by each ventricle/beat. It is calculated using the formula EDV (end diastolic volume)-ESV (end systolic volume) (2)
  3. This circulation is the functional blood supply of the heart. It is the shortest circulation in the body (1)
  4. Blood clot. Can partially or completely block the flow of blood in a blood vessel (1)
  5. Amount of blood in the ventricles during diastole (3)
  6. Located above the tricupid valve. Action potentials propagate more slowly here to allow the atria to respond and complete their contraction before the ventricles contract (2)
  7. Receiving chamber of the heart. Receives deoxygenated blood returning to the heart from the circulation (2)
  8. Also called the bundle of His. It provides the only electrical connection between the atria and ventricles (2)
  9. Pumping chamber of the heart. Pumps blood into the pulmonary trunk which takes the blood to the lungs (2)
  10. The amount of blood ejected by each ventricle/minute. This value is calculated by multiplying heart rate with stroke volume (2)
  11. Is a graphic record of heart activity (1)
  12. Semilunar valve (SL). Guards the base of the aorta and prevents the flow of blood back into left ventricle (2)
  13. Commonly called a heart attack. Myocardial cells die due to a lack of oxygen (2)
  14. Semilunar valve (SL).Guards the base of the pulmonary trunk and prevents the flow of blood back into the right ventricle (2)
  15. Pumping chamber of the heart. Pumps blood into the aorta, the largest artery in the body (2)
  16. "Muscle heart". Composed mainly of cardiac muscle and forms the bulk of the heart. It is the layer that contracts (1)

34 Clues: Decreased blood supply • deprived of adequate oxygen • Short, low pressure circulation (2) • The right atrioventricular valve (AV) (2) • Is a graphic record of heart activity (1) • Long, high-pressure, high-friction circuit (2) • Amount of blood in the ventricles during diastole (3) • The relaxation of the heart- heart fills with blood (1) • ...

Crossword Puzzle — Congestive Cardiac Failure 2025-09-26

Crossword Puzzle — Congestive Cardiac Failure crossword puzzle
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  1. Organ muscle that contracts to pump blood
  2. Diuretic drugs often used to treat fluid overload in CCF
  3. Pressure condition that can lead to heart failure
  4. Peptides released in heart failure used as biomarkers
  5. Term describing weakened pumping ability of the heart during contraction
  6. Fluid buildup in tissues, often seen in heart failure
  7. Enzyme-blocking drugs that lower afterload and improve survival
  8. Irregular heartbeat rhythm
  9. Volume percentage of blood pumped from the left ventricle each beat
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  1. Blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle
  2. Common symptom of heart failure meaning shortness of breath
  3. Chamber(s) of the heart responsible for pumping blood out
  4. Medication class that blocks sympathetic stimulation of the heart
  5. Decreased forward blood movement from the heart
  6. General condition where the heart cannot meet the body’s demands

15 Clues: Irregular heartbeat rhythm • Organ muscle that contracts to pump blood • Blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle • Decreased forward blood movement from the heart • Pressure condition that can lead to heart failure • Peptides released in heart failure used as biomarkers • Fluid buildup in tissues, often seen in heart failure • ...

Fetal Heart Rate Crossword 2022-02-15

Fetal Heart Rate Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. possible cause for fetal tachycardia
  2. 6-25 bpm variability in fetal heart rate
  3. increase in the fetal heart rate of 15 bpm at least 15 seconds in duration
  4. fetal heart rate above 160 bpm
  5. three types of decreases in the fetal heart rate
  6. deceleration caused by cord compression
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  1. things that the nurse does to correct fetal heart rate pattern
  2. nursing action to relieve cord compression
  3. <5 bpm variability in fetal heart rate
  4. fetal heart rate below 110 bpm
  5. >25 bpm variability in fetal heart rate
  6. average rate during a 10 minute segment
  7. deceleration caused by uteroplacental insufficiency
  8. common abbreviation for fetal heart rate
  9. deceleration caused by head compression

15 Clues: fetal heart rate below 110 bpm • fetal heart rate above 160 bpm • possible cause for fetal tachycardia • <5 bpm variability in fetal heart rate • >25 bpm variability in fetal heart rate • average rate during a 10 minute segment • deceleration caused by head compression • deceleration caused by cord compression • 6-25 bpm variability in fetal heart rate • ...

Healthy Hearts 2025-04-25

Healthy Hearts crossword puzzle
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  1. Takes blood away from the heart to the body.
  2. Carried by blood to keep your body functioning.
  3. The state of being physically and mentally fit.
  4. Physical activity to keep your heart strong.
  5. The food choices that keep you healthy.
  6. Important for heart and overall health.
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  1. Flows through your veins and keeps you alive.
  2. Carries blood back to the heart.
  3. A relaxing exercise that benefits the heart.
  4. Essential for keeping your body hydrated.
  5. The rhythm of your heartbeat.
  6. Managing this keeps your heart healthy.
  7. A sweet snack that’s good for your heart.
  8. The organ that pumps blood through the body.
  9. What a healthy heart gives you.

15 Clues: The rhythm of your heartbeat. • What a healthy heart gives you. • Carries blood back to the heart. • Managing this keeps your heart healthy. • The food choices that keep you healthy. • Important for heart and overall health. • Essential for keeping your body hydrated. • A sweet snack that’s good for your heart. • Takes blood away from the heart to the body. • ...

circulatory system 2025-05-06

circulatory system crossword puzzle
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  1. lower chambers of the heart
  2. another term for platelets
  3. another term for red blood cells
  4. largest vein in the body, carries blood to the heart
  5. tiny blood vessels that connect arterioles and venules, exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide
  6. innermost layer of the heart
  7. muscle layer of the heart
  8. blood vessel that goes towards the heart
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  1. blood vessels that takes deoxygenated blood to the lungs
  2. blood vessels that takes oxygenated blood to the heart
  3. blood vessel that goes away from the heart
  4. outside layer of the heart
  5. upper chambers of the heart
  6. largest artery in the body, pumps blood to the body
  7. another term for white blood cells

15 Clues: muscle layer of the heart • another term for platelets • outside layer of the heart • lower chambers of the heart • upper chambers of the heart • innermost layer of the heart • another term for red blood cells • another term for white blood cells • blood vessel that goes towards the heart • blood vessel that goes away from the heart • ...

Human Bio Final: Cardiovascular system 2022-05-02

Human Bio Final: Cardiovascular system crossword puzzle
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  1. when heart contracts
  2. carry blood toward the heart
  3. transfer blood between veins and arteries
  4. when heart relaxes
  5. recieving chambers
  6. made when SL valves close
  7. discharging pumping chambers
  8. carry blood away from heart
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  1. aortic valve narrows
  2. pump that moves blood through the blood vessels
  3. lining around the heart is inflamed
  4. made when AV valves close
  5. a closed system of delivery routes that begin/end at the heart
  6. every heart beat the heart pumps blood through circuits

14 Clues: when heart relaxes • recieving chambers • aortic valve narrows • when heart contracts • made when AV valves close • made when SL valves close • carry blood away from heart • carry blood toward the heart • discharging pumping chambers • lining around the heart is inflamed • transfer blood between veins and arteries • pump that moves blood through the blood vessels • ...

Transportation in plants and animals 2023-07-19

Transportation in plants and animals crossword puzzle
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  1. Upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into the ventricles
  2. The number of heartbeats per minute
  3. Liquid bringing oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the body made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets
  4. Glands that eliminate substances like sterol, hydrocarbons and waxes through sebum
  5. Hollow, muscular organ that contracts in a rhythmic pattern to pump blood throughout the body
  6. It is a tuft of capillaries formed by the afferent arteriole
  7. The process by which food materials from the leaves is carried to other parts of the plant
  8. Bottom chambers of the heart
  9. The continuous movement of blood through all parts of the body under the action of the heart
  10. The region of the root immediately behind the meristematic zone is called zone of ________
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  1. A clear-to-white fluid made of: White blood cells, especially lymphocytes
  2. Contracting of the heart, where ventricles pump blood out
  3. It is a process by which urine is removed from the body
  4. Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
  5. Relaxing of the heart, where atria refill with blood
  6. The smallest blood vessels were gas (oxygen and carbon dioxide) and waste exchange takes place with cells
  7. It is the type of circulation where the deoxygenated and oxygenated blood is circulated in the lungs and heart
  8. Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood to the heart
  9. The double walled membrane that protects the heart

19 Clues: Bottom chambers of the heart • The number of heartbeats per minute • The double walled membrane that protects the heart • Relaxing of the heart, where atria refill with blood • It is a process by which urine is removed from the body • Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood to the heart • Contracting of the heart, where ventricles pump blood out • ...

Cardiovascular terms 2023-11-19

Cardiovascular terms crossword puzzle
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  1. Relaxation phase of the heartbeat
  2. One of two lower chambers of the heart
  3. largest artery in the body
  4. Record of the electrical activity of the heart
  5. Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves
  6. Contraction phase of the heartbeat
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  1. Muscular middle layer of the heart
  2. Instrument to measure blood pressure
  3. Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart
  4. small vein
  5. Thin-walled vessel that carries blood from body tissues and lungs back to the heart
  6. Inner lining of the heart
  7. Smallest type of blood vessel
  8. One of two upper chambers of the heart
  9. Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.

15 Clues: small vein • Inner lining of the heart • largest artery in the body • Smallest type of blood vessel • Relaxation phase of the heartbeat • Muscular middle layer of the heart • Contraction phase of the heartbeat • Instrument to measure blood pressure • One of two lower chambers of the heart • One of two upper chambers of the heart • Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart • ...

week 10 2023-03-09

week 10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of two lower chambers of the heart.
  2. One of two upper chambers of the heart.
  3. Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries
  4. Small artery
  5. Record of the electrical activity of the heart
  6. Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart
  7. Instrument to measure blood pressure
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  1. Smallest type of blood vessel.
  2. Relaxation phase of the heartbeat.
  3. Contraction phase of the heartbeat.
  4. Small vein
  5. Muscular middle layer of the heart.
  6. Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves
  7. Smallest type of blood vessel
  8. Gas that enters the blood through the lungs and travels to the heart
  9. Thin-walled vessel that carries blood from body tissues and lungs back to the heart

16 Clues: Small vein • Small artery • Smallest type of blood vessel • Smallest type of blood vessel. • Relaxation phase of the heartbeat. • Contraction phase of the heartbeat. • Muscular middle layer of the heart. • Instrument to measure blood pressure • One of two lower chambers of the heart. • One of two upper chambers of the heart. • Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart • ...

Cardiovascular System 2025-05-12

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a vessel that carries blood towards the heart
  2. the largest artery going towards the body; oxygenated
  3. large veins that carry blood from the body to the heart
  4. the most muscular chamber of the heart
  5. structures that prevent the backflow of blood
  6. the wall that divides the sides of the heart
  7. upper chambers of the heart
  8. body fluid that delivers nutrients and oxygen
  9. a vessel that carries blood away from the heart
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  1. the only vein that carries oxygenated blood
  2. lower chambers of the heart
  3. the tip of the heart
  4. the organ that pumps blood through the body
  5. tiny blood vessels bringing nutrients to the tissues
  6. the only artery that carries deoxygenated blood

15 Clues: the tip of the heart • lower chambers of the heart • upper chambers of the heart • the most muscular chamber of the heart • the only vein that carries oxygenated blood • the organ that pumps blood through the body • the wall that divides the sides of the heart • a vessel that carries blood towards the heart • structures that prevent the backflow of blood • ...

Cardiovascular 2023-03-08

Cardiovascular crossword puzzle
Across
  1. specialized muscle fibers connecting the atria with the ventricles and transmitting electrical impulses between them
  2. double-layered membrane surrounding the heart
  3. inner lining of the heart
  4. blood that is oxygen-poor
  5. relation phase of the heartbeat
  6. contraction phase of the heartbeat
  7. located between the right atrium and the right ventricle
  8. one of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart
  9. partition or wall dividing a cavity between the right and left aorta
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  1. smallest type of blood vessel
  2. blood vessels that branch from the aorta and carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle
  3. pacemaker of the heart
  4. muscular middle layer of the heart
  5. artery carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs
  6. small artery
  7. beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries
  8. abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves

17 Clues: small artery • pacemaker of the heart • inner lining of the heart • blood that is oxygen-poor • smallest type of blood vessel • relation phase of the heartbeat • muscular middle layer of the heart • contraction phase of the heartbeat • double-layered membrane surrounding the heart • located between the right atrium and the right ventricle • ...

Pure in heart 2024-11-29

Pure in heart crossword puzzle
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  1. Type of heart David prayed for (Psalm 51:10)
  2. Jesus is concerned with our ___ (Matthew 5:8)
  3. Aligning with God's ___ is part of having a pure heart. Jesus is the way the ___& life
  4. A pure heart is ___ -minded in devotion to God
  5. A pure heart is ___ in its loyalty to God
  6. David asked God to ___ a clean heart in him (Psalm 51:10)
  7. Ultimate goal of a pure heart (1 Peter 1:22)
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  1. Those with pure hearts will ___ God (Matthew 5:8)
  2. A pure heart makes our knowledge of God more ___
  3. We will be ___ Him when we see God (1 John 3:2)
  4. Action to keep our hearts pure (Proverbs 4:23)
  5. When Christ ___, we will see Him as He is (1 John 3:2)
  6. Can cloud our view of God
  7. Seeing God will ___ us (1 John 3:2-3)
  8. The pure in heart will see ___ (Matthew 5:8)
  9. Important quality for a pure heart (1 Peter 1:22)

16 Clues: Can cloud our view of God • Seeing God will ___ us (1 John 3:2-3) • A pure heart is ___ in its loyalty to God • Type of heart David prayed for (Psalm 51:10) • The pure in heart will see ___ (Matthew 5:8) • Ultimate goal of a pure heart (1 Peter 1:22) • Jesus is concerned with our ___ (Matthew 5:8) • Action to keep our hearts pure (Proverbs 4:23) • ...

Cardiovascular System Terminology 2023-11-14

Cardiovascular System Terminology crossword puzzle
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  1. relaxation phase of the heartbeat
  2. flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back
  3. located between the right atrium and ventricle
  4. Largest artery in the body
  5. nervous tissue in right atrium that begins the heartbeat
  6. contraction phase of the heartbeat
  7. record of electrical activity of the heart
  8. beat of the heart
  9. small vein
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  1. membrane surrounding the heart
  2. largest vein in the body
  3. abnormal swishing sound from improper closure of the heart valves
  4. inner lining of the heart
  5. innermost lining of blood vessels
  6. small artery
  7. middle layer of the heart

16 Clues: small vein • small artery • beat of the heart • largest vein in the body • inner lining of the heart • middle layer of the heart • Largest artery in the body • membrane surrounding the heart • relaxation phase of the heartbeat • innermost lining of blood vessels • contraction phase of the heartbeat • record of electrical activity of the heart • ...

Circulatory Crossword 2023-02-08

Circulatory Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The heart is made up of this type of muscle
  2. The Left & Right ____ are two chambers near the top of the heart that receive incoming blood.
  3. The ___ artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
  4. The concentration of glucose in the blood is know as blood _____.
  5. These are the smallest blood vessels in your body and place where blood exchanges gas/nutrients with tissue.
  6. These prevent blood from flowing the wrong way in the heart.
  7. AKA Thrombocytes are part of the blood that helps with clotting.
  8. ____ Blood Cells, aka Leukocytes, are the infection fighters of the body.
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  1. The Left & Right _______ are the two chambers responsible for pumping blood from the heart out to the rest of the body/lungs.
  2. Blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to the body
  3. The human heart has this made chambers
  4. Blood type O is know as the universal ______.
  5. Blood ____ is a measure of the force that your heart uses to pump blood around your body.
  6. The Pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the _____ back to the heart.
  7. This blood types is known as the universal receiver.
  8. ___ Blood Cells are the blood cells responsible for transporting oxygen.
  9. Hemostasis is the scientific term for the process of blood _____.
  10. abbreviation for "Beats per minute"
  11. Blood vessels that carry blood that is low in oxygen from the body back to the heart

19 Clues: abbreviation for "Beats per minute" • The human heart has this made chambers • The heart is made up of this type of muscle • Blood type O is know as the universal ______. • This blood types is known as the universal receiver. • These prevent blood from flowing the wrong way in the heart. • AKA Thrombocytes are part of the blood that helps with clotting. • ...

Cardiovascular System 2025-02-12

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
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  1. the blood volume (in liters) ejected per minute by each ventricle.
  2. an abnormal, excessively rapid heart rate; over 100 beats per minute.
  3. a vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
  4. outermost layer of blood vessel walls made of fibrous connective tissue.
  5. system of blood vessels that carries nutrient- and oxygen-rich blood to all body organs.
  6. two valves set between the atria and ventricles to prevent backflow; includes the mitral (bicuspid) on the left and the tricuspid on the right.
  7. the cardiac muscle layer of the heart wall.
  8. the modified cardiac muscle fibers of the conduction system of the heart that carry impulses to the myocardium.
  9. the middle layer of blood vessel walls containing smooth muscle and elastic fibers.
  10. the membranous sac enveloping the heart.
  11. a small vein.
  12. of relaxation of the heart during which it fills with blood.
  13. the broad, posterosuperior aspect of the heart where large vessels enter or leave the heart
  14. large vein that carries blood from veins superior to the diaphragm back to the right atrium.
  15. innermost layer of the serous pericardium that lines the surface of the heart, also called epicardium.
  16. system of blood vessels that carry blood to and from the lungs for gas exchange.
  17. organ system that distributes blood to all parts of the body.
  18. minute artery
  19. a vessel carrying blood away from the tissues toward the heart.
  20. cava large vein that carries blood from veins inferior to the diaphragm back to the right atrium.
  21. the pressure generated by the left ventricle during systole.
  22. the pressure exerted by blood against the inner walls of blood vessels.
  23. a volume of blood ejected by a ventricle during systole.
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  1. enlarged vessel that receives blood from the cardiac veins and empties into the right atrium.
  2. the fluid between the cells
  3. veins that drain the myocardium and empty into the coronary sinus.
  4. the endothelial membrane lining the interior of the heart.
  5. the innermost lining of blood vessels made of endothelium on a basement membrane; the only layer forming a capillary wall.
  6. visceral layer of a serous membrane that tightly hugs the external surface of the heart and is actually part of the heart wall
  7. double-layered serous membrane deep to the fibrous pericardium; the layers secrete serous fluid to reduce friction as the heart beats.
  8. tendinous chords that anchor the flaps of the closed AV valves to prevent inversion and backflow of blood.
  9. the region of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that houses the heart.
  10. the resistance to blood flow offered by the systemic blood vessels; a measure of the amount of friction encountered by blood.
  11. the mass of specialized myocardial cells in the wall of the right atrium
  12. the arterial blood pressure during ventricular relaxation (diastole).
  13. outermost layer of the serous pericardium that lines the interior surface of the fibrous pericardium.
  14. valves that prevent blood return to the ventricles after contraction
  15. discharging chambers of the heart
  16. a leakage of fluid into the air sacs and tissue of the lungs.
  17. a vessel that directly connects the arteriole and venule of a capillary bed.
  18. loose-fitting sac surrounding the heart that anchors the heart to surrounding structures.
  19. a local decrease in blood supply.
  20. the major systemic artery; arises from the left ventricle of the heart.
  21. arteries that branch off the aorta and supply the myocardium.
  22. the contraction phase of heart activity.
  23. large artery connecting the right ventricle with the pulmonary arteries.
  24. slow heart rate, usually defined as a rate under 60 beats per minute.

47 Clues: a small vein. • minute artery • the fluid between the cells • discharging chambers of the heart • a local decrease in blood supply. • the membranous sac enveloping the heart. • the contraction phase of heart activity. • the cardiac muscle layer of the heart wall. • a vessel that carries blood away from the heart. • a volume of blood ejected by a ventricle during systole. • ...

Get Pumped for Heart Health 2024-01-09

Get Pumped for Heart Health crossword puzzle
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  1. This dangerous episode in the heart, often caused by coronary artery disease, is also known as a myocardial infarction. It occurs suddenly and is an emergency. It happens when the flow of blood that brings oxygen to a part of your heart muscle suddenly becomes blocked. Your heart can’t get enough oxygen. If blood flow is not restored quickly, the heart muscle will begin to die.
  2. Swelling in the body mainly found in the hands, feet, legs, or abdomen from accumulation of fluids.
  3. The heart is responsible for pumping this throughout your body.
  4. This type of high blood pressure occurs only during pregnancy. It typically occurs after the 20th week of pregnancy.
  5. Having excess body fat which can increase your “bad” cholesterol, and lower the “good” cholesterol. Excess body fat can also increase triglycerides, a type of fat.
  6. A type of fat in your blood that your body uses for energy. A combination of high triglyceride and low HDL levels can increase your risk for heart attack and stroke.
  7. Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart.
  8. The force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries as the heart pumps blood. It is measured using two numbers – diastolic and systolic. Systolic is the first number and is the force when blood is pumped out of the heart. Diastolic is the second number and is the force between heartbeats when the heart is filling with blood.
  9. This blood pressure assessment tool has an inflatable cuff that wraps around the arm with a gauge on the cuff that measures blood pressure. The gauge uses a unit of measurement called millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) to measure the pressure in your blood vessels.
  10. This “bad” cholesterol. It deposits cholesterol inside the blood vessels that carry blood to your heart and other parts of your body. Over time, this may cause your arteries to narrow or be blocked.
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  1. A healthcare provider that specializes in heart health.
  2. Low blood pressure. This means the heart, brain, and other parts of the body may not get enough blood.
  3. High blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, the force of the blood pushing against the artery walls is consistently too high. The heart has to work harder to pump blood.
  4. This cardiac situation occurs when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops pumping. If this happens, blood stops flowing to the brain and other vital organs.
  5. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
  6. This “good” cholesterol helps your body get rid of cholesterol, so it doesn’t clog your arteries.
  7. A collection of fats, cholesterols, and other substances on the inner walls of the heart arteries.
  8. A waxy, fat-like substance in your cells. Our bodies generally make the amount needed for good health. This fat like substance helps make hormones, vitamin D, and other substances to help you digest foods.
  9. A device used to control an irregular heart rhythm.
  10. This also known as heart rate, is the number of times your heart beats in one minute. Resting heart rates vary from person to person.
  11. A condition where blood flow to the brain is blocked. This prevents the brain from getting oxygen and nutrients from blood. Without oxygen and nutrients, brain cells begin to die within minutes. This is also called a transient ischemic attack or cerebrovascular accident.
  12. This one form of measurement is used to show if your weight is in the healthy range for your height. It measures body fat based on height and weight. There are four categories — underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese.

22 Clues: Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart. • Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. • A device used to control an irregular heart rhythm. • A healthcare provider that specializes in heart health. • The heart is responsible for pumping this throughout your body. • ...

Circulatory System 2023-10-29

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. shortness of breath.
  2. the buildup of materials on the inner wall of a blood vessels.
  3. it is a node that generates an electrical signal that causes the upper heart chamber to contract also known as the cardiac peacemaker.
  4. in this circuit, blood with oxygen, nutrients and hormones travels from the heart to the rest of the body.
  5. flap off tissue in the heart and large veins that prevents blood from flowing backwards.
  6. pointed end of a conical structure.
  7. thick muscular layer of the heart.
  8. this blood contains higher concentration of oxygen.
  9. abnormally rapid heartbeat.
  10. the pumping center/station of the human body.
  11. an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
  12. heart chamber that receives blood returning to the heart from other parts of the body.
  13. blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
  14. pressure in the artery when the left ventricle is contracting to force the blood into the aorta and other arteries.
  15. a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries.
  16. abnormally high blood pressure.
  17. blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart.
  18. swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
  19. of or relating to either of two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck.
  20. small vessels that receives blood from the arteries.
  21. muscular wall that separates the right and left sides of the heart.
  22. it includes your arteries, veins, and capillaries.
  23. valve between right atrium and right ventricle.
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  1. removes extra fluid from the body also called water pill.
  2. this blood contains higher concentration of carbon dioxide.
  3. liquid portion of blood made up of water, dissolved salts, proteins, and other substances.
  4. an inflammation of the blood vessels caused by an overactive immune system.
  5. abnormally slow heartbeat.
  6. this circuit carries blood without oxygen from the heart to the lungs.
  7. sac that surrounds the heart.
  8. smallest blood vessels, materials are exchanged between the blood and the body's cells.
  9. cells that are primarily responsible for transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide through the body.
  10. it is a group of conditions that affect your heart muscle, leading to weakened heart squeeze.
  11. a cardiovascular disease characterized by a sac-like widening of an artery resulting from wakening of the artery.
  12. cell fragments that work in clotting.
  13. a blood cell that defends against infection by disease-causing bacteria and viruses.
  14. a clot that breaks loose and travels through the blood stream.
  15. closes the left ventricle when it contracts.
  16. pressure int he artery when the ventricles are relaxing and the heart if filling, receiving blood from the vena cava and pulmonary veins.
  17. a disease that occurs when blood flow to your brain gets interrupted.
  18. the rhythmic expansion and recoil of arteries; initiated by the contractions of the ventricles of the heart.
  19. chest pain with exertion.
  20. collects deoxygenated blood from the whole body and brings it back to the heart for new oxygen.
  21. made up of red and white blood cells, plasma and platelets.
  22. a thin, smooth tissue that makes up the lining of the chambers and valves of the heart.
  23. small vessels that gather blood from the capillaries into the veins.
  24. abnormally low blood pressure.
  25. this circuit provides the heart muscle with oxygenated blood.
  26. lower cholesterol and lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke.
  27. complex protein compound.

50 Clues: shortness of breath. • chest pain with exertion. • complex protein compound. • abnormally slow heartbeat. • abnormally rapid heartbeat. • sac that surrounds the heart. • abnormally low blood pressure. • abnormally high blood pressure. • thick muscular layer of the heart. • pointed end of a conical structure. • cell fragments that work in clotting. • ...

Cardiovascular System 2023-05-02

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is one of two upper chambers in the heart that receives blood
  2. the muscular tissue of the heart
  3. each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right
  4. blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from your lungs to your heart
  5. a colorless cell that circulates in the blood and body fluids
  6. carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
  7. the largest artery of the body and carries blood from the heart to the circulatory system
  8. are tiny components of your blood that help with clotting
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  1. transport deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation
  2. membrane enclosing the heart
  3. carries blood toward the heart
  4. fine branching blood vessels that form a network
  5. Red blood cells
  6. cava a large vein that carries blood to the heart from other areas of the body
  7. thin smooth membrane which lines the inside of the chambers of the heart

15 Clues: Red blood cells • membrane enclosing the heart • carries blood toward the heart • the muscular tissue of the heart • carry oxygenated blood away from the heart • fine branching blood vessels that form a network • are tiny components of your blood that help with clotting • each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right • ...

Cardio System 2022-11-09

Cardio System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. carries blood from the body into the heart
  2. largest blood vessel
  3. in the veins that closes an opening so that blood flows in one direction
  4. beat of the heart
  5. cells need this to function
  6. divides the right and left ventricles
  7. small artery
  8. this surrounds the heart
  9. blood that is poor in oxygen
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  1. the two lower chambers of the heart are called
  2. smallest blood vessel
  3. small vein
  4. middle layer of the heart
  5. is breathed out
  6. largest vein in the body
  7. the two upper chambers of the heart are called
  8. largest artery

17 Clues: small vein • small artery • largest artery • is breathed out • beat of the heart • largest blood vessel • smallest blood vessel • largest vein in the body • this surrounds the heart • middle layer of the heart • cells need this to function • blood that is poor in oxygen • divides the right and left ventricles • carries blood from the body into the heart • ...

Heart and Neck Vessels Assessment 2024-10-16

Heart and Neck Vessels Assessment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Top aspect of the heart
  2. These separate the atria and ventricles
  3. Blowing or swooshing sound caused by an incomplete closure of heart valves
  4. When listening to the carotid arteries, the nurse should use this part of the stethoscope
  5. Pressure type chest pain
  6. Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
  7. When ventricles relax during the cardiac cycle
  8. Bottom aspect of the heart
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  1. Carries oxygenated blood to the heart
  2. These separate the ventricles and arteries
  3. Occurs immediately before S1 and sounds like "Tennessee"
  4. Anterior chest directly overlying the heart and great vessels
  5. Heart sound heart at the left 5th intercostal space midclavicular line
  6. Occurs immediately after S2 and sounds like "Kentucky"
  7. Irregular heart rhythms
  8. When ventricles contract during the cardiac cycle

16 Clues: Top aspect of the heart • Irregular heart rhythms • Pressure type chest pain • Bottom aspect of the heart • Carries oxygenated blood to the heart • These separate the atria and ventricles • Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs • These separate the ventricles and arteries • When ventricles relax during the cardiac cycle • When ventricles contract during the cardiac cycle • ...

You make my HEART beat 2023-06-23

You make my HEART beat crossword puzzle
Across
  1. disease of the heart muscle
  2. when a vein is inflamed
  3. lower chamber of the heart
  4. abnormal heart rhythm
  5. fast heart rate
  6. the artery you place your stethoscope on to check a blood pressure
  7. instrument used to hear heart and lung sounds
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  1. record of the electricity of the heart
  2. slow heart rate
  3. heart enlargement
  4. smallest of the blood vessels
  5. what you use to measure blood pressure
  6. you can check me by putting two fingers to your wrist
  7. largest artery in the body
  8. blood that does not have a lot of oxygen

15 Clues: slow heart rate • fast heart rate • heart enlargement • abnormal heart rhythm • when a vein is inflamed • lower chamber of the heart • largest artery in the body • disease of the heart muscle • smallest of the blood vessels • record of the electricity of the heart • what you use to measure blood pressure • blood that does not have a lot of oxygen • ...

Ava's Frog Crossword 2024-06-03

Ava's Frog Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Brings oxygen to body
  2. Eye protectant (transparent)
  3. First part of small intestine
  4. Brings digested food out of body
  5. Holds bile
  6. Blood goes AWAY from heart
  7. Upper chambers of heart
  8. Chemical digestion
  9. Digest
  10. Blood goes TO heart
  11. Helps filter blood
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  1. Holds urine
  2. Hearing
  3. Lower chamber of heart
  4. Where Bile is Collected
  5. Membrane that holds small intestine
  6. Oxygen opening
  7. Carries eggs
  8. Where the waste of a frog is stored
  9. Eliminates blood cells

20 Clues: Digest • Hearing • Holds bile • Holds urine • Carries eggs • Oxygen opening • Chemical digestion • Helps filter blood • Blood goes TO heart • Brings oxygen to body • Lower chamber of heart • Eliminates blood cells • Where Bile is Collected • Upper chambers of heart • Blood goes AWAY from heart • Eye protectant (transparent) • First part of small intestine • Brings digested food out of body • ...

Structure and Function of the Heart 2025-12-05

Structure and Function of the Heart crossword puzzle
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  1. The heart has ____ chambers
  2. lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood into the lungs or body
  3. The heart is a _____ that pumps blood throughout the body
  4. The ___ circulation loop moves blood from the heart to the body
  5. In blood pressure, the ____ number is the force of blood against artery walls when the heart contracts and pumps blood
  6. upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the body or lungs
  7. you can tell how fast your heart is beating by counting your ___ in your wrist or neck
  8. the force of circulating blood against the walls of your blood vessels
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  1. the main artery that supplies blood to the body
  2. this organ (not the heart) rules the emotions
  3. vessels that move blood away from the heart
  4. vessels that return blood to the heart
  5. prevents blood from flowing when moving from one chamber to another
  6. these vessels supply blood to the heart
  7. The ___ circulation loop moves blood from the heart to the lungs

15 Clues: The heart has ____ chambers • vessels that return blood to the heart • these vessels supply blood to the heart • vessels that move blood away from the heart • this organ (not the heart) rules the emotions • the main artery that supplies blood to the body • The heart is a _____ that pumps blood throughout the body • ...

cardiovascular 2023-06-12

cardiovascular crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waste released by body cells
  2. largest type of blood vessel
  3. smallest blood vessel
  4. valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
  5. membrane surrounding the heart
  6. small artery
  7. lower chambers of the heart
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  1. largest artery in the body
  2. relaxation of the heart
  3. middle layer of heart muscle
  4. upper chambers of the heart
  5. carry oxygen rich blood to heart muscle
  6. small vein
  7. innermost lining of blood vessels
  8. contraction of the heart

15 Clues: small vein • small artery • smallest blood vessel • relaxation of the heart • contraction of the heart • largest artery in the body • upper chambers of the heart • lower chambers of the heart • waste released by body cells • middle layer of heart muscle • largest type of blood vessel • membrane surrounding the heart • innermost lining of blood vessels • ...

human systems 2023-04-28

human systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. located at the top part of the heart, right and left side
  2. biggest artery in the heart
  3. transfers blood to the lungs
  4. smallest veins
  5. transfers blood to the heart
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  1. carries blood to the heart from other places
  2. keeps the blood flowing in the heart separate from the myocar
  3. responsible for the heart pumps
  4. transfers oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
  5. scientific word for a red blood cell
  6. holds the heart in place and helps it work
  7. word for a platelet
  8. located under the atrium helps pump the blood to the body or the lungs
  9. and the pericardium
  10. word for a white blood cell
  11. transfers blood to the rest of the body

16 Clues: smallest veins • word for a platelet • and the pericardium • biggest artery in the heart • word for a white blood cell • transfers blood to the lungs • transfers blood to the heart • responsible for the heart pumps • scientific word for a red blood cell • transfers blood to the rest of the body • holds the heart in place and helps it work • ...

Cardiovascular system 2025-03-10

Cardiovascular system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. loss of elasticity of the vessel
  2. loss of a heart beat
  3. pressure when the heart contracts
  4. build up of plaque in the vessel
  5. inflammation of the vessels
  6. chest pain
  7. leakage of blood through a valve
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  1. outer membrane of the heart
  2. inflammation of the heart muscle
  3. largest artery in the body
  4. a bulge in the vessel
  5. middle layer of the heart
  6. valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
  7. outer layer of the heart
  8. smallest vessels in the body
  9. term for high blood pressure
  10. pressure when ventricles relax

17 Clues: chest pain • loss of a heart beat • a bulge in the vessel • outer layer of the heart • middle layer of the heart • largest artery in the body • outer membrane of the heart • inflammation of the vessels • smallest vessels in the body • term for high blood pressure • pressure when ventricles relax • inflammation of the heart muscle • loss of elasticity of the vessel • ...

Cardio 2023-03-07

Cardio crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lining of the heart
  2. contraction phase of the heartbeat
  3. the largest artery in the heart
  4. sinoatrial node
  5. flow of blood from heart to lungs
  6. carry blood toward the heart
  7. high blood pressure
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  1. small vein
  2. beat of the heart
  3. a gas brought in by the lungs and pumped throughout the body by the heart
  4. large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  5. arteries that supply blood to the head and neck
  6. prevent the backflow of blood
  7. one of the lower chambers of the heart
  8. relaxation phase of the heartbeat

15 Clues: small vein • sinoatrial node • beat of the heart • lining of the heart • high blood pressure • carry blood toward the heart • prevent the backflow of blood • the largest artery in the heart • relaxation phase of the heartbeat • flow of blood from heart to lungs • contraction phase of the heartbeat • one of the lower chambers of the heart • ...

Cardiovascular System Crossword Puzzle 2025-05-06

Cardiovascular System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. carries oxygenated blood to the capillary.
  2. carrying oxygen.
  3. upper cavity of the heart where blood is sent to ventricles.
  4. term for platelet.
  5. carry blood from the right side of your heart to your lungs.
  6. large vein that carries blood to the heart.
  7. membrane enclosing the heart.
  8. thin smooth membrane of the heart.
Down
  1. carries oxygen to the bodies tissue.
  2. cavity in heart.
  3. bodies largest artery.
  4. colorless cell that circulates in blood.
  5. carry oxygenated blood from lungs back the heart.
  6. Form a network between the arterioles and venules.
  7. middle layer of the heart.

15 Clues: cavity in heart. • carrying oxygen. • term for platelet. • bodies largest artery. • middle layer of the heart. • membrane enclosing the heart. • thin smooth membrane of the heart. • carries oxygen to the bodies tissue. • colorless cell that circulates in blood. • carries oxygenated blood to the capillary. • large vein that carries blood to the heart. • ...

circulation 2024-07-01

circulation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is the main artery carrying blood away form the heart
  2. a useful sugar carried in the plasma
  3. what are the larger, lower heart chamber called
  4. what type of pressure is the blood in the arteries
  5. what type of muscle is the heart made from
  6. the gas carried on red blood cells
  7. which side of the heart pumps blood to the body
  8. what are the upper chambers of the heart called
  9. one of the waste products carried in the plasma
  10. which type of vessel carries deoxygenated blood
Down
  1. the name of the red pigment in red blood cells
  2. what is the name of the fluid part of the blood
  3. which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart
  4. these cell fragments help the blood clot
  5. the vessels that allow exchange between blood and cells
  6. which side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs
  7. what are the small arteries that provide the heart with oxygenated blood called
  8. what do veins have to prevent back flow

18 Clues: the gas carried on red blood cells • a useful sugar carried in the plasma • what do veins have to prevent back flow • these cell fragments help the blood clot • what type of muscle is the heart made from • the name of the red pigment in red blood cells • what is the name of the fluid part of the blood • what are the larger, lower heart chamber called • ...

B4M5 Puzzle Time! 2024-01-04

B4M5 Puzzle Time! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Inflammation of the pericardium (the sac surrounding the heart), causing chest pain.
  2. The organ responsible for oxygenating blood and removing carbon dioxide, helping you breathe and sing "lung" notes.
  3. Emergency procedure involving chest compressions and rescue breathing to restore blood circulation and breathing in a person with cardiac arrest.
  4. Medications that constrict blood vessels, raising blood pressure; used in cases of severe hypotension.
  5. Mechanical device that helps patients breathe by delivering oxygen to the lungs and removing carbon dioxide.
  6. A cardiac condition that might make you think of a "wacky pathway" disrupting the normal heart rhythm.
  7. This is a type of temporary ventricular support device, giving a little "impel" or push to the heart's pumping ability.
  8. Also known as adrenaline, this medication can quickly raise blood pressure and heart rate in emergency situations, making you feel "epic" and energized.
  9. This imaging technique uses sound waves, providing a "visual symphony" of internal structures without radiation.
  10. These vessels carry blood away from the heart, and the word might remind you of a major thoroughfare for blood circulation.
  11. A test that records the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time, providing information about heart rate and rhythm.
  12. A procedure to diagnose and treat heart conditions using a catheter to access the heart's chambers and blood vessels.
  13. The opposite of intubation, it's like saying "exit the tube" - the process of removing the breathing tube once the patient can breathe independently.
  14. Medications or interventions aimed at improving the force of heart contractions.
  15. A device that delivers an electric shock to the heart to restore normal rhythm during sudden cardiac arrest.
  16. A medication with a name that might make you think of "milling around" – it's a phosphodiesterase inhibitor that helps improve heart function.
  17. A mechanical device providing support to a weakened heart's left ventricle, ensuring blood flow and giving a "left-hand" to the heart.
  18. Think of this medication as a "dose of boost" for the heart. It's a positive inotrope used to increase cardiac output.
Down
  1. Continuous assessment of blood pressure, heart rate, and other parameters to evaluate the heart's pumping ability and overall cardiovascular status.
  2. The central organ in the circulatory system, often symbolized as a sign of love or emotion.
  3. This system helps manage waste in a controlled way, ensuring a clean and comfortable environment; think of it as a "sanitary strategy" for dealing with digestive remnants.
  4. This medical device, named after its inventor, is a flexible tube inserted into a specific body part to drain fluids or allow monitoring—commonly used in the urinary system for drainage.
  5. This sedative-hypnotic agent is sometimes humorously called "milk of amnesia" due to its milky appearance and ability to induce rapid anesthesia.
  6. A protein released into the bloodstream during a heart attack; elevated levels indicate heart muscle damage.
  7. A feminine hygiene device used in healthcare settings, it helps manage incontinence by providing a non-invasive way to collect urine.
  8. An implanted device that helps regulate the heart's rhythm by sending electrical impulses to the heart muscles.
  9. A small mesh tube inserted into an artery to help keep it open and improve blood flow.
  10. It's a direct pathway into the bloodstream, often referred to as a "lifeline" for administering medications or fluids.
  11. This antiarrhythmic medication is often used to regulate the heart's rhythm, and its name might remind you of an "amiable drone."
  12. Think of this procedure as the insertion of a breathing tube, ensuring a secure "air highway" for patients who need respiratory support.
  13. This cooling device sounds like a "chill sentinel," helping maintain optimal body temperature in critical situations.
  14. Irregular heart rhythm; can be too fast (tachycardia) or too slow (bradycardia).
  15. This approach focuses on providing comfort and relief, like a soothing "pal" during challenging times in healthcare.
  16. A device inserted into the aorta to assist the heart in pumping blood, often used in cases of cardiac failure.
  17. Often referred to as a "heart attack," it occurs when blood flow to a part of the heart muscle is blocked, leading to damage or death of the heart tissue.
  18. Chest pain or discomfort caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle.

36 Clues: Chest pain or discomfort caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle. • Irregular heart rhythm; can be too fast (tachycardia) or too slow (bradycardia). • Medications or interventions aimed at improving the force of heart contractions. • Inflammation of the pericardium (the sac surrounding the heart), causing chest pain. • ...

Chapter 17 Cardiovascular Emergencies 2024-08-14

Chapter 17 Cardiovascular Emergencies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Decreased blood flow and poor oxygenation
  2. An unusually slow heart rhythm, less than 60 beats/min
  3. A rapid heart rhythm, greater than 100beats/min
  4. An abnormal heart rhythm
  5. Lower chambers of the heart
  6. Heart muscle
  7. Upper Chambers of the heart
  8. An absence of heart electrical activity
  9. A blood clot floating through blood vessels until it reaches a narrow area and blocks blood flow
  10. The body's main artery
Down
  1. Electrical impulses slow here to allow blood to move from the atria to the ventricles
  2. Blood vessels that supply blood to the myocardium
  3. Carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart
  4. The death of tissue
  5. Electrical impulses begin here
  6. Calcium and cholesterol buildup inside blood vessels

16 Clues: Heart muscle • The death of tissue • The body's main artery • An abnormal heart rhythm • Lower chambers of the heart • Upper Chambers of the heart • Electrical impulses begin here • An absence of heart electrical activity • Decreased blood flow and poor oxygenation • Carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart • A rapid heart rhythm, greater than 100beats/min • ...

OKWARA HEART PUZZLE 2022-06-27

OKWARA HEART PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of two lower chambers of the heart.
  2. in only one direction.
  3. Small vein.
  4. small artery.
  5. Muscular middle layer of the heart.
  6. closes an opening so that blood
  7. Double-layered membrane surrounding the
  8. of the arteries.
  9. Largest type of blood vessel.
Down
  1. Innermost lining of blood vessels.
  2. Inner lining of the heart.
  3. Largest artery in the body.
  4. Beat of the heart as felt through the
  5. Contraction phase of the heartbeat.
  6. One of two upper chambers of the heart.
  7. Smallest type of blood vessel.
  8. Structure in veins or in the heart that

17 Clues: Small vein. • small artery. • of the arteries. • in only one direction. • Inner lining of the heart. • Largest artery in the body. • Largest type of blood vessel. • Smallest type of blood vessel. • closes an opening so that blood • Innermost lining of blood vessels. • Contraction phase of the heartbeat. • Muscular middle layer of the heart. • Beat of the heart as felt through the • ...

Cardiovascular System Part 1 2023-11-15

Cardiovascular System Part 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two largest veins in the body(two words)
  2. Muscular middle layer of the heart
  3. Weighs less than a pound
  4. Double layer membrane that surrounds the heart
  5. Contraction of the heartbeat
  6. Beat of the heart you feel through the walls of the arteries
  7. Records electrical activity of the heart
Down
  1. One of two upper chambers of the heart
  2. Smallest type of blood vessel
  3. One of two lower chambers of the heart
  4. The inner lining of the heart
  5. Relaxation of the heartbeat
  6. Specialized nervous tissue in the right atrium that begins the heartbeat
  7. Small vein
  8. Abnormal swishing sound

15 Clues: Small vein • Abnormal swishing sound • Weighs less than a pound • Relaxation of the heartbeat • Contraction of the heartbeat • Smallest type of blood vessel • The inner lining of the heart • Muscular middle layer of the heart • One of two upper chambers of the heart • One of two lower chambers of the heart • Two largest veins in the body(two words) • ...

Allison Bradford's MCO203A Crossword Puzzle 2023-11-16

Allison Bradford's MCO203A Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. middle layer of the heart.
  2. Lower chamber(s) of the heart.
  3. Partition or wall dividing a cavity.
  4. The body's largest artery.
  5. electronic device put in the chest to stimulate the heart.
  6. Inner lining of the heart.
  7. Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure in the heart valves
Down
  1. Gas that enters the blood through the lungs.
  2. vessel that carries blood from body tissues and lungs back to the heart.
  3. Upper chamber(s) of the heart.
  4. contraction of the heartbeat.
  5. Relaxation phase of the heartbeat.
  6. Small artery.
  7. The smallest type of blood vessel.
  8. Beat of the heart

15 Clues: Small artery. • Beat of the heart • middle layer of the heart. • The body's largest artery. • Inner lining of the heart. • contraction of the heartbeat. • Upper chamber(s) of the heart. • Lower chamber(s) of the heart. • Relaxation phase of the heartbeat. • The smallest type of blood vessel. • Partition or wall dividing a cavity. • Gas that enters the blood through the lungs. • ...

Root Words 2023-11-30

Root Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a conductor that electricity travels through
  2. fear of small spaces
  3. a figure with eight sides
  4. one wheel
  5. fear of spiders
  6. a particle that carries electricity
  7. a heart specialist
  8. to use again
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  1. a device that controls electric current
  2. three wheels
  3. a figure with six sides
  4. fear of water
  5. a shape with many sides
  6. having to do with the heart and blood
  7. side
  8. fear
  9. exercise for the heart
  10. heart
  11. electric
  12. wheel

20 Clues: side • fear • heart • wheel • electric • one wheel • three wheels • to use again • fear of water • fear of spiders • a heart specialist • fear of small spaces • exercise for the heart • a figure with six sides • a shape with many sides • a figure with eight sides • a particle that carries electricity • having to do with the heart and blood • a device that controls electric current • ...

Frog Anatomy 2024-06-03

Frog Anatomy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Delivers oxygen
  2. Hearing
  3. Upper chambers of heart
  4. Female eggs
  5. Masses of fat
  6. Lower chamber of heart
  7. All waste collected
  8. Carry blood back to heart
  9. Frog Waste
  10. Moves digested food
  11. Largest digestive gland
Down
  1. Catches prey
  2. Makes urine
  3. Stores bile
  4. Stores urine
  5. Tube from mouth
  6. Covers eye
  7. Thin membrane
  8. First part of small intestine
  9. Near stomach
  10. Air opening
  11. Uptake of sugar
  12. Carry blood away from heart
  13. Where all food goes

24 Clues: Hearing • Covers eye • Frog Waste • Makes urine • Stores bile • Female eggs • Air opening • Catches prey • Stores urine • Near stomach • Thin membrane • Masses of fat • Tube from mouth • Delivers oxygen • Uptake of sugar • All waste collected • Moves digested food • Where all food goes • Lower chamber of heart • Upper chambers of heart • Largest digestive gland • Carry blood back to heart • ...

Medical Terminology 2025-03-18

Medical Terminology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. history and physical
  2. Carry blood away from body
  3. as needed
  4. not efficiently pumping
  5. blood pressure cuff
  6. weak end artery wall
  7. Muscle pumping device
  8. Heart or crown
  9. Carry blood to heart
  10. automated external defibrillator
  11. Body
  12. bring
  13. vital signs stable
  14. basic metabolic panel
  15. nausea and vomiting
Down
  1. Skin
  2. Bring nutrients and oxygen
  3. high blood pressure
  4. inflammation of heart
  5. ECG
  6. EKG
  7. ultra sound
  8. arteries, veins, and capillaries
  9. painful/dilated vein
  10. blood vessel

25 Clues: ECG • EKG • Skin • Body • bring • as needed • ultra sound • blood vessel • Heart or crown • vital signs stable • high blood pressure • blood pressure cuff • nausea and vomiting • history and physical • weak end artery wall • Carry blood to heart • painful/dilated vein • inflammation of heart • Muscle pumping device • basic metabolic panel • not efficiently pumping • Bring nutrients and oxygen • ...

American Heart Month 2025-02-11

American Heart Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First person to perform open heart surgery
  2. Biggest artery in the body
  3. Animal that can mirror a human's heart rate
  4. Person who invented the stethoscope
  5. System that controls the rhythm of the heart
  6. Animal with the smallest heart
  7. Most common day of the week to experience a heart attack
  8. Animal with a lopsided heart
Down
  1. Size of a typical heart valve
  2. Received first implantable pacemaker in 1958
  3. The heart is part of the ____________ system
  4. Age of youngest person to receive heart surgery
  5. Animal with the largest heart
  6. Leading cause of death in the United States

14 Clues: Biggest artery in the body • Animal with a lopsided heart • Size of a typical heart valve • Animal with the largest heart • Animal with the smallest heart • Person who invented the stethoscope • First person to perform open heart surgery • Leading cause of death in the United States • Animal that can mirror a human's heart rate • Received first implantable pacemaker in 1958 • ...

The Cardiovascular System 2021-08-18

The Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a gas we breathe in
  2. two chambers at the bottom of the heart
  3. blood vessels not visible to the naked eye
  4. Blood flowing through the system
  5. Temporary chest pain often after physical activity
  6. An organ the size of a clenched fist
  7. the state of matter of oxygen
  8. Carries blood away from the heart
  9. small collective chambers in the heart
  10. Carries blood back to the heart
Down
  1. a gas we breathe out
  2. description of blood low in oxygen
  3. when the heart is deprived of oxygen
  4. description of blood high in oxygen
  5. Significant escape of blood from the system
  6. Largest artery in the human body
  7. An organ which provides oxygen for the system

17 Clues: a gas we breathe in • a gas we breathe out • the state of matter of oxygen • Carries blood back to the heart • Largest artery in the human body • Blood flowing through the system • Carries blood away from the heart • description of blood low in oxygen • description of blood high in oxygen • when the heart is deprived of oxygen • An organ the size of a clenched fist • ...

Cardiovascular system 2024-01-16

Cardiovascular system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an abnormally slow heart rate
  2. medical procedure used to open blocked arteries to allow for more blood flow
  3. a hardening of the arteries
  4. absence of a heart rhythm
  5. a disease of the heart muscle that makes it wonder for the heart to pump blood
  6. a medication that prevents blood from clotting
  7. the outermost layer of the heart
Down
  1. a test that records the electrical activity of the heart
  2. surgical repair of a heart valve to allow for increased blood flow
  3. narrowing of the aortic valve, obstructing blood flow
  4. inflammation of the inner linings of the heart
  5. inflammation of a vein
  6. a diagnostic test used to view the circulation of blood vessels
  7. a diagnostic test that uses sound waves to create visual images of the heart
  8. an enlarged heart

15 Clues: an enlarged heart • inflammation of a vein • absence of a heart rhythm • a hardening of the arteries • an abnormally slow heart rate • the outermost layer of the heart • inflammation of the inner linings of the heart • a medication that prevents blood from clotting • narrowing of the aortic valve, obstructing blood flow • ...

Cardiovascular Assessment 2020-10-23

Cardiovascular Assessment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. difficult labored breathing
  2. heart rate >90
  3. aortic insufficiency due to incomentent aortic valve
  4. part of stethescope used to har low pitched heart sounds
  5. acute chest pain that occurs when myocardial demand exceeds is oxygen supply
  6. heart's pumping phase
  7. palpable vibration on the chest wall accompanying a severe murmur
  8. phalanges bulbous enlargement occurs with chronic heart and lung conditions
  9. stenosis calcified mitral valve impedes forward flow of blood into L ventricle during diastole
Down
  1. swelling of legs or dependent body part due to increased interstitial edema
  2. heart rate <50
  3. uncomfortable awareness of rapid or irregular heart rate
  4. tip of the heart pointing down
  5. tradutuaibk auscultory area in 3rd L intercostal space
  6. temporary LOC or fainting
  7. heart's filling phase
  8. dusky blue mottling of the skin
  9. right ventricular hypertrophy & heart fauure d/y pulmonary hypertension

18 Clues: heart rate <50 • heart rate >90 • heart's filling phase • heart's pumping phase • temporary LOC or fainting • difficult labored breathing • tip of the heart pointing down • dusky blue mottling of the skin • aortic insufficiency due to incomentent aortic valve • tradutuaibk auscultory area in 3rd L intercostal space • uncomfortable awareness of rapid or irregular heart rate • ...

Cardiovascular 2023-11-13

Cardiovascular crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nervous tissue in the right atrium that begins a heart beat
  2. Takes blood to all parts of the body and away from the heart
  3. Use of sound waves to produce a picture of the heart
  4. Structure in the heart that open and close to control blood flow
  5. Thin walls that lets materials pass to and from the bloodstream
  6. Where the inner lining of the wall is inflamed
  7. Gas that moves from lungs to heart and is pumped to all body cells
Down
  1. Caused by the heart valves closing incorrectly
  2. The felling of a heart beat through the walls of arteries
  3. Contrast is injected and a picture is taken of blood vessels
  4. Membrane surrounding the heart, double-layered
  5. Vessel that carries blood from tissue and lungs to the heart.
  6. An artery that is small
  7. Phase of the heart where it is contracting
  8. Phase where the heart is relaxed

15 Clues: An artery that is small • Phase where the heart is relaxed • Phase of the heart where it is contracting • Caused by the heart valves closing incorrectly • Membrane surrounding the heart, double-layered • Where the inner lining of the wall is inflamed • Use of sound waves to produce a picture of the heart • The felling of a heart beat through the walls of arteries • ...

Cardiovascular System Crossword - Rylan K.-Doty 2025-05-06

Cardiovascular System Crossword - Rylan K.-Doty crossword puzzle
Across
  1. responsible for carrying oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body
  2. blood vessels that distribute oxygen-rich blood to your entire body
  3. the artery carrying blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  4. a network between the arterioles and venules
  5. outermost layer of the heart
  6. Middle, soft and thick layer of the heart
  7. carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart
Down
  1. What is the structure name for Platelets
  2. carry oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart
  3. A fluid-filled cavity in the heart or brain
  4. What is the structure name for red blood cells?
  5. Innermost layer of the heart, inside the heart.
  6. Cave A large vein that carries blood to the heart from other areas of the body
  7. the two upper cavities of the heart
  8. What is the structure name for white blood cells?

15 Clues: outermost layer of the heart • the two upper cavities of the heart • What is the structure name for Platelets • Middle, soft and thick layer of the heart • A fluid-filled cavity in the heart or brain • a network between the arterioles and venules • What is the structure name for red blood cells? • Innermost layer of the heart, inside the heart. • ...

Cardiovascular System 2022-11-25

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The double-walled sac that the heart sits in and contains serous fluid between the layers to prevent friction
  2. What is the first layer of the heart wall?
  3. the pacemaker of the hear
  4. Rapid Heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
  5. Heart cells die because of prolonged oxygen deprivation
  6. Top part of the heart that is broad
  7. Set of valves that guards the bases of the 2 large arteries leaving the ventricular chambers
Down
  1. Lack of blood supply to the heart muscle
  2. A rapid uncoordinated shuddering of the heart muscle, a major cause of death in heart attacks
  3. The pointed end of the heart that rests on the diaphragm
  4. Slow Heartbeat (less than 60 beats per minute)
  5. What is the right AV node called?
  6. What is the second layer of the heart wall?
  7. What is the third layer of the heart wall?
  8. How many hollow chambers does the heart has?

15 Clues: the pacemaker of the hear • What is the right AV node called? • Top part of the heart that is broad • Lack of blood supply to the heart muscle • What is the first layer of the heart wall? • What is the third layer of the heart wall? • What is the second layer of the heart wall? • Rapid Heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute) • How many hollow chambers does the heart has? • ...

Congested Heart Failure 2015-01-30

Congested Heart Failure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / a calculation done during an echocardiogram that measures how well the heart is pumping
  2. / are used along with other treatments to help rid the body of the extra fluid it is retaining
  3. / is an excess of iron in the system and a cause of CHF
  4. / a test they may order when diagnosis for CHF
  5. / is a mechanical pump that is implanted into the heart
  6. / when the heart does not fully fill
  7. / a sign of CHF that happens in the abdomen, legs, feet and ankles
  8. / is when they reroute blood around the narrowed or clogged parts of the major arteries to improve blood flow and oxygen supply to the heart.
  9. / which help to slow the heart rate to normal and reduce blood pressure
Down
  1. / a surgery that replaces the heart
  2. valve surgery / when the valves get repaired or replaced when they no longer are working properly
  3. / are used to open the narrowed arteries
  4. / is a cause that happens at birth
  5. / the type of heart failure where fluid backs up into the lungs
  6. / another type of heart failure that causes the fluid to go into the abdomen
  7. / a weakness of the heart that leads to a buildup of fluid in the lungs and surrounding tissues
  8. / when there is a pumping issue with the heart

17 Clues: / is a cause that happens at birth • / a surgery that replaces the heart • / when the heart does not fully fill • / are used to open the narrowed arteries • / a test they may order when diagnosis for CHF • / when there is a pumping issue with the heart • / is an excess of iron in the system and a cause of CHF • / is a mechanical pump that is implanted into the heart • ...

Ari heart crossword 2025-08-01

Ari heart crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this delivers blood from the heart.
  2. these deliver blood directly to the cells.
  3. in order to stay alive, your blood must stay in __.
  4. the fluid that moves through the body.
  5. these are the bodies immune response, they are white.
  6. the organ that pumps blood.
  7. this delivers blood to the heart.
  8. what you exhale.
Down
  1. carries blood from the heart to the lungs.
  2. what you inhale.
  3. carries blood from the lungs to the heart.
  4. the lower chamber of the heart, has a thick wall and is larger than the upper chambers.
  5. these cause scabs and clots, they are clear and have an irregular shape.
  6. these carry oxygen around the body, they are known for being red and disc-shaped.
  7. these are what the blood cells float in.
  8. the upper chamber of the heart, has a thin wall and is smaller than the lower chambers.
  9. carries blood from the heart to the body.

17 Clues: what you inhale. • what you exhale. • the organ that pumps blood. • this delivers blood to the heart. • this delivers blood from the heart. • the fluid that moves through the body. • these are what the blood cells float in. • carries blood from the heart to the body. • carries blood from the heart to the lungs. • carries blood from the lungs to the heart. • ...

Cardiovascular Disease 2025-11-20

Cardiovascular Disease crossword puzzle
Across
  1. swelling caused by excess fluid accumulation in the body's tissues
  2. a medical imaging test that uses X-rays and a contrast dye to visualize blood flow through the arteries and veins
  3. shortness of breath, a subjective sensation of difficult or uncomfortable breathing
  4. a medical test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create moving pictures of the heart
  5. swelling caused by excess fluid accumulation in the body's tissues
  6. (HLD) High levels of fats in the body
  7. Hardening and narrowing of the arteries from plaque buildup
  8. Enlargement of the heart
Down
  1. (HTN) High blood pressure
  2. a bluish or grayish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by a lack of oxygen in the blood.
  3. chest pain or discomfort caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle
  4. High heart rate
  5. infarction (MI) Another term for heart attack.
  6. electrocardiogram
  7. slow heart rate
  8. cholesterol Excessive levels of lipids in the body
  9. Pertaining to cardiac or heart disease
  10. ischemia When muscle isn't receiving enough blood.
  11. When the heart beats irregularly

19 Clues: High heart rate • slow heart rate • electrocardiogram • Enlargement of the heart • (HTN) High blood pressure • When the heart beats irregularly • (HLD) High levels of fats in the body • Pertaining to cardiac or heart disease • infarction (MI) Another term for heart attack. • cholesterol Excessive levels of lipids in the body • ischemia When muscle isn't receiving enough blood. • ...

Cardiovascular System 2023-09-25

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Narrowing of blood vessels
  2. Abnormally slow heart rate
  3. Inflammation inside the heart muscle
  4. Narrowing of the aorta
  5. Hardening of the artery
  6. Inflammation of a vein
Down
  1. Abnormally rapid heart rate
  2. Surgical repair of the vessel
  3. Widening in a blood vessel
  4. Obstruction in blood flow
  5. Disease of the heart muscle
  6. White blood cell
  7. Blood clots in the vascular system
  8. Graph of electrical activity of the heart
  9. Standing blood in the vein
  10. Tissue around the heart

16 Clues: White blood cell • Narrowing of the aorta • Inflammation of a vein • Hardening of the artery • Tissue around the heart • Obstruction in blood flow • Narrowing of blood vessels • Abnormally slow heart rate • Widening in a blood vessel • Standing blood in the vein • Abnormally rapid heart rate • Disease of the heart muscle • Surgical repair of the vessel • ...

cardiovascular system 2024-09-30

cardiovascular system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Helps regulate blood flow
  2. Cell fragments involved in blood clotting
  3. Largest artery in the body
  4. Carries oxygen-poor blood back to the heart
  5. Relating to the lungs; type of circulation
  6. Fluid that transports oxygen and nutrients
  7. Part of the heart that receives blood
  8. blood cell) Type of cell that carries oxygen
  9. Related to veins
  10. The outer layer of a blood vessel
  11. Smallest blood vessels where exchange occurs
  12. Smallest branches of arteries
Down
  1. The organ that pumps blood
  2. The liquid component of blood
  3. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  4. Type of circulation that serves the body
  5. The muscular layer of the heart
  6. blood cell) Contains cells that fight infection
  7. Blood vessels that return blood to the heart
  8. The system comprising the heart and blood vessels

20 Clues: Related to veins • Helps regulate blood flow • The organ that pumps blood • Largest artery in the body • The liquid component of blood • Smallest branches of arteries • The muscular layer of the heart • The outer layer of a blood vessel • Part of the heart that receives blood • Type of circulation that serves the body • Cell fragments involved in blood clotting • ...

Cardiovascular System 2023-11-17

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a chamber of the heart
  2. double layered membrane
  3. lower tip of heart
  4. upper chamber of heart
  5. takes blood pressure
  6. small artery
  7. small vein
Down
  1. abnormal swishing sound by heart from improper closure
  2. beat of the heart that can be felt by hand
  3. phase when the heart contracts
  4. cave largest vein in the body
  5. smallest type of blood vessel
  6. largest artery
  7. gas that enters the body to the lungs
  8. relaxing phase of heart

15 Clues: small vein • small artery • largest artery • lower tip of heart • takes blood pressure • a chamber of the heart • upper chamber of heart • double layered membrane • relaxing phase of heart • smallest type of blood vessel • phase when the heart contracts • cave largest vein in the body • gas that enters the body to the lungs • beat of the heart that can be felt by hand • ...

Exam Revision Cardiovascular System 2025-11-18

Exam Revision Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. amount of blood pumped per beat
  2. transports oxygen
  3. heart rate multiplied by stroke volume
  4. organ that pumps blood
  5. fluid that carries nutrients and hormones
  6. fights infection
  7. beats per minute
Down
  1. site of exchange with tissues
  2. carries blood away from the heart
  3. lower chamber of heart
  4. valve between left atrium and ventricle
  5. upper chamber of heart
  6. valve between right atrium and ventricle
  7. aids in blood clotting
  8. oxygen carrying protein in red blood cells
  9. carries blood toward the heart

16 Clues: fights infection • beats per minute • transports oxygen • lower chamber of heart • organ that pumps blood • upper chamber of heart • aids in blood clotting • site of exchange with tissues • carries blood toward the heart • amount of blood pumped per beat • carries blood away from the heart • heart rate multiplied by stroke volume • valve between left atrium and ventricle • ...

Circulatory System 2024-08-08

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fluid that leaks out of capillaries (7)
  2. Liquid part of blood (6)
  3. The organ that pumps blood (5)
  4. Smallest blood vessels (9)
  5. Lower chamber of the heart (7)
  6. Blood component that carries oxygen (11)
  7. Type of blood cell involved in clotting (7)
  8. Blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood to the body (7)
  9. Heart muscle (9)
  10. Blood vessels that supply the heart itself (9)
Down
  1. Tiny blood vessels where gas exchange occurs (9)
  2. Blood vessels that return blood to the heart (5)
  3. Blood vessel that carries blood to the lungs (8)
  4. Iron-containing protein in red blood cells (9)
  5. CELL: Type of blood cell that fights infection (5,4)
  6. Upper chamber of the heart (6)
  7. CAVA: Main vein that carries blood from the lower body to the heart (4,5)
  8. Main artery of the body (5)
  9. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart (6)
  10. Valve that prevents backflow of blood from the right ventricle to the right atrium (8)

20 Clues: Heart muscle (9) • Liquid part of blood (6) • Smallest blood vessels (9) • Main artery of the body (5) • The organ that pumps blood (5) • Upper chamber of the heart (6) • Lower chamber of the heart (7) • Fluid that leaks out of capillaries (7) • Blood component that carries oxygen (11) • Type of blood cell involved in clotting (7) • ...

Cardiopulmonary System and Cardiovascular System 2024-11-22

Cardiopulmonary System and Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pumps deoxygenated blood to lungs
  2. Large vein carrying deoxygenated blood to the heart
  3. Tiny vessels that connect arteries and veins
  4. Encompasses the heart, veins, and arteries
  5. Network of tubes though which blood is pumped around the body
  6. Carries oxygenated blood from lungs to heart
  7. Makes right ventricle contract
  8. Carry blood away pumped away from the heart;they are the largest and strongest blood vessels
  9. Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
Down
  1. Pumps oxygenated blood to the body
  2. Return blood to the heart
  3. Receives deoxygenated blood from the body
  4. Cardiovascular System with the addition of lungs and air pathways
  5. Large artery that carries blood from the heart to be distributed throughout the body
  6. Structure in the heart that opens and closes so blood flows in only one direction
  7. Carries deoygenated blood from the heart to lungs
  8. Makes right atrium contract

17 Clues: Return blood to the heart • Makes right atrium contract • Makes right ventricle contract • Pumps deoxygenated blood to lungs • Pumps oxygenated blood to the body • Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs • Receives deoxygenated blood from the body • Encompasses the heart, veins, and arteries • Tiny vessels that connect arteries and veins • ...

lab Crossword 2021-02-02

lab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / to see heart and its vessels
  2. / the "b" stands for bypass
  3. / used in the emergency room
  4. / checks heart rhythm
  5. / innermost layer of the pericardium
  6. / sac around the heart is inflamed
  7. / fat buidling up on the walls
  8. / records heart activity
  9. / striated muscle surrounding the heart
  10. / pulse
  11. / type of defibrillator
  12. / fine branching blood vessels
  13. / involuntary muscle contraction
Down
  1. / narrowing in the arteries
  2. / look at blood going through blood vessels
  3. / narrowing
  4. / if you have too much of it,you could die
  5. / vein
  6. / artery has a weakened wall
  7. / has related to the myocardium
  8. / smooth membrane
  9. veins / dilated veins
  10. / to see narrowing
  11. / main artery of the body

24 Clues: / vein • / pulse • / narrowing • / smooth membrane • / to see narrowing • / checks heart rhythm • veins / dilated veins • / type of defibrillator • / records heart activity • / main artery of the body • / narrowing in the arteries • / the "b" stands for bypass • / used in the emergency room • / artery has a weakened wall • / to see heart and its vessels • / fat buidling up on the walls • ...

BIOLOGY TEST 2022-01-04

BIOLOGY TEST crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fluid that fills the spaces between the cells
  2. gland located in the loop of duodenum
  3. muscles that make the heart
  4. emergency hormone
  5. chemical substance secreted by endocrine gland
  6. hormone that regulates salt and water balance
  7. state of mental strain
  8. receiving chambers of the heart
  9. master gland
  10. female hormone
Down
  1. gland, like a cap over the kidneys
  2. valve inbetween the left auricle and left ventricle
  3. lower chambers of the heart
  4. hormone that regulates metabolic activities
  5. membrane covering the heart
  6. biological term for RBC
  7. hyposecretion of thyroxine in children
  8. natural pacemaker of the heart
  9. period between 10-19 yrs of age in one's life
  10. lowers the blood sugar

20 Clues: master gland • female hormone • emergency hormone • lowers the blood sugar • state of mental strain • biological term for RBC • lower chambers of the heart • membrane covering the heart • muscles that make the heart • natural pacemaker of the heart • receiving chambers of the heart • gland, like a cap over the kidneys • gland located in the loop of duodenum • ...

Cardiovascular Crossword 2024-01-17

Cardiovascular Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. from myocardium
  2. graphic record of heart activity
  3. outer layer (pericardium)
  4. carries on the signal from the SA Node to the bundle of his
  5. Endothelium lines chambers
  6. above diaphragm
  7. wall between atria and ventricles
Down
  1. prolonged angina, heart cells may die
  2. contractions of ventricles
  3. volume of blood pumped out by one ventricle with each beat
  4. rapid heartbeat
  5. uncoordinated shuddering of heart muscle, useless pump
  6. distributes the impulse out to the ventricles
  7. Cardiac Muscle
  8. abnormal or unusual heart sounds
  9. prevent the backflow of blood
  10. series of “wires” that carry the electrical impulses into the lower chambers through the septum
  11. events of one heartbeat
  12. pacemaker of the heart
  13. relaxation of ventricles

20 Clues: Cardiac Muscle • from myocardium • rapid heartbeat • above diaphragm • pacemaker of the heart • events of one heartbeat • relaxation of ventricles • outer layer (pericardium) • contractions of ventricles • Endothelium lines chambers • prevent the backflow of blood • graphic record of heart activity • abnormal or unusual heart sounds • wall between atria and ventricles • ...

Circulatory System 2022-02-14

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first valve in the heart
  2. blood clotting portion of blood
  3. the heart is this size if a-
  4. liquid portion of blood
  5. where blood enters the heart
  6. provide oxygen to the body
  7. Universal recipient
  8. pumps blood to the heart
Down
  1. used in reference to one's deepest feelings of love or compassion.
  2. helps fight off infections
  3. smallest blood vessels
  4. last valve of the heart
  5. pumps blood away from the heart
  6. prevents blood from flowing backwards
  7. where blood exits the heart

15 Clues: Universal recipient • smallest blood vessels • last valve of the heart • liquid portion of blood • first valve in the heart • pumps blood to the heart • helps fight off infections • provide oxygen to the body • where blood exits the heart • the heart is this size if a- • where blood enters the heart • blood clotting portion of blood • pumps blood away from the heart • ...

circulatory system 2023-05-08

circulatory system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pumps blood throughout the body
  2. largest artery in the body
  3. alternating expansion & relaxation of an artery wall as blood travels through
  4. blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
  5. receives blood that comes into the heart
  6. cell fragments that play a role in forming blood clots
  7. sends signals to make the heart contract
  8. wall of tissue that separates right and left side
  9. red blood cell
  10. tiny blood vessels where substances are exchanged between blood and body cells
Down
  1. high blood pressure
  2. pumps blood out of the heart
  3. condition in which blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked causing heart cells to die
  4. pressure exerted by blood against the walls of blood vessels
  5. liquid part of blood
  6. iron-containing protein that chemically binds to oxygen molecules
  7. blood vessels that carries blood away from the heart

17 Clues: red blood cell • high blood pressure • liquid part of blood • largest artery in the body • pumps blood out of the heart • pumps blood throughout the body • receives blood that comes into the heart • sends signals to make the heart contract • blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart • wall of tissue that separates right and left side • ...

American Heart Month 2024-02-12

American Heart Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Person who invented the stethoscope
  2. The heart is part of the ____________ system
  3. System that controls the rhythm of the heart
  4. Animal that can mirror a human's heart rate
  5. Animal with the largest heart
  6. Biggest artery in the body
  7. Animal with the smallest heart
  8. Leading cause of death in the United States
Down
  1. Size of a typical heart valve
  2. Most common day of the week to experience a heart attack
  3. Age of youngest person to receive heart surgery
  4. Received first implantable pacemaker in 1958
  5. First person to perform open heart surgery
  6. Animal with a lopsided heart

14 Clues: Biggest artery in the body • Animal with a lopsided heart • Size of a typical heart valve • Animal with the largest heart • Animal with the smallest heart • Person who invented the stethoscope • First person to perform open heart surgery • Animal that can mirror a human's heart rate • Leading cause of death in the United States • Received first implantable pacemaker in 1958 • ...

Cardiology Puzzle 2022-11-18

Cardiology Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. smallest blood vessel
  2. inner lining of blood vessels
  3. small artery
  4. muscle layer of heart
  5. pacemaker
  6. small vein
  7. largest blood vessel
Down
  1. lower chamber of the heart
  2. beat of the heart
  3. tissue dividing the heart into chambers
  4. graph of heartbeat
  5. contraction of heart
  6. relaxation of the heart
  7. improper closure of valves causes swishing
  8. largest artery in body

15 Clues: pacemaker • small vein • small artery • beat of the heart • graph of heartbeat • contraction of heart • largest blood vessel • smallest blood vessel • muscle layer of heart • largest artery in body • relaxation of the heart • lower chamber of the heart • inner lining of blood vessels • tissue dividing the heart into chambers • improper closure of valves causes swishing

The Circulatory System 2013-02-02

The Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What stops blood from flowing the wrong way
  2. The heart beats because of an area called the ___
  3. Arteries carry this from the heart
  4. What does the heart act like? A ___
  5. Blood without oxygen is called?
  6. A normal heart has 70 ___per minute
  7. The force of each heart beat is measured as blood ___
  8. The blood receives oxygen here
  9. A blood vessel returning blood to the heart
Down
  1. A type of heart chamber
  2. A blood vessel taking blood away from the heart
  3. Veins carry this back to the heart
  4. The smallest blood vessel
  5. A type of heart chamber
  6. We can feel this at the wrist
  7. Where in the lung does the circulation exchange gas

16 Clues: A type of heart chamber • A type of heart chamber • The smallest blood vessel • We can feel this at the wrist • The blood receives oxygen here • Blood without oxygen is called? • Veins carry this back to the heart • Arteries carry this from the heart • What does the heart act like? A ___ • A normal heart has 70 ___per minute • What stops blood from flowing the wrong way • ...

Cardiovascular System Crossword Puzzle 2025-05-06

Cardiovascular System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
  2. -A white blood cell
  3. -muscular middle layer of the heart wall
  4. -smallest and thinnest type of blood vessel
  5. -blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  6. -platelets
  7. -blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood
  8. -upper chamber of the heart that receives blood
  9. -double-layered membrane that surrounds and protects the heart
  10. -The large veins that carry deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart
  11. -lower chamber of the heart responsible for pumping blood
Down
  1. -A red blood cell
  2. -inner lining of the heart chambers and heart valves
  3. -largest artery in the body
  4. -blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood

15 Clues: -platelets • -A red blood cell • -A white blood cell • -largest artery in the body • -muscular middle layer of the heart wall • -smallest and thinnest type of blood vessel • -blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood • -blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood • -upper chamber of the heart that receives blood • -blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart • ...

10.7 Crossword Puzzle Challenge 2023-03-09

10.7 Crossword Puzzle Challenge crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Gas that enters the blood through the lungs and travels to the heart to be pumped via arteries to all body cells
  2. Waste-filled blood then flows back to the heart in small venules, which combine to form larger vessels.
  3. Innermost lining of blood vessels.
  4. abnormal heart rhythms
  5. Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.
  6. One of two upper chambers of the heart.
  7. Inner lining of the heart.
Down
  1. large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  2. Beat of the heart is felt through the walls of the arteries.
  3. Largest artery in the body.
  4. (widened blood vessel)
  5. Muscular middle layer of the heart.
  6. Smallest type of blood vessel.
  7. Contraction phase of the heartbeat.
  8. Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves

15 Clues: (widened blood vessel) • abnormal heart rhythms • Inner lining of the heart. • Largest artery in the body. • Smallest type of blood vessel. • Innermost lining of blood vessels. • Muscular middle layer of the heart. • Contraction phase of the heartbeat. • One of two upper chambers of the heart. • Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart. • ...

Human Circulatory System 2021-08-17

Human Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molecules released by WBC to kill bacteria
  2. Center of the circulatory system
  3. Related to carrying blood to and from lungs
  4. Activity that increase heart rate significantly
  5. Carry blood to the heart
  6. Movement of cardiac muscle to pump
  7. Mostly liquid
  8. Kill microorganisms
  9. You can feel this when you touch your wrist
  10. Receive blood
  11. Pump blood
Down
  1. Open and close as blood pass
  2. Present abundantly in blood
  3. Carry blood to the body
  4. Part of the heart with deoxygenated blood
  5. Largest artery
  6. The way oxygen enters cell
  7. The bridge between the two blood vessels
  8. Part of heart with the thickest muscle
  9. Prevent prolong bleeding
  10. A protein that bind oxygen

21 Clues: Pump blood • Mostly liquid • Receive blood • Largest artery • Kill microorganisms • Carry blood to the body • Carry blood to the heart • Prevent prolong bleeding • The way oxygen enters cell • A protein that bind oxygen • Present abundantly in blood • Open and close as blood pass • Center of the circulatory system • Movement of cardiac muscle to pump • ...

Vital Signs Crossword 2024-09-06

Vital Signs Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A drop in systolic pressure of 20mm Hg or 10mm Hg diastolic
  2. Describing a pulse that is "full"
  3. Oximeter Non invasive way to measure oxygen saturation
  4. Mean Arterial Pressure
  5. Amount of blood pumped with each beat of the heart
  6. Respiratory rate 8-12
  7. High blood pressure
  8. Breathing
  9. Temperature above 101 degree Fahrenheit
  10. Relaxation phase of the heart
  11. Respiratory rate above 25
  12. What is listened to when taking a blood pressure
Down
  1. Low blood pressure
  2. Decreased vascular resistance
  3. Increase vascular resistance
  4. Heart rate below 60
  5. Palpated or auscultated heart rate
  6. Inadequate oxygen in tissues
  7. Most accurate temperature
  8. Contraction phase of the heart
  9. Heart rate above 100
  10. Describing a pulse that is "weak"

22 Clues: Breathing • Low blood pressure • Heart rate below 60 • High blood pressure • Heart rate above 100 • Respiratory rate 8-12 • Mean Arterial Pressure • Most accurate temperature • Respiratory rate above 25 • Increase vascular resistance • Inadequate oxygen in tissues • Decreased vascular resistance • Relaxation phase of the heart • Contraction phase of the heart • ...

medical terms 2024-11-20

medical terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. around
  2. disease that affects the heart muscle
  3. left upper lobe of lung
  4. when your heart hardens from fat
  5. your heartbeat is slower
  6. self
  7. increases blood pressure
  8. middle
  9. four
  10. it records your heart rhythm
  11. a inflammation clot in a vein
  12. a condition were your artery has a weaken wall
Down
  1. a blood clot formed in a blood vessel
  2. a person that helps in ear eye nose
  3. pressure exerted by the blood often wall of artery
  4. a person that manages your respiratory illness
  5. heart function and blood flow
  6. when your heart stops
  7. when a hard liquid travels in your body
  8. incisions in the vein

20 Clues: self • four • around • middle • when your heart stops • incisions in the vein • left upper lobe of lung • your heartbeat is slower • increases blood pressure • it records your heart rhythm • heart function and blood flow • a inflammation clot in a vein • when your heart hardens from fat • a person that helps in ear eye nose • a blood clot formed in a blood vessel • ...

Cardiovascular System 2023-11-15

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lower tip of the heart
  2. vessel that carries blood from the body to the heart
  3. vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
  4. upper chamber of the heart
  5. inner lining of the heart
  6. heartbeat
  7. smallest blood vessel
  8. combing form for vessel
  9. combining form for clot
Down
  1. membrane surrounding the heart
  2. abnormal swooshing sound
  3. valve located between the right atrium and right ventricle
  4. lower chamber of the heart
  5. combining form for vein
  6. largest artery in the body

15 Clues: heartbeat • smallest blood vessel • lower tip of the heart • combining form for vein • combing form for vessel • combining form for clot • abnormal swooshing sound • inner lining of the heart • lower chamber of the heart • upper chamber of the heart • largest artery in the body • membrane surrounding the heart • vessel that carries blood from the body to the heart • ...

EKG EXTRAVAGANZA 2023-03-09

EKG EXTRAVAGANZA crossword puzzle
Across
  1. control flow of the blood in the heart
  2. created in 1996
  3. electrode that goes on the right leg
  4. inner layer of the heart
  5. electrode that goes on the left arm
  6. ability for the heart to create its own electricity impulse
  7. ppe item
  8. average is 98.6
Down
  1. used to listen to the heart
  2. used to measure blood pressure
  3. making something completely clean
  4. pacemaker node
  5. used when measuring heart rate
  6. outer layer of the heart
  7. amout of vales in the heart

15 Clues: ppe item • pacemaker node • created in 1996 • average is 98.6 • inner layer of the heart • outer layer of the heart • used to listen to the heart • amout of vales in the heart • used to measure blood pressure • used when measuring heart rate • making something completely clean • electrode that goes on the left arm • electrode that goes on the right leg • ...

Med Terms- Circulatory System 2017-05-02

Med Terms- Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. infarction / MI
  2. / high blood pressure
  3. / carry blood to the heart
  4. / inbetween heart and lungs
  5. / inflammation of the tonsils
  6. immunodeficiency syndrome / AIDS
  7. / inflammation of the bronchi
  8. / ECG
  9. / heart beats abnormally
  10. / moise double layer of membrane outside the lungs
  11. simplex virus / HSV
  12. / specialized proteins that fight disease
  13. / between heart and the cells of the body
  14. / when fluid that flows into the lymphatic capillaries
Down
  1. / white blood cells that produce antibodies
  2. artery bypass graft / CABG
  3. / hardening of arteries
  4. / removal of adenoids
  5. / the movement of blood throughout the body
  6. / carry blood away from the heart
  7. care unit / ICU
  8. / inflammation of the larynx
  9. / occurs in the bronchi

23 Clues: / ECG • infarction / MI • care unit / ICU • simplex virus / HSV • / removal of adenoids • / high blood pressure • / occurs in the bronchi • / hardening of arteries • / heart beats abnormally • / carry blood to the heart • / inbetween heart and lungs • artery bypass graft / CABG • / inflammation of the tonsils • / inflammation of the larynx • ...

5 2025-02-21

5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Horror remake theme
  2. Deadly in "Heart Eyes"
  3. "The First Omen" setting
  4. Twisted in "Heart Eyes"
  5. Hidden danger in "Speak No Evil"
  6. Classic horror time
  7. Age of main character
  8. Key place in "The First Omen"
  9. McAvoy’s unsettling feature
  10. Crime in "Abigail"
  11. TV-related movie
  12. Spilled in horror films
  13. Where horror lurks
Down
  1. Stalker in "Heart Eyes"
  2. Horror movie feeling
  3. "I Saw the TV Glow" director
  4. "Heart Eyes" theme
  5. Dance in "Abigail"
  6. Horror prequel title
  7. Tested in "The First Omen"
  8. Vampire teeth
  9. Not to do in "Speak No Evil"
  10. Horror movie effect
  11. Jump scare reaction
  12. Horror movie fate

25 Clues: Vampire teeth • TV-related movie • Horror movie fate • "Heart Eyes" theme • Dance in "Abigail" • Crime in "Abigail" • Where horror lurks • Horror remake theme • Classic horror time • Horror movie effect • Jump scare reaction • Horror movie feeling • Horror prequel title • Age of main character • Deadly in "Heart Eyes" • Stalker in "Heart Eyes" • Twisted in "Heart Eyes" • Spilled in horror films • ...

Circulatory System 2021-10-19

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. helps prevents heart disorders
  2. yellow liquid in your blood
  3. the top two chambers of the heart
  4. when blood can't get to the brain.
  5. carries blood to the heart
  6. the bottom two chambers of the heart
  7. A carries the blood away
  8. carries oxygen to your body
Down
  1. heart rate
  2. fight infections
  3. When blood stops flowing to the heart
  4. control the flow of blood
  5. help you stop bleeding
  6. carries nutrients to your body
  7. pumps blood to your body

15 Clues: heart rate • fight infections • help you stop bleeding • A carries the blood away • pumps blood to your body • control the flow of blood • carries blood to the heart • yellow liquid in your blood • carries oxygen to your body • helps prevents heart disorders • carries nutrients to your body • the top two chambers of the heart • when blood can't get to the brain. • ...

The Circulatory System 2023-01-18

The Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. carry blood away from the heart
  2. separates the left and right side of the heart
  3. low-oxygen blood
  4. transports oxygenated blood from heart to body
  5. lower chamber of the heart
  6. clots the blood
  7. upper chamber of the heart
  8. carries blood towards the heart
  9. flows through blood vessels
Down
  1. high-oxygen blood
  2. organ that pumps blood around the body
  3. wide in veins, narrow in arteries
  4. connect arteries and veins
  5. fights infection
  6. prevents backflow in veins

15 Clues: clots the blood • low-oxygen blood • fights infection • high-oxygen blood • connect arteries and veins • lower chamber of the heart • upper chamber of the heart • prevents backflow in veins • flows through blood vessels • carry blood away from the heart • carries blood towards the heart • wide in veins, narrow in arteries • organ that pumps blood around the body • ...

Cardioedema 2023-11-17

Cardioedema crossword puzzle
Across
  1. double-layered membrane surrounding the heart
  2. first valve in the right side of the heart
  3. largest veins
  4. blood vessel with valves that takes blood back to the heart
  5. smallest blood vessels
  6. small veins
  7. upper chamber of the heart
Down
  1. dividing cavities
  2. lower chamber of the heart
  3. control blood flow ( has cusps)
  4. lining of blood vessels to control clots
  5. aka mitral valve
  6. pertaining to the heart
  7. beat of the heart as felt through arteries
  8. largest artery

15 Clues: small veins • largest veins • largest artery • aka mitral valve • dividing cavities • smallest blood vessels • pertaining to the heart • lower chamber of the heart • upper chamber of the heart • control blood flow ( has cusps) • lining of blood vessels to control clots • first valve in the right side of the heart • beat of the heart as felt through arteries • ...

Week 11 Emma 2013-03-05

Week 11 Emma crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  2. carries blood throughout the body
  3. on the inside
  4. a hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
  5. having the power to change things
  6. lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out of the heart
  7. used as an area where people live
  8. the outside boundary or surface of something
  9. Not exact, but close enough to be reasonably correct.
  10. when you think something is true
  11. free from dirt or impurities
  12. The act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
  13. an amount of time
Down
  1. the shore of a sea or ocean
  2. interrupt, break, or destroy
  3. pertaining to the heart and blood vessels
  4. a blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
  5. easily broken or damaged
  6. a section of a piece of writing, dealing with one topic
  7. necessary; very important

20 Clues: on the inside • an amount of time • easily broken or damaged • necessary; very important • the shore of a sea or ocean • interrupt, break, or destroy • free from dirt or impurities • when you think something is true • carries blood throughout the body • having the power to change things • used as an area where people live • pertaining to the heart and blood vessels • ...

Ch.9-10 Anatomy 2024-01-23

Ch.9-10 Anatomy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pigment containing iron and a protein
  2. white blood cells
  3. the outermost layer of the heart
  4. innermost layer of the heart
  5. bridge between the external & internal environments
  6. passage of blood cells through capillary walls into the tissues
  7. the study of veins
  8. clear straw colored liquid
  9. the study of blood
  10. does not have granules in the cell
  11. a process the heart goes through to pump blood
  12. the smallest blood vessels
Down
  1. green pigment
  2. platelets
  3. movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide by red blood cells
  4. contains small granules within a cell
  5. smallest blood cells
  6. provides the blood supply to the head and neck
  7. carries blood towards the heart
  8. middle layer of the heart
  9. serves to drain face and brain
  10. study of the circulatory system
  11. the dilation of the cardiac cycle
  12. reddish-brown pigment
  13. carries blood away from the heart

25 Clues: platelets • green pigment • white blood cells • the study of veins • the study of blood • smallest blood cells • reddish-brown pigment • middle layer of the heart • clear straw colored liquid • the smallest blood vessels • innermost layer of the heart • serves to drain face and brain • carries blood towards the heart • study of the circulatory system • the outermost layer of the heart • ...

Cardiothoracic 2024-02-28

Cardiothoracic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. irregular or abnormal heart rhythm
  2. also known as bicuspid valve
  3. collection of fluid around the heart
  4. coughing up blood
  5. stricture of aorta in pediatric patient
  6. abbreviated surgery that anastomoses a graft from aorta to distal a coronary blockage
  7. removal of fibrous scarring material
  8. inner lining of the heart muscle
  9. thoracotomy incision
Down
  1. sinoatrial node nickname as it regulates the heart rate
  2. Used to inflate intraaortic balloon
  3. heart vessel carrying oxygenated blood to heart from lungs
  4. medication solution used to induce asystole for CABG
  5. flattened whisk shaped lung retractor
  6. secures cannulae for bypass
  7. nerve of diaphragm
  8. removal of a lobe of the lung
  9. plaque on the intima of the artery
  10. reverses heparin
  11. direct visualization of great vessels
  12. pleura covering surface of thorax
  13. thoracic surgery performed minimally invasively
  14. pus is the pleural cavity

23 Clues: reverses heparin • coughing up blood • nerve of diaphragm • thoracotomy incision • pus is the pleural cavity • secures cannulae for bypass • also known as bicuspid valve • removal of a lobe of the lung • inner lining of the heart muscle • pleura covering surface of thorax • irregular or abnormal heart rhythm • plaque on the intima of the artery • Used to inflate intraaortic balloon • ...

Blood/Heart Disorders 2023-02-08

Blood/Heart Disorders crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lack of an adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
  2. inflammation of the vein
  3. small purplish blotches
  4. a clot that develops and persists in an unbroken blood vessel
  5. an insufficient number of circulating platelets
  6. a thrombus breaks away from the vessel wall and floats freely in the bloodstream
  7. ventricles begin to beat at their own rate
  8. the valve becomes stiff
  9. fluid leaks from the circulation into the lung tissue
  10. is a rapid heart rate
  11. is heart rate that is substantially slower than normal
Down
  1. pooling blood in the feet and legs and inefficient venous
  2. inflammation of the pericardium
  3. a decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood
  4. repeated bacterial infection of the endocardium
  5. production of abnormal WBCs
  6. a rapid uncoordinated shuddering of the heart muscle
  7. pumping efficiency of the heart is depressed
  8. lack of any of the factors needed for clotting
  9. abnormal or unusual heart sound

20 Clues: is a rapid heart rate • small purplish blotches • the valve becomes stiff • inflammation of the vein • production of abnormal WBCs • inflammation of the pericardium • abnormal or unusual heart sound • ventricles begin to beat at their own rate • pumping efficiency of the heart is depressed • lack of any of the factors needed for clotting • ...

Medical Terminology Cardiovascular System 2024-12-18

Medical Terminology Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. swelling of the tissue around the heart
  2. excessive
  3. coronary care unit
  4. a device used to measure blood pressure
  5. the hardening of the arteries
  6. largest artery in the body
  7. a test that evaluates electric activity in the heart
  8. inner
  9. a condition where blood pressure is always high
  10. a test involving an ultrasound to produce detailed images
Down
  1. a test using an ultrasound to identify blood clots
  2. made of cardiac muscle and separated into 4 chambers
  3. an instrument for viewing
  4. coronary artery bypass graft
  5. echocardiogram
  6. beats per minute abbreviated
  7. automated external defibrillator
  8. a procedure where x-ray dye is injected into veins
  9. written record
  10. around
  11. carries blood towards the heart
  12. irregular beating of the heart
  13. carries blood away from the heart
  14. exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide
  15. where an artery has week walls

25 Clues: inner • around • excessive • echocardiogram • written record • coronary care unit • an instrument for viewing • largest artery in the body • coronary artery bypass graft • beats per minute abbreviated • the hardening of the arteries • irregular beating of the heart • where an artery has week walls • carries blood towards the heart • automated external defibrillator • ...

cardio 2025-08-25

cardio crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ultrasound assessment of heart structure/function
  2. Contraction phase of the cardiac cycle
  3. arteries Vessels that supply the myocardium
  4. Inadequate perfusion of tissue or organ
  5. Procedure to restore normal rhythm with electricity/drugs
  6. Abnormal heart rhythm
  7. volume Blood pumped by one ventricle per beat
  8. Thick muscular layer of the heart wall
  9. Study of blood flow and pressures
  10. Main artery carrying blood from the LV to the body
Down
  1. Imaging of vessels using contrast dye
  2. Inner lining of the heart chambers and valves
  3. fraction Percent of end-diastolic volume ejected per beat
  4. Double-layered sac enclosing the heart
  5. Ventricular filling/stretch at end-diastole
  6. Pressure the LV must overcome to eject blood
  7. Localized dilation of a vessel wall
  8. Relaxation/filling phase of the cardiac cycle
  9. output Volume pumped per minute (HR × SV)
  10. Wall dividing right and left heart chambers

20 Clues: Abnormal heart rhythm • Study of blood flow and pressures • Localized dilation of a vessel wall • Imaging of vessels using contrast dye • Contraction phase of the cardiac cycle • Double-layered sac enclosing the heart • Thick muscular layer of the heart wall • Inadequate perfusion of tissue or organ • Ventricular filling/stretch at end-diastole • ...

Cardiovascular Crossword 2025-10-16

Cardiovascular Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pump blood to the entire body
  2. instrument used to measure pressure
  3. deep vein thrombosis
  4. surgical procedure where a patient's heart is replaced with a heart from a donor
  5. complete stopping of the heart
  6. skin
  7. coronary artery bypass graft
  8. procedure using x-ray dye and a tiny tube called a catheter
  9. fatty substance
  10. have the thinnest walls
  11. dilated and swollen veins
  12. atrial fibrillation
Down
  1. portable ECG machine
  2. disorder that is described as the narrowing of the arteries surrounding the heart
  3. increased pressure in the blood vessels
  4. insufficient
  5. process of freeing or destroying
  6. delivers an electrical signal to regulate heartbeats
  7. condition where the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
  8. outside of
  9. pertaining to
  10. carries the blood down the center of the body
  11. implantable cardioverter defibrillator
  12. have thick walls
  13. potassium chloride
  14. have thin walls

26 Clues: skin • outside of • insufficient • pertaining to • fatty substance • have thin walls • have thick walls • potassium chloride • atrial fibrillation • portable ECG machine • deep vein thrombosis • have the thinnest walls • dilated and swollen veins • coronary artery bypass graft • pump blood to the entire body • complete stopping of the heart • process of freeing or destroying • ...

Heart Crossword 2023-02-14

Heart Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Someone who studies the heart
  2. Pain in chest from decreased blood supply to heart muscle
  3. Two lower chambers of the heart
  4. Largest Artery
  5. Slow heartbeat
  6. Enlarged Heart
  7. Inner lining of the heart
  8. Abnormal heart rhythm
Down
  1. Fast rapid heartbeat
  2. Record of the electricity in the heart
  3. Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
  4. Pertaining to the heart
  5. Pertaining to the muscle of the heart
  6. Pertaining to the heart

14 Clues: Largest Artery • Slow heartbeat • Enlarged Heart • Fast rapid heartbeat • Abnormal heart rhythm • Pertaining to the heart • Pertaining to the heart • Inner lining of the heart • Someone who studies the heart • Two lower chambers of the heart • Pertaining to the muscle of the heart • Record of the electricity in the heart • Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart • ...

Chapter 7: Crossword Review 2020-12-10

Chapter 7: Crossword Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Part of the nervous system that controls all of our involuntary functions.
  2. Blood is deficient in the # of RBCs.
  3. Red Blood Cell.
  4. Pressure measured during the time when the heart is relaxing.
  5. Inflammation of the upper respiratory tract.
  6. An abnormal heart sound.
  7. Nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
  8. Part of the nervous system that consists of nerves, extending to the outlying parts of the body.
  9. Pressure measured during the time when the heart is contracting.
  10. Inflammation of the bronchi.
  11. Carry blood away from the heart.
  12. Extensive loss of blood.
  13. Carry blood back to the heart.
  14. White Blood Cell.
Down
  1. Dilation of veins.
  2. Throat.
  3. Heart attack.
  4. Inflammation of the appendix.
  5. Most widespread of all communicable diseases.
  6. Inflammation of the pleura.
  7. Obstruction of a coronary artery
  8. Abnormally high blood pressure.
  9. Inflammation of a vein.

23 Clues: Throat. • Heart attack. • Red Blood Cell. • White Blood Cell. • Dilation of veins. • Inflammation of a vein. • An abnormal heart sound. • Extensive loss of blood. • Inflammation of the pleura. • Inflammation of the bronchi. • Inflammation of the appendix. • Carry blood back to the heart. • Abnormally high blood pressure. • Obstruction of a coronary artery • Carry blood away from the heart. • ...

The Cardiovascular and Skeletal Systems 2024-04-29

The Cardiovascular and Skeletal Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The tissue that creates blood.
  2. A vital organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
  3. What part of blood carries water, salt, and enzymes?
  4. A bodily fluid that carries nutrients around the body
  5. A part of the heart that holds blood.
  6. A major artery of the heart
  7. The blood cycle to the lungs.
  8. A multitude of fused bones creates this bone.
  9. Vital parts of the body.
  10. What type of cell attacks diseases?
  11. What sends blood to the heart?
Down
  1. What type of cell carries nutrients?
  2. A major vein into the heart.
  3. The process of the blood traveling throughout the body.
  4. What sends blood away from the heart?
  5. What forms clots?
  6. The bone that connects to your skull.
  7. One of the many nutrients that blood carries.
  8. When blood to the brain is cut off.
  9. Hard tissue that has many functions.
  10. Organ that bring oxygen into the body.

21 Clues: What forms clots? • Vital parts of the body. • A major artery of the heart • A major vein into the heart. • The blood cycle to the lungs. • The tissue that creates blood. • What sends blood to the heart? • When blood to the brain is cut off. • What type of cell attacks diseases? • What type of cell carries nutrients? • Hard tissue that has many functions. • ...

Homeostatic Imbalances Ch. 10-11 2023-02-08

Homeostatic Imbalances Ch. 10-11 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. abnormal heart sounds
  2. a heart attack
  3. low bloop pressure and dizziness after standing suddenly
  4. bacterial infection of the endocardium
  5. weakening of the heart by clogging of vessels, high bp, etc
  6. rapid uncoordinated shuddering of heart muscles
  7. inflammation of the pericardium
  8. caused by standing long periods of time, pregnancy, and obesity
  9. crushing chest pain
  10. a life threatening condition resulting from a thrombophlebitis
Down
  1. spiky and sharp hemoglobin
  2. inflammation of a vein resulting from a clot forming
  3. A decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of blood
  4. account for half of infant deaths
  5. runs in families and increases peripheral resistance
  6. a region of dead deteriorating tissue resulting from lack of blood supply
  7. cancerous bone marrow
  8. the heart beating at a its as a result of damage to the av node
  9. leakage of fluid into the air sacs and tissue of lungs
  10. lack of adequate blood supply to heart muscles

20 Clues: a heart attack • crushing chest pain • abnormal heart sounds • cancerous bone marrow • spiky and sharp hemoglobin • inflammation of the pericardium • account for half of infant deaths • bacterial infection of the endocardium • lack of adequate blood supply to heart muscles • rapid uncoordinated shuddering of heart muscles • A decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of blood • ...

Circulatory and Respiratory System 2025-03-31

Circulatory and Respiratory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Blood components involved in clotting
  2. Prevents blood backflow in the heart
  3. Organ that pumps blood throughout the body
  4. Windpipe
  5. Exchange of gases in the body
  6. Throat
  7. Breathe in
  8. Vessel carrying blood toward the heart
  9. Voice box
  10. Fatty substance that can clog arteries
  11. Muscle used during breathing
  12. Flap preventing food from entering airway
  13. Gas essential for respiration
Down
  1. Tiny air sacs for gas exchange in lungs
  2. Liquid component of blood
  3. Largest artery in the body
  4. Breathe out
  5. Protein in red blood cells carrying oxygen
  6. Air passages branching into lungs
  7. Waste gas expelled by the lungs
  8. Upper chamber of the heart
  9. Vessel carrying blood away from the heart
  10. Device or tissue regulating heartbeat
  11. Rhythmic expansion felt in arteries
  12. Organs used for breathing
  13. Smallest blood vessels for gas exchange
  14. Lower chamber of the heart

27 Clues: Throat • Windpipe • Voice box • Breathe in • Breathe out • Liquid component of blood • Organs used for breathing • Largest artery in the body • Upper chamber of the heart • Lower chamber of the heart • Muscle used during breathing • Exchange of gases in the body • Gas essential for respiration • Waste gas expelled by the lungs • Air passages branching into lungs • ...

cardio 2025-08-25

cardio crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ultrasound assessment of heart structure/function
  2. Contraction phase of the cardiac cycle
  3. arteries Vessels that supply the myocardium
  4. Inadequate perfusion of tissue or organ
  5. Procedure to restore normal rhythm with electricity/drugs
  6. Abnormal heart rhythm
  7. volume Blood pumped by one ventricle per beat
  8. Thick muscular layer of the heart wall
  9. Study of blood flow and pressures
  10. Main artery carrying blood from the LV to the body
Down
  1. Imaging of vessels using contrast dye
  2. Inner lining of the heart chambers and valves
  3. fraction Percent of end-diastolic volume ejected per beat
  4. Double-layered sac enclosing the heart
  5. Ventricular filling/stretch at end-diastole
  6. Pressure the LV must overcome to eject blood
  7. Localized dilation of a vessel wall
  8. Relaxation/filling phase of the cardiac cycle
  9. output Volume pumped per minute (HR × SV)
  10. Wall dividing right and left heart chambers

20 Clues: Abnormal heart rhythm • Study of blood flow and pressures • Localized dilation of a vessel wall • Imaging of vessels using contrast dye • Contraction phase of the cardiac cycle • Double-layered sac enclosing the heart • Thick muscular layer of the heart wall • Inadequate perfusion of tissue or organ • Ventricular filling/stretch at end-diastole • ...

The Circulatory System 2021-02-16

The Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cell fragment involved in clotting
  2. Coordinated movement of the heart muscle
  3. Straw colored liquid that is the major component of blood
  4. Valve between left atrium and ventricle
  5. Valve between the left atrium and the aorta
  6. Protein responsible for transport of oxygen
  7. Vessels that carry blood to the heart
  8. Protein that binds with platelets to form a clot
  9. Valve between right atrium and ventricle
  10. Type of blood cell that is part of the immune system
  11. Number of chambers in the human heart
  12. Lower chambers of the heart
  13. Type of blood cell that carries oxygen
Down
  1. Upper chambers of the heart
  2. Vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  3. Only artery that carries deoxygenated blood
  4. Node responsible for ventricle contraction
  5. Tiny vessels where gas exchange takes place
  6. Largest artery in the body
  7. Node responsible for contraction of atria Node responsible for atria contraction

20 Clues: Largest artery in the body • Upper chambers of the heart • Lower chambers of the heart • Cell fragment involved in clotting • Vessels that carry blood to the heart • Number of chambers in the human heart • Type of blood cell that carries oxygen • Valve between left atrium and ventricle • Coordinated movement of the heart muscle • Valve between right atrium and ventricle • ...

Cardiovascular system 2021-10-20

Cardiovascular system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Artery Disease/ fatty hardens in the walls.
  2. Heart Failure/ low blood flow, not efficient blood pumping from left ventricle.
  3. Infraction/ (heart attacks)lack of blood cause by a blockage.
  4. test for heart rhythms.
  5. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation
  6. Weak walls cause to swell.
  7. wall exchange of Oxygen and Carbon dioxide as well as exchange for the nutrients.
  8. Septum/right and left ventricles.
  9. Deep vein thrombosis
  10. listen for sound of the heart, lungs, intestines, etc.
  11. Acute myocardial infraction
Down
  1. plug or blockage.
  2. Septum/right and left artia.
  3. the middle muscular layer contracts to pump blood.
  4. walls, carry blood away from heart.
  5. Ultrasonography/ look at blood going through blood vessels to determine if they have a thrombus.
  6. electrolytes
  7. high blood pressure.
  8. Catheterization/ x-ray dye & tiny tube.
  9. Monitor/ reads heart activity
  10. Implantable cardioverter

21 Clues: electrolytes • plug or blockage. • high blood pressure. • Deep vein thrombosis • test for heart rhythms. • Implantable cardioverter • Weak walls cause to swell. • Acute myocardial infraction • Septum/right and left artia. • Monitor/ reads heart activity • Cardio pulmonary resuscitation • Septum/right and left ventricles. • walls, carry blood away from heart. • ...