heart Crossword Puzzles
Cardiovascular System 2022-11-25
Across
- The double-walled sac that the heart sits in and contains serous fluid between the layers to prevent friction
- What is the first layer of the heart wall?
- the pacemaker of the hear
- Rapid Heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
- Heart cells die because of prolonged oxygen deprivation
- Top part of the heart that is broad
- Set of valves that guards the bases of the 2 large arteries leaving the ventricular chambers
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- Lack of blood supply to the heart muscle
- A rapid uncoordinated shuddering of the heart muscle, a major cause of death in heart attacks
- The pointed end of the heart that rests on the diaphragm
- Slow Heartbeat (less than 60 beats per minute)
- What is the right AV node called?
- What is the second layer of the heart wall?
- What is the third layer of the heart wall?
- 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? • ...
Cardiovascular System Part 1 2023-11-15
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- Two largest veins in the body(two words)
- Muscular middle layer of the heart
- Weighs less than a pound
- Double layer membrane that surrounds the heart
- Contraction of the heartbeat
- Beat of the heart you feel through the walls of the arteries
- Records electrical activity of the heart
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- One of two upper chambers of the heart
- Smallest type of blood vessel
- One of two lower chambers of the heart
- The inner lining of the heart
- Relaxation of the heartbeat
- Specialized nervous tissue in the right atrium that begins the heartbeat
- Small vein
- 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
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- middle layer of the heart.
- Lower chamber(s) of the heart.
- Partition or wall dividing a cavity.
- The body's largest artery.
- electronic device put in the chest to stimulate the heart.
- Inner lining of the heart.
- Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure in the heart valves
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- Gas that enters the blood through the lungs.
- vessel that carries blood from body tissues and lungs back to the heart.
- Upper chamber(s) of the heart.
- contraction of the heartbeat.
- Relaxation phase of the heartbeat.
- Small artery.
- The smallest type of blood vessel.
- 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. • ...
The Cardiovascular System 2021-08-18
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- a gas we breathe in
- two chambers at the bottom of the heart
- blood vessels not visible to the naked eye
- Blood flowing through the system
- Temporary chest pain often after physical activity
- An organ the size of a clenched fist
- the state of matter of oxygen
- Carries blood away from the heart
- small collective chambers in the heart
- Carries blood back to the heart
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- a gas we breathe out
- description of blood low in oxygen
- when the heart is deprived of oxygen
- description of blood high in oxygen
- Significant escape of blood from the system
- Largest artery in the human body
- 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 Assessment 2020-10-23
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- difficult labored breathing
- heart rate >90
- aortic insufficiency due to incomentent aortic valve
- part of stethescope used to har low pitched heart sounds
- acute chest pain that occurs when myocardial demand exceeds is oxygen supply
- heart's pumping phase
- palpable vibration on the chest wall accompanying a severe murmur
- phalanges bulbous enlargement occurs with chronic heart and lung conditions
- stenosis calcified mitral valve impedes forward flow of blood into L ventricle during diastole
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- swelling of legs or dependent body part due to increased interstitial edema
- heart rate <50
- uncomfortable awareness of rapid or irregular heart rate
- tip of the heart pointing down
- tradutuaibk auscultory area in 3rd L intercostal space
- temporary LOC or fainting
- heart's filling phase
- dusky blue mottling of the skin
- 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 • ...
Medical Terminology 2025-03-18
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- history and physical
- Carry blood away from body
- as needed
- not efficiently pumping
- blood pressure cuff
- weak end artery wall
- Muscle pumping device
- Heart or crown
- Carry blood to heart
- automated external defibrillator
- Body
- bring
- vital signs stable
- basic metabolic panel
- nausea and vomiting
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- Skin
- Bring nutrients and oxygen
- high blood pressure
- inflammation of heart
- ECG
- EKG
- ultra sound
- arteries, veins, and capillaries
- painful/dilated vein
- 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 • ...
cardiovascular 2026-02-25
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- tough outer coat
- echocardiogram
- battery powered device
- arrest of bleeding
- blood pressure
- fatty plaque
- aorta
- electrocardiogram
- has three distinct layers
- cholesterol
- pulse
- necrosis tissue
- magnetic visualizing matching
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- thin tube
- heart
- elevated blood pressure
- blood clot
- small structures within veins
- radiography of a vein
- threadlike device
- outermost layer of the heart
- condition of being stopped
- undissolved matter
- heart failure
- muscular layer of the heart
25 Clues: heart • aorta • pulse • thin tube • blood clot • cholesterol • fatty plaque • heart failure • echocardiogram • blood pressure • necrosis tissue • tough outer coat • threadlike device • electrocardiogram • arrest of bleeding • undissolved matter • radiography of a vein • battery powered device • elevated blood pressure • has three distinct layers • condition of being stopped • muscular layer of the heart • ...
Cardiovascular System 2023-11-17
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- a chamber of the heart
- double layered membrane
- lower tip of heart
- upper chamber of heart
- takes blood pressure
- small artery
- small vein
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- abnormal swishing sound by heart from improper closure
- beat of the heart that can be felt by hand
- phase when the heart contracts
- cave largest vein in the body
- smallest type of blood vessel
- largest artery
- gas that enters the body to the lungs
- 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 • ...
Ari heart crossword 2025-08-01
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- this delivers blood from the heart.
- these deliver blood directly to the cells.
- in order to stay alive, your blood must stay in __.
- the fluid that moves through the body.
- these are the bodies immune response, they are white.
- the organ that pumps blood.
- this delivers blood to the heart.
- what you exhale.
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- carries blood from the heart to the lungs.
- what you inhale.
- carries blood from the lungs to the heart.
- the lower chamber of the heart, has a thick wall and is larger than the upper chambers.
- these cause scabs and clots, they are clear and have an irregular shape.
- these carry oxygen around the body, they are known for being red and disc-shaped.
- these are what the blood cells float in.
- the upper chamber of the heart, has a thin wall and is smaller than the lower chambers.
- 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
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- swelling caused by excess fluid accumulation in the body's tissues
- a medical imaging test that uses X-rays and a contrast dye to visualize blood flow through the arteries and veins
- shortness of breath, a subjective sensation of difficult or uncomfortable breathing
- a medical test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create moving pictures of the heart
- swelling caused by excess fluid accumulation in the body's tissues
- (HLD) High levels of fats in the body
- Hardening and narrowing of the arteries from plaque buildup
- Enlargement of the heart
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- (HTN) High blood pressure
- a bluish or grayish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by a lack of oxygen in the blood.
- chest pain or discomfort caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle
- High heart rate
- infarction (MI) Another term for heart attack.
- electrocardiogram
- slow heart rate
- cholesterol Excessive levels of lipids in the body
- Pertaining to cardiac or heart disease
- ischemia When muscle isn't receiving enough blood.
- 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
Across
- Narrowing of blood vessels
- Abnormally slow heart rate
- Inflammation inside the heart muscle
- Narrowing of the aorta
- Hardening of the artery
- Inflammation of a vein
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- Abnormally rapid heart rate
- Surgical repair of the vessel
- Widening in a blood vessel
- Obstruction in blood flow
- Disease of the heart muscle
- White blood cell
- Blood clots in the vascular system
- Graph of electrical activity of the heart
- Standing blood in the vein
- 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
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- Helps regulate blood flow
- Cell fragments involved in blood clotting
- Largest artery in the body
- Carries oxygen-poor blood back to the heart
- Relating to the lungs; type of circulation
- Fluid that transports oxygen and nutrients
- Part of the heart that receives blood
- blood cell) Type of cell that carries oxygen
- Related to veins
- The outer layer of a blood vessel
- Smallest blood vessels where exchange occurs
- Smallest branches of arteries
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- The organ that pumps blood
- The liquid component of blood
- Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- Type of circulation that serves the body
- The muscular layer of the heart
- blood cell) Contains cells that fight infection
- Blood vessels that return blood to the heart
- 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 • ...
Circulatory System 2024-08-08
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- Fluid that leaks out of capillaries (7)
- Liquid part of blood (6)
- The organ that pumps blood (5)
- Smallest blood vessels (9)
- Lower chamber of the heart (7)
- Blood component that carries oxygen (11)
- Type of blood cell involved in clotting (7)
- Blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood to the body (7)
- Heart muscle (9)
- Blood vessels that supply the heart itself (9)
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- Tiny blood vessels where gas exchange occurs (9)
- Blood vessels that return blood to the heart (5)
- Blood vessel that carries blood to the lungs (8)
- Iron-containing protein in red blood cells (9)
- CELL: Type of blood cell that fights infection (5,4)
- Upper chamber of the heart (6)
- CAVA: Main vein that carries blood from the lower body to the heart (4,5)
- Main artery of the body (5)
- Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart (6)
- 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
Across
- Pumps deoxygenated blood to lungs
- Large vein carrying deoxygenated blood to the heart
- Tiny vessels that connect arteries and veins
- Encompasses the heart, veins, and arteries
- Network of tubes though which blood is pumped around the body
- Carries oxygenated blood from lungs to heart
- Makes right ventricle contract
- Carry blood away pumped away from the heart;they are the largest and strongest blood vessels
- Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
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- Pumps oxygenated blood to the body
- Return blood to the heart
- Receives deoxygenated blood from the body
- Cardiovascular System with the addition of lungs and air pathways
- Large artery that carries blood from the heart to be distributed throughout the body
- Structure in the heart that opens and closes so blood flows in only one direction
- Carries deoygenated blood from the heart to lungs
- 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 • ...
American Heart Month 2024-02-12
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- Person who invented the stethoscope
- The heart is part of the ____________ system
- System that controls the rhythm of the heart
- Animal that can mirror a human's heart rate
- Animal with the largest heart
- Biggest artery in the body
- Animal with the smallest heart
- Leading cause of death in the United States
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- Size of a typical heart valve
- Most common day of the week to experience a heart attack
- Age of youngest person to receive heart surgery
- Received first implantable pacemaker in 1958
- First person to perform open heart surgery
- 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 • ...
10.7 Crossword Puzzle Challenge 2023-03-09
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- Gas that enters the blood through the lungs and travels to the heart to be pumped via arteries to all body cells
- Waste-filled blood then flows back to the heart in small venules, which combine to form larger vessels.
- Innermost lining of blood vessels.
- abnormal heart rhythms
- Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.
- One of two upper chambers of the heart.
- Inner lining of the heart.
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- large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- Beat of the heart is felt through the walls of the arteries.
- Largest artery in the body.
- (widened blood vessel)
- Muscular middle layer of the heart.
- Smallest type of blood vessel.
- Contraction phase of the heartbeat.
- 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. • ...
Exam Revision Cardiovascular System 2025-11-18
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- amount of blood pumped per beat
- transports oxygen
- heart rate multiplied by stroke volume
- organ that pumps blood
- fluid that carries nutrients and hormones
- fights infection
- beats per minute
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- site of exchange with tissues
- carries blood away from the heart
- lower chamber of heart
- valve between left atrium and ventricle
- upper chamber of heart
- valve between right atrium and ventricle
- aids in blood clotting
- oxygen carrying protein in red blood cells
- 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 • ...
Medical Terminology and Application 2026-01-27
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- lower chamber of the heart
- liquid that carries oxygen
- largest artery
- tiny vessel where exchange happens
- organ that pumps blood
- movement in blood throughout the body
- sound of heart pumping
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- feeling of blood moving in arteries
- vessel that carries blood back to the heart
- related to the heart
- pressure force of blood on vessel walls
- keeps blood moving one way
- vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- cells fight infection
- liquid part of blood
- gas carried by blood cells
- cells carry oxygen
17 Clues: largest artery • cells carry oxygen • related to the heart • liquid part of blood • cells fight infection • organ that pumps blood • sound of heart pumping • lower chamber of the heart • liquid that carries oxygen • keeps blood moving one way • gas carried by blood cells • tiny vessel where exchange happens • feeling of blood moving in arteries • movement in blood throughout the body • ...
lab Crossword 2021-02-02
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- / to see heart and its vessels
- / the "b" stands for bypass
- / used in the emergency room
- / checks heart rhythm
- / innermost layer of the pericardium
- / sac around the heart is inflamed
- / fat buidling up on the walls
- / records heart activity
- / striated muscle surrounding the heart
- / pulse
- / type of defibrillator
- / fine branching blood vessels
- / involuntary muscle contraction
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- / narrowing in the arteries
- / look at blood going through blood vessels
- / narrowing
- / if you have too much of it,you could die
- / vein
- / artery has a weakened wall
- / has related to the myocardium
- / smooth membrane
- veins / dilated veins
- / to see narrowing
- / 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
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- fluid that fills the spaces between the cells
- gland located in the loop of duodenum
- muscles that make the heart
- emergency hormone
- chemical substance secreted by endocrine gland
- hormone that regulates salt and water balance
- state of mental strain
- receiving chambers of the heart
- master gland
- female hormone
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- gland, like a cap over the kidneys
- valve inbetween the left auricle and left ventricle
- lower chambers of the heart
- hormone that regulates metabolic activities
- membrane covering the heart
- biological term for RBC
- hyposecretion of thyroxine in children
- natural pacemaker of the heart
- period between 10-19 yrs of age in one's life
- 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
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- from myocardium
- graphic record of heart activity
- outer layer (pericardium)
- carries on the signal from the SA Node to the bundle of his
- Endothelium lines chambers
- above diaphragm
- wall between atria and ventricles
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- prolonged angina, heart cells may die
- contractions of ventricles
- volume of blood pumped out by one ventricle with each beat
- rapid heartbeat
- uncoordinated shuddering of heart muscle, useless pump
- distributes the impulse out to the ventricles
- Cardiac Muscle
- abnormal or unusual heart sounds
- prevent the backflow of blood
- series of “wires” that carry the electrical impulses into the lower chambers through the septum
- events of one heartbeat
- pacemaker of the heart
- 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 • ...
The Circulatory System 2013-02-02
Across
- What stops blood from flowing the wrong way
- The heart beats because of an area called the ___
- Arteries carry this from the heart
- What does the heart act like? A ___
- Blood without oxygen is called?
- A normal heart has 70 ___per minute
- The force of each heart beat is measured as blood ___
- The blood receives oxygen here
- A blood vessel returning blood to the heart
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- A type of heart chamber
- A blood vessel taking blood away from the heart
- Veins carry this back to the heart
- The smallest blood vessel
- A type of heart chamber
- We can feel this at the wrist
- 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
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- -blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
- -A white blood cell
- -muscular middle layer of the heart wall
- -smallest and thinnest type of blood vessel
- -blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- -platelets
- -blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood
- -upper chamber of the heart that receives blood
- -double-layered membrane that surrounds and protects the heart
- -The large veins that carry deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart
- -lower chamber of the heart responsible for pumping blood
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- -A red blood cell
- -inner lining of the heart chambers and heart valves
- -largest artery in the body
- -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 • ...
Cardiology Puzzle 2022-11-18
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- smallest blood vessel
- inner lining of blood vessels
- small artery
- muscle layer of heart
- pacemaker
- small vein
- largest blood vessel
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- lower chamber of the heart
- beat of the heart
- tissue dividing the heart into chambers
- graph of heartbeat
- contraction of heart
- relaxation of the heart
- improper closure of valves causes swishing
- 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
Circulatory System 2022-02-14
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- first valve in the heart
- blood clotting portion of blood
- the heart is this size if a-
- liquid portion of blood
- where blood enters the heart
- provide oxygen to the body
- Universal recipient
- pumps blood to the heart
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- used in reference to one's deepest feelings of love or compassion.
- helps fight off infections
- smallest blood vessels
- last valve of the heart
- pumps blood away from the heart
- prevents blood from flowing backwards
- 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 • ...
Human Circulatory System 2021-08-17
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- Molecules released by WBC to kill bacteria
- Center of the circulatory system
- Related to carrying blood to and from lungs
- Activity that increase heart rate significantly
- Carry blood to the heart
- Movement of cardiac muscle to pump
- Mostly liquid
- Kill microorganisms
- You can feel this when you touch your wrist
- Receive blood
- Pump blood
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- Open and close as blood pass
- Present abundantly in blood
- Carry blood to the body
- Part of the heart with deoxygenated blood
- Largest artery
- The way oxygen enters cell
- The bridge between the two blood vessels
- Part of heart with the thickest muscle
- Prevent prolong bleeding
- 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
Across
- A drop in systolic pressure of 20mm Hg or 10mm Hg diastolic
- Describing a pulse that is "full"
- Oximeter Non invasive way to measure oxygen saturation
- Mean Arterial Pressure
- Amount of blood pumped with each beat of the heart
- Respiratory rate 8-12
- High blood pressure
- Breathing
- Temperature above 101 degree Fahrenheit
- Relaxation phase of the heart
- Respiratory rate above 25
- What is listened to when taking a blood pressure
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- Low blood pressure
- Decreased vascular resistance
- Increase vascular resistance
- Heart rate below 60
- Palpated or auscultated heart rate
- Inadequate oxygen in tissues
- Most accurate temperature
- Contraction phase of the heart
- Heart rate above 100
- 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
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- around
- disease that affects the heart muscle
- left upper lobe of lung
- when your heart hardens from fat
- your heartbeat is slower
- self
- increases blood pressure
- middle
- four
- it records your heart rhythm
- a inflammation clot in a vein
- a condition were your artery has a weaken wall
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- a blood clot formed in a blood vessel
- a person that helps in ear eye nose
- pressure exerted by the blood often wall of artery
- a person that manages your respiratory illness
- heart function and blood flow
- when your heart stops
- when a hard liquid travels in your body
- 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 • ...
circulatory system 2023-05-08
Across
- pumps blood throughout the body
- largest artery in the body
- alternating expansion & relaxation of an artery wall as blood travels through
- blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
- receives blood that comes into the heart
- cell fragments that play a role in forming blood clots
- sends signals to make the heart contract
- wall of tissue that separates right and left side
- red blood cell
- tiny blood vessels where substances are exchanged between blood and body cells
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- high blood pressure
- pumps blood out of the heart
- condition in which blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked causing heart cells to die
- pressure exerted by blood against the walls of blood vessels
- liquid part of blood
- iron-containing protein that chemically binds to oxygen molecules
- 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 • ...
Cardiovascular System 2023-11-15
Across
- lower tip of the heart
- vessel that carries blood from the body to the heart
- vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
- upper chamber of the heart
- inner lining of the heart
- heartbeat
- smallest blood vessel
- combing form for vessel
- combining form for clot
Down
- membrane surrounding the heart
- abnormal swooshing sound
- valve located between the right atrium and right ventricle
- lower chamber of the heart
- combining form for vein
- 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
Across
- control flow of the blood in the heart
- created in 1996
- electrode that goes on the right leg
- inner layer of the heart
- electrode that goes on the left arm
- ability for the heart to create its own electricity impulse
- ppe item
- average is 98.6
Down
- used to listen to the heart
- used to measure blood pressure
- making something completely clean
- pacemaker node
- used when measuring heart rate
- outer layer of the heart
- 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
Across
- infarction / MI
- / high blood pressure
- / carry blood to the heart
- / inbetween heart and lungs
- / inflammation of the tonsils
- immunodeficiency syndrome / AIDS
- / inflammation of the bronchi
- / ECG
- / heart beats abnormally
- / moise double layer of membrane outside the lungs
- simplex virus / HSV
- / specialized proteins that fight disease
- / between heart and the cells of the body
- / when fluid that flows into the lymphatic capillaries
Down
- / white blood cells that produce antibodies
- artery bypass graft / CABG
- / hardening of arteries
- / removal of adenoids
- / the movement of blood throughout the body
- / carry blood away from the heart
- care unit / ICU
- / inflammation of the larynx
- / 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
Across
- Horror remake theme
- Deadly in "Heart Eyes"
- "The First Omen" setting
- Twisted in "Heart Eyes"
- Hidden danger in "Speak No Evil"
- Classic horror time
- Age of main character
- Key place in "The First Omen"
- McAvoy’s unsettling feature
- Crime in "Abigail"
- TV-related movie
- Spilled in horror films
- Where horror lurks
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- Stalker in "Heart Eyes"
- Horror movie feeling
- "I Saw the TV Glow" director
- "Heart Eyes" theme
- Dance in "Abigail"
- Horror prequel title
- Tested in "The First Omen"
- Vampire teeth
- Not to do in "Speak No Evil"
- Horror movie effect
- Jump scare reaction
- 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 • ...
medical terms 2026-02-17
Across
- paralysis of four
- inflammation of muscle
- softening of muscle
- study of heart
- inflammation of joint
- paralysis of half
- surgical repair of nerve
- above normal movement
- surgical repair of joint
- muscle pain
- inflammation of nerve
- abnormal condition of muscle
- process of recording muscle electricity
- painful/difficult movement
- incision into muscle
- enlargement of heart
Down
- record of heart electricity
- fast heart condition
- slow movement
- breakdown of muscle
- rupture of muscle
- surgical removal of muscle
- instrument to observe joint
- surgical repair of muscle
- record of heart
- nerve disease
- incision into nerve
- below normal tone
- nerve pain
- muscle disease
30 Clues: nerve pain • muscle pain • slow movement • nerve disease • study of heart • muscle disease • record of heart • paralysis of four • rupture of muscle • paralysis of half • below normal tone • softening of muscle • breakdown of muscle • incision into nerve • fast heart condition • incision into muscle • enlargement of heart • inflammation of joint • above normal movement • inflammation of nerve • ...
Circulatory System 2021-10-19
Across
- helps prevents heart disorders
- yellow liquid in your blood
- the top two chambers of the heart
- when blood can't get to the brain.
- carries blood to the heart
- the bottom two chambers of the heart
- A carries the blood away
- carries oxygen to your body
Down
- heart rate
- fight infections
- When blood stops flowing to the heart
- control the flow of blood
- help you stop bleeding
- carries nutrients to your body
- 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
Across
- carry blood away from the heart
- separates the left and right side of the heart
- low-oxygen blood
- transports oxygenated blood from heart to body
- lower chamber of the heart
- clots the blood
- upper chamber of the heart
- carries blood towards the heart
- flows through blood vessels
Down
- high-oxygen blood
- organ that pumps blood around the body
- wide in veins, narrow in arteries
- connect arteries and veins
- fights infection
- 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
Across
- double-layered membrane surrounding the heart
- first valve in the right side of the heart
- largest veins
- blood vessel with valves that takes blood back to the heart
- smallest blood vessels
- small veins
- upper chamber of the heart
Down
- dividing cavities
- lower chamber of the heart
- control blood flow ( has cusps)
- lining of blood vessels to control clots
- aka mitral valve
- pertaining to the heart
- beat of the heart as felt through arteries
- 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
Across
- a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- carries blood throughout the body
- on the inside
- a hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
- having the power to change things
- lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out of the heart
- used as an area where people live
- the outside boundary or surface of something
- Not exact, but close enough to be reasonably correct.
- when you think something is true
- free from dirt or impurities
- The act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
- an amount of time
Down
- the shore of a sea or ocean
- interrupt, break, or destroy
- pertaining to the heart and blood vessels
- a blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
- easily broken or damaged
- a section of a piece of writing, dealing with one topic
- 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
Across
- pigment containing iron and a protein
- white blood cells
- the outermost layer of the heart
- innermost layer of the heart
- bridge between the external & internal environments
- passage of blood cells through capillary walls into the tissues
- the study of veins
- clear straw colored liquid
- the study of blood
- does not have granules in the cell
- a process the heart goes through to pump blood
- the smallest blood vessels
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- green pigment
- platelets
- movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide by red blood cells
- contains small granules within a cell
- smallest blood cells
- provides the blood supply to the head and neck
- carries blood towards the heart
- middle layer of the heart
- serves to drain face and brain
- study of the circulatory system
- the dilation of the cardiac cycle
- reddish-brown pigment
- 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
Across
- irregular or abnormal heart rhythm
- also known as bicuspid valve
- collection of fluid around the heart
- coughing up blood
- stricture of aorta in pediatric patient
- abbreviated surgery that anastomoses a graft from aorta to distal a coronary blockage
- removal of fibrous scarring material
- inner lining of the heart muscle
- thoracotomy incision
Down
- sinoatrial node nickname as it regulates the heart rate
- Used to inflate intraaortic balloon
- heart vessel carrying oxygenated blood to heart from lungs
- medication solution used to induce asystole for CABG
- flattened whisk shaped lung retractor
- secures cannulae for bypass
- nerve of diaphragm
- removal of a lobe of the lung
- plaque on the intima of the artery
- reverses heparin
- direct visualization of great vessels
- pleura covering surface of thorax
- thoracic surgery performed minimally invasively
- 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
Across
- lack of an adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
- inflammation of the vein
- small purplish blotches
- a clot that develops and persists in an unbroken blood vessel
- an insufficient number of circulating platelets
- a thrombus breaks away from the vessel wall and floats freely in the bloodstream
- ventricles begin to beat at their own rate
- the valve becomes stiff
- fluid leaks from the circulation into the lung tissue
- is a rapid heart rate
- is heart rate that is substantially slower than normal
Down
- pooling blood in the feet and legs and inefficient venous
- inflammation of the pericardium
- a decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood
- repeated bacterial infection of the endocardium
- production of abnormal WBCs
- a rapid uncoordinated shuddering of the heart muscle
- pumping efficiency of the heart is depressed
- lack of any of the factors needed for clotting
- 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
Across
- swelling of the tissue around the heart
- excessive
- coronary care unit
- a device used to measure blood pressure
- the hardening of the arteries
- largest artery in the body
- a test that evaluates electric activity in the heart
- inner
- a condition where blood pressure is always high
- a test involving an ultrasound to produce detailed images
Down
- a test using an ultrasound to identify blood clots
- made of cardiac muscle and separated into 4 chambers
- an instrument for viewing
- coronary artery bypass graft
- echocardiogram
- beats per minute abbreviated
- automated external defibrillator
- a procedure where x-ray dye is injected into veins
- written record
- around
- carries blood towards the heart
- irregular beating of the heart
- carries blood away from the heart
- exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 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
Across
- Ultrasound assessment of heart structure/function
- Contraction phase of the cardiac cycle
- arteries Vessels that supply the myocardium
- Inadequate perfusion of tissue or organ
- Procedure to restore normal rhythm with electricity/drugs
- Abnormal heart rhythm
- volume Blood pumped by one ventricle per beat
- Thick muscular layer of the heart wall
- Study of blood flow and pressures
- Main artery carrying blood from the LV to the body
Down
- Imaging of vessels using contrast dye
- Inner lining of the heart chambers and valves
- fraction Percent of end-diastolic volume ejected per beat
- Double-layered sac enclosing the heart
- Ventricular filling/stretch at end-diastole
- Pressure the LV must overcome to eject blood
- Localized dilation of a vessel wall
- Relaxation/filling phase of the cardiac cycle
- output Volume pumped per minute (HR × SV)
- 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
Across
- pump blood to the entire body
- instrument used to measure pressure
- deep vein thrombosis
- surgical procedure where a patient's heart is replaced with a heart from a donor
- complete stopping of the heart
- skin
- coronary artery bypass graft
- procedure using x-ray dye and a tiny tube called a catheter
- fatty substance
- have the thinnest walls
- dilated and swollen veins
- atrial fibrillation
Down
- portable ECG machine
- disorder that is described as the narrowing of the arteries surrounding the heart
- increased pressure in the blood vessels
- insufficient
- process of freeing or destroying
- delivers an electrical signal to regulate heartbeats
- condition where the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- outside of
- pertaining to
- carries the blood down the center of the body
- implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- have thick walls
- potassium chloride
- 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 2024-09-10
Across
- ทำหน้าที่ รับเลือดจากร่างกายผ่านหลอดเลือดดำ Superior vena cava และ Inferior vena cava
- ทำหน้าที่ สูบฉีดเลือดที่ฟอกแล้วไปยังส่วนต่างๆ ของร่างกายผ่านลิ้นหัวใจ Aortic valve และหลอดเลือดแดง Aorta
- ทำหน้าที่ รับเลือดจากหัวใจ ส่งต่อไปยังปอดเพื่อฟอกเลือด โดยผ่านลิ้นหัวใจ Pulmonary valve และหลอดเลือดแดง Pulmonary arteries
- กั้นระหว่างหัวใจห้องบนและล่างซ้าย
- กั้นระหว่างหัวใจห้องบนขวากับหลอดเลือดดำ
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- กั้นระหว่างหัวใจห้องบนขวาและล่างขวา
- Valve กั้นระหว่างหัวใจห้องล่างซ้ายและหลอดเลือด Aorta
- ทำหน้าที่ รับเลือดที่ผ่านการฟอกมาแล้วผ่านหลอดเลือดดำ Pulmonary veins และส่งต่อไปยังหัวใจห้องล่างซ้าย
8 Clues: กั้นระหว่างหัวใจห้องบนและล่างซ้าย • กั้นระหว่างหัวใจห้องบนขวาและล่างขวา • กั้นระหว่างหัวใจห้องบนขวากับหลอดเลือดดำ • Valve กั้นระหว่างหัวใจห้องล่างซ้ายและหลอดเลือด Aorta • ทำหน้าที่ รับเลือดจากร่างกายผ่านหลอดเลือดดำ Superior vena cava และ Inferior vena cava • ทำหน้าที่ รับเลือดที่ผ่านการฟอกมาแล้วผ่านหลอดเลือดดำ Pulmonary veins และส่งต่อไปยังหัวใจห้องล่างซ้าย • ...
heart 2023-03-02
Across
- connected with your heart
- used for saying that someone’s blood contains a substance called Rh factor
- relating to the movement of blood around your body
- relating to the blood vessels in the body
- relating to veins
Down
- connected with the heart and the blood vessels
- relating to the arteries
- relating to your heart
8 Clues: relating to veins • relating to your heart • relating to the arteries • connected with your heart • relating to the blood vessels in the body • connected with the heart and the blood vessels • relating to the movement of blood around your body • used for saying that someone’s blood contains a substance called Rh factor
Chapter 7: Crossword Review 2020-12-10
Across
- Part of the nervous system that controls all of our involuntary functions.
- Blood is deficient in the # of RBCs.
- Red Blood Cell.
- Pressure measured during the time when the heart is relaxing.
- Inflammation of the upper respiratory tract.
- An abnormal heart sound.
- Nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
- Part of the nervous system that consists of nerves, extending to the outlying parts of the body.
- Pressure measured during the time when the heart is contracting.
- Inflammation of the bronchi.
- Carry blood away from the heart.
- Extensive loss of blood.
- Carry blood back to the heart.
- White Blood Cell.
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- Dilation of veins.
- Throat.
- Heart attack.
- Inflammation of the appendix.
- Most widespread of all communicable diseases.
- Inflammation of the pleura.
- Obstruction of a coronary artery
- Abnormally high blood pressure.
- 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
Across
- The tissue that creates blood.
- A vital organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
- What part of blood carries water, salt, and enzymes?
- A bodily fluid that carries nutrients around the body
- A part of the heart that holds blood.
- A major artery of the heart
- The blood cycle to the lungs.
- A multitude of fused bones creates this bone.
- Vital parts of the body.
- What type of cell attacks diseases?
- What sends blood to the heart?
Down
- What type of cell carries nutrients?
- A major vein into the heart.
- The process of the blood traveling throughout the body.
- What sends blood away from the heart?
- What forms clots?
- The bone that connects to your skull.
- One of the many nutrients that blood carries.
- When blood to the brain is cut off.
- Hard tissue that has many functions.
- 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
Across
- abnormal heart sounds
- a heart attack
- low bloop pressure and dizziness after standing suddenly
- bacterial infection of the endocardium
- weakening of the heart by clogging of vessels, high bp, etc
- rapid uncoordinated shuddering of heart muscles
- inflammation of the pericardium
- caused by standing long periods of time, pregnancy, and obesity
- crushing chest pain
- a life threatening condition resulting from a thrombophlebitis
Down
- spiky and sharp hemoglobin
- inflammation of a vein resulting from a clot forming
- A decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of blood
- account for half of infant deaths
- runs in families and increases peripheral resistance
- a region of dead deteriorating tissue resulting from lack of blood supply
- cancerous bone marrow
- the heart beating at a its as a result of damage to the av node
- leakage of fluid into the air sacs and tissue of lungs
- 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
Across
- Blood components involved in clotting
- Prevents blood backflow in the heart
- Organ that pumps blood throughout the body
- Windpipe
- Exchange of gases in the body
- Throat
- Breathe in
- Vessel carrying blood toward the heart
- Voice box
- Fatty substance that can clog arteries
- Muscle used during breathing
- Flap preventing food from entering airway
- Gas essential for respiration
Down
- Tiny air sacs for gas exchange in lungs
- Liquid component of blood
- Largest artery in the body
- Breathe out
- Protein in red blood cells carrying oxygen
- Air passages branching into lungs
- Waste gas expelled by the lungs
- Upper chamber of the heart
- Vessel carrying blood away from the heart
- Device or tissue regulating heartbeat
- Rhythmic expansion felt in arteries
- Organs used for breathing
- Smallest blood vessels for gas exchange
- 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
Across
- Ultrasound assessment of heart structure/function
- Contraction phase of the cardiac cycle
- arteries Vessels that supply the myocardium
- Inadequate perfusion of tissue or organ
- Procedure to restore normal rhythm with electricity/drugs
- Abnormal heart rhythm
- volume Blood pumped by one ventricle per beat
- Thick muscular layer of the heart wall
- Study of blood flow and pressures
- Main artery carrying blood from the LV to the body
Down
- Imaging of vessels using contrast dye
- Inner lining of the heart chambers and valves
- fraction Percent of end-diastolic volume ejected per beat
- Double-layered sac enclosing the heart
- Ventricular filling/stretch at end-diastole
- Pressure the LV must overcome to eject blood
- Localized dilation of a vessel wall
- Relaxation/filling phase of the cardiac cycle
- output Volume pumped per minute (HR × SV)
- 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 • ...
Medterm review 2026-03-03
Across
- Heart bypass surgery (pronounced like a vegetable).
- Suffix for hardening
- Small arteries that lead to capillaries
- An ultrasound of the heart.
- A traveling blood clot or obstruction.
- Plaque buildup in the arteries.
- Lack of blood flow to a tissue.
- Prefix meaning vein
- Failure of the heart to pump efficiently.
- Prefix for slow
- An "extra" beat from the lower chambers.
- The heart's muscular layer
- Inner lining of the heart's chambers.
- Shorthand for a heart attack.
Down
- X-ray of vessels using dye.
- Backward flow through a leaky valve.
- Suffix for narrowing
- Protective Sac around the heart
- Root word for vessel
- A record of the heart's electrical activity.
- A bulging, weak spot in an artery.
- Technical name for a BP cuff.
- Tool used to hear heart sounds.
- Wall dividing the heart's left and right sides
- A clot in a deep leg vein.
25 Clues: Prefix for slow • Prefix meaning vein • Suffix for hardening • Suffix for narrowing • Root word for vessel • The heart's muscular layer • A clot in a deep leg vein. • X-ray of vessels using dye. • An ultrasound of the heart. • Technical name for a BP cuff. • Shorthand for a heart attack. • Protective Sac around the heart • Plaque buildup in the arteries. • ...
Musculoskeletal System 2021-10-18
Across
- The number of chambers the heart has
- The largest artery
- Carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart, through the aorta
- Carry the blood containing waste products from the capillaries back to the heart
- They cause the blood to clot
- The muscular layer of the heart
- This is where blood cells are formed
- This gives blood its red color
- Tiny blood vessels that receive blood from the arteries
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- White blood cells
- Red blood cells
- The inner layer of the heart
- The outer layer of the heart
- What is plasma mostly made of?
- The contracting phase of the heart, when the ventricles pump blood through the blood vessels
- Functions as the pump of the circulatory system
16 Clues: Red blood cells • White blood cells • The largest artery • The inner layer of the heart • The outer layer of the heart • They cause the blood to clot • What is plasma mostly made of? • This gives blood its red color • The muscular layer of the heart • The number of chambers the heart has • This is where blood cells are formed • Functions as the pump of the circulatory system • ...
Heart Crossword 2023-02-14
Across
- Someone who studies the heart
- Pain in chest from decreased blood supply to heart muscle
- Two lower chambers of the heart
- Largest Artery
- Slow heartbeat
- Enlarged Heart
- Inner lining of the heart
- Abnormal heart rhythm
Down
- Fast rapid heartbeat
- Record of the electricity in the heart
- Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
- Pertaining to the heart
- Pertaining to the muscle of the heart
- 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 • ...
Cardiovascular System 2025-05-06
Across
- : Lower chamber of the heart
- : Circulation between the heart and lungs
- Cava : Vein that brings deoxygenated blood back to the heart
- : The largest artery in the human body
- : Scientific name for a white blood cell
- : Heart muscle relaxation phase
- : Nickname for the SA node that regulates heartbeat
- : Heart muscle contraction phase
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- : Protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells
- : Liquid portion of blood
- : Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart
- : Cell fragments involved in blood clotting
- : Upper chamber of the heart
- : Blood vessel carrying blood toward the heart
- : Scientific name for a red blood cell
15 Clues: : Liquid portion of blood • : Lower chamber of the heart • : Upper chamber of the heart • : Heart muscle relaxation phase • : Heart muscle contraction phase • : The largest artery in the human body • : Scientific name for a red blood cell • : Scientific name for a white blood cell • : Circulation between the heart and lungs • : Cell fragments involved in blood clotting • ...
Cardiovascular System Terminology 2022-06-17
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- Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
- Largest vein in the body.
- Small vein.
- Largest artery in the body.
- One of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- One of two lower chambers of the heart.
- Lower tip of the heart.
- Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.
- Largest type of blood vessel; carries blood away from the heart to all parts of the body.
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- Gas released by body cells, transported via veins to the heart, and then to the lungs for exhalation.
- Gas that enters the blood through the lungs and travels to the heart to be pumped via arteries to all body cells.
- Valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle; bicuspid valve.
- Inner lining of the heart.
- Small artery.
- Structure in veins or in the heart that temporarily closes an opening so that blood flows in only one direction.
- Smallest type of blood vessel.
16 Clues: Small vein. • Small artery. • Lower tip of the heart. • Largest vein in the body. • Inner lining of the heart. • Largest artery in the body. • Smallest type of blood vessel. • One of two lower chambers of the heart. • Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart. • Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries. • ...
The Circulatory System 2021-02-16
Across
- Cell fragment involved in clotting
- Coordinated movement of the heart muscle
- Straw colored liquid that is the major component of blood
- Valve between left atrium and ventricle
- Valve between the left atrium and the aorta
- Protein responsible for transport of oxygen
- Vessels that carry blood to the heart
- Protein that binds with platelets to form a clot
- Valve between right atrium and ventricle
- Type of blood cell that is part of the immune system
- Number of chambers in the human heart
- Lower chambers of the heart
- Type of blood cell that carries oxygen
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- Upper chambers of the heart
- Vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- Only artery that carries deoxygenated blood
- Node responsible for ventricle contraction
- Tiny vessels where gas exchange takes place
- Largest artery in the body
- 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
Across
- Artery Disease/ fatty hardens in the walls.
- Heart Failure/ low blood flow, not efficient blood pumping from left ventricle.
- Infraction/ (heart attacks)lack of blood cause by a blockage.
- test for heart rhythms.
- Cardio pulmonary resuscitation
- Weak walls cause to swell.
- wall exchange of Oxygen and Carbon dioxide as well as exchange for the nutrients.
- Septum/right and left ventricles.
- Deep vein thrombosis
- listen for sound of the heart, lungs, intestines, etc.
- Acute myocardial infraction
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- plug or blockage.
- Septum/right and left artia.
- the middle muscular layer contracts to pump blood.
- walls, carry blood away from heart.
- Ultrasonography/ look at blood going through blood vessels to determine if they have a thrombus.
- electrolytes
- high blood pressure.
- Catheterization/ x-ray dye & tiny tube.
- Monitor/ reads heart activity
- 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. • ...
Cardiovascular System 2015-04-27
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- straw coloured liquid of blood
- pulmonary_____ carries deoxygenated blood to lungs
- protective double layered serous sac of the heart
- funtion of leucocytes
- blood pressure measuring gauge.
- lateral artery of the lower arm
- platelets
- smallest blood vessel
- vessel that supplies the back of the head
- main veins that drains the head
- pumping chamber of the heart
- cava, vein leading into the heart
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- outer layer of heart wall
- vessels of the knee area
- protein that works with platelets to form clot
- high blood pressure
- circuit that delivers blood to the lungs
- heart wall made of cardiac muscle
- red blood cells
- artery of the thigh
- circuit that delivers blood to the body
- vessels of the armpit area
- thick walled, thin lumen blood vessel
- collecting chamber of the heart
- vessel that contains valves
- number of blood vessels that leave the aortic arch
26 Clues: platelets • red blood cells • high blood pressure • artery of the thigh • funtion of leucocytes • smallest blood vessel • vessels of the knee area • outer layer of heart wall • vessels of the armpit area • vessel that contains valves • pumping chamber of the heart • straw coloured liquid of blood • blood pressure measuring gauge. • lateral artery of the lower arm • ...
Madison Thatcher Unit 4 2018-04-11
Across
- First chamber of the heart where deoxygenated blood flows through
- muscle of the heart
- 120/80
- main artery of the body
- blood vessel in which the deoxygenated blood flows to the lungs
- Atrioventricular Node
- electrocardiogram
- sinoatrial node
- pulse from the neck
- represents amount of oxygen
- where gas exchange takes place
- When the charges return to the resting state
- carry blood to the heart
- open space in a blood vessel
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- opening where blood flow between the right atrium to the right ventricle
- blood vessel where oxygenated blood enters the heart from he lungs
- pulse from the wrist
- where all the deoxygenated blood from the upper body enters the heart
- complete cycle of pumping and filling
- cut in top and bottom sections
- high blood pressure
- innermost layer of blood vessels
- carry blood away from the heart
23 Clues: 120/80 • sinoatrial node • electrocardiogram • muscle of the heart • high blood pressure • pulse from the neck • pulse from the wrist • Atrioventricular Node • main artery of the body • carry blood to the heart • represents amount of oxygen • open space in a blood vessel • cut in top and bottom sections • where gas exchange takes place • carry blood away from the heart • ...
Revision 2018-05-15
Across
- Helps in protein formation in neuron
- Important neurotransmitter
- tuft of capillaries in nephron
- Cords connecting valves to papillary muscles
- Middle layer of heart
- Carries blood from intestine to liver
- Carries impulse waway from cyton
- Stable poisonous compound of haemoglobin
- Insoluble protein of Clot
- Vein leaving the kidney
- Helps preventing blood clot outside body
- Protein on RBC
- Cells of neurolemma
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- Blood vessel with valve
- Measures blood pressure
- Inner layer in kidney
- Gaps in the Axon covering
- Insulating cover on neuron
- One beat of heart
- Pressure due to relaxation of heart
- Part immpermeable to ions in nephron
- Sound of heart
- Arteriole entering the nephron
- Hormone which reduces production of urine
- Largest artery leaving heart
- Process of expulsion of urine
- Brings deoxygenated blood from heart walls
- Also known as the sinoatrial node
- Junction between two neurons
29 Clues: Sound of heart • Protein on RBC • One beat of heart • Cells of neurolemma • Inner layer in kidney • Middle layer of heart • Blood vessel with valve • Measures blood pressure • Vein leaving the kidney • Gaps in the Axon covering • Insoluble protein of Clot • Important neurotransmitter • Insulating cover on neuron • Largest artery leaving heart • Junction between two neurons • ...
Arturo Cerna Crossword puzzle 2024-03-22
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- Fibroserous sac that encloses the heart
- Congestive Heart failure
- pressure in the chest
- Device placed in chest to control abnormal heart rate
- Inflammation of the myocardium
- A passageway that allows blood to travel from the aorta to a branch of the coronary artery at a point beyond obstruction point beyond
- Outer protective layer
- within
- Medication that helps stop dissolved blood clots
- Medication that causes vasodilation, used to treat hypertension
- Agent that stimulates dilation of blood vessel
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- balloon like dilation of a blood vessel
- disease heart muscle
- minimally invasive procedure for opening blocked coronary arteries allowing blood to circulate unobstructed to the heart muscle
- Middle layer
- Medication used to countact high blood pressure
- union or association
- Procedure to stop atrial or ventricular fibrillation
- irregular heartbeat
- to turn
- Coronary Artery Disease
- pumps blood through circulatory system
- Inner Layer
- through or complete
- condition of growth
25 Clues: within • to turn • Inner Layer • Middle layer • irregular heartbeat • through or complete • condition of growth • disease heart muscle • union or association • pressure in the chest • Outer protective layer • Coronary Artery Disease • Congestive Heart failure • Inflammation of the myocardium • pumps blood through circulatory system • balloon like dilation of a blood vessel • ...
Cardiovascular System 2025-01-23
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- essential life force constantly flowing
- Atrial Fibrillation
- thin muscular tubes that carry oxygenated blood away from heart
- kidneys do not work the way they should
- delicate blood vessels that deliver nutrients
- blood pressure
- heart
- Uses ultrasound waves to create images of heart
- uses x-rays and contrast dye to visualize blood flow
- carry oxygenated blood to heart
- fast
- small vessel
- inner
- excessive tension
- aorta becomes weakened and bulges outward
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- blood
- blood sugar level to become too high
- most common diagnostic tools that heart specialists use to determine if a patient has a cardiovascular disease
- chest pain
- muscular pumping device
- condition where artery has weakened wall
- cause blood vessels to narrow and increase risk of blood clot
- measures the pressure of blood against artery walls
- process of cutting
- pertaining to
- Automated external defibrillator
26 Clues: fast • blood • heart • inner • chest pain • small vessel • pertaining to • blood pressure • excessive tension • process of cutting • Atrial Fibrillation • muscular pumping device • carry oxygenated blood to heart • Automated external defibrillator • blood sugar level to become too high • essential life force constantly flowing • kidneys do not work the way they should • ...
frog anatomy 2024-06-04
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- near stomach and stores blood cells
- stores bile
- large masses of fat
- eye cover
- uptake sugar
- carry eggs
- air opening
- two upper chambers of the heart
- filter blood, make urine
- last part of digestion
- lower chamber of heart
- Catches prey
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- all waste is collected
- deliver oxygen
- stores urine
- thin membrane
- hearing
- carry blood away from the heart
- carry blood to the heart
- first part of digestion
- largest organ in the body
21 Clues: hearing • eye cover • carry eggs • stores bile • air opening • stores urine • uptake sugar • Catches prey • thin membrane • deliver oxygen • large masses of fat • all waste is collected • last part of digestion • lower chamber of heart • first part of digestion • carry blood to the heart • filter blood, make urine • largest organ in the body • carry blood away from the heart • ...
Nahata Dziil Nurse's Week 2024-04-30
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- another word for inoculation
- used to listen to heart
- tissue sample
- Sandy
- heart relaxation
- a person receiving medical care
- absence of heart electrical activity
- Evangeline, Hawia, Chantell, Tammy and Lutisha
- used for injections
- Lydia, Stacey, Willardine, Polly and Linda
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- measured in Celsius or Fahrenheit
- imaging department
- Dodge and King
- holds your slot to be seen
- Pony and Brent
- Little green IV cap
- Andreah and Danielle
- Patient Centered Medical Home
- heart contraction
- documentation program
20 Clues: Sandy • tissue sample • Dodge and King • Pony and Brent • heart relaxation • heart contraction • imaging department • Little green IV cap • used for injections • Andreah and Danielle • documentation program • used to listen to heart • holds your slot to be seen • another word for inoculation • Patient Centered Medical Home • a person receiving medical care • measured in Celsius or Fahrenheit • ...
Vocab 5 2025-11-10
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- formed or molded
- all disease of the heart muscle
- blood
- something inserted
- inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
- aorta
- slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm)
- white blood cells
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- ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall
- heart
- vein
- surgical repair of a blood vessel
- clot
- cancer of white blood cells
- artery
- plaque, fatty substance
- slow
- vein
- fast
- blood or lymph vessel
- a mixture or blending
21 Clues: vein • clot • slow • vein • fast • heart • blood • aorta • artery • formed or molded • white blood cells • something inserted • a mixture or blending • blood or lymph vessel • plaque, fatty substance • cancer of white blood cells • all disease of the heart muscle • surgical repair of a blood vessel • slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm) • inflammation of the inner lining of the heart • ...
Circulation 2013-05-05
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- Liquid part of blood
- Forms blood clots
- a push or pull
- Small knobs of tissue that allow the fluid to flow through
- Silent killer
- Instrument used to measure blood pressure
- Give blood to someone else
- system that carries needed substances to cells and carries waste products away from cells
- Lower chamber of the heart
- Artery walls thicken
- Transfer oxygen throughout your body
- Larger blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
- Chemicals that make nets
- largest artery in the body
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- organ that pumps blood
- Combines with oxygen to make the cells bright red
- network of veinlike vessels that return the fluid to the bloodstream
- Fluid that consists of water and glucose and dissolved materials
- tiny vessels where substances are exchanged between blood and body cells
- First branch to the aorta
- Disease Fighters
- group of cells that sends out signals to make the heart muscle contract
- tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward
- Upper chamber of the heart
- Heart muscle is blocked
- blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
26 Clues: Silent killer • a push or pull • Disease Fighters • Forms blood clots • Liquid part of blood • Artery walls thicken • organ that pumps blood • Heart muscle is blocked • Chemicals that make nets • First branch to the aorta • Give blood to someone else • Upper chamber of the heart • Lower chamber of the heart • largest artery in the body • Transfer oxygen throughout your body • ...
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM 2014-03-11
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- Vessels that take blood away from heart
- The process of nutrients being transported throughout the body
- Fragments of Cells
- The word used to describe the force of flowing blood
- Lactic acid produced as result of this process
- C6H12O6 + O2 -----> Co2 + H2O
- Bottom hemisphere of the Heart
- Type of fat or organic molecule
- Vessels that bring blood to the heart
- Vessels that provide the heart's muscles with blood
- Ratio of these cells to red blood cells - 1:500
- Biconcave Discs
- This disease in the coronary vessels of the heart
- Disease caused by the raised patch of calcium over fats in blood vessels
- Largest Blood Vessel in the human body
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- Red pigment present in blood
- System in which nutrients and waste products get transported through blood
- Muscle that pumps blood
- These atoms join to form protein molecules
- Another name for circulatory system
- Thinnest Blood Vessels
- Common, broken down Carbohydrate
- Unique Vessel that brings blood to the heart
- Yellow liquid, present in blood , carries Co2
- Top hemisphere of Heart
25 Clues: Biconcave Discs • Fragments of Cells • Thinnest Blood Vessels • Muscle that pumps blood • Top hemisphere of Heart • Red pigment present in blood • C6H12O6 + O2 -----> Co2 + H2O • Bottom hemisphere of the Heart • Type of fat or organic molecule • Common, broken down Carbohydrate • Another name for circulatory system • Vessels that bring blood to the heart • ...
Anatomy Criss Cross 2022-03-26
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- The _________ is located below the lungs.
- __________ is the muscular layer of the heart.
- The ______________ is composed of three cusps/flaps.
- ______________ measure approximately 50 to 100 micrometers in length.
- _____ are thin-walled chambers that receive blood from the veins.
- Covering the inner surface of the heart wall is the ___________.
- The _____________________ are thin structures that are composed of endocardium and connective tissue.
- ____________ are key molecular regulators of the contraction.
- The heart is located underneath the _______.
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- Covering the outer surface of the heart is the __________.
- The _____________ is composed of two cusps/flaps.
- Rising pressure in the pulmonary trunk artery and aorta forces the _______________ to open.
- ________ is a displacement of tissue/organ from its normal position.
- Cardiac muscle cells are called ___________.
- __________ pumps blood out of the heart.
- The _______ expands the volume of the chamber.
- An elastic artery called the _____.
- Surrounding the heart is a fibrous sac called the ___________.
- The _______ is the control center of a cell.
- ________ is relaxation.
- The narrow end of the heart is called the _____.
21 Clues: ________ is relaxation. • An elastic artery called the _____. • __________ pumps blood out of the heart. • The _________ is located below the lungs. • Cardiac muscle cells are called ___________. • The _______ is the control center of a cell. • The heart is located underneath the _______. • The _______ expands the volume of the chamber. • ...
Cardiovascular Terms Study Tool 2025-03-11
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- narrowing of the coronary arteries
- creates images of the heart
- buildup of plaque in the arterial walls
- device implanted in the chest
- uses ultrasound waves to create images of the heart
- To be sick or discombobulated
- Pertains to the body vital fluid in the cardiovascular system
- Ballooning in the wall of a blood vessel
- Carries Oxygenated blood away from the heart
- Carries oxygen, nutrients, and hormones through the body
- Also known as a Blood pressure cuff
- blood clot forms in a deep vein
- Unable to pump blood effectivly
- portable device that records electrical activity of the heart
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- Unexpected stoppage of the hearts pumping action
- Largest Artery In The Body
- Smallest Blood Vessels In the body
- One more than 3
- To remove from body
- Carry Blood Back to the heart
- Pertains to the coronary arteries
- effects how your body uses blood sugar
- visualize the inside of blood vessels
- test that records the electrical activity of the heart over time
24 Clues: One more than 3 • To remove from body • Largest Artery In The Body • creates images of the heart • device implanted in the chest • To be sick or discombobulated • Carry Blood Back to the heart • blood clot forms in a deep vein • Unable to pump blood effectivly • Pertains to the coronary arteries • narrowing of the coronary arteries • Smallest Blood Vessels In the body • ...
cardiac lab 2026-01-22
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- what is the meaning o2(not zero)in the abbreviations called
- what is the the dilation of a blood
- what is the meaning of the abbreviation CV
- what is the contraction of the vein called when taking blood pressure
- what is the coronary artery disease acronym
- what does the prefix word trans
- what is the suffix meaning heart condition
- what is the device called that takes blood pressure called
- what is the disease that weakens or diminishes cardia function
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- what is the medical term word HTN
- electric/o is the combing form of what word
- what is the term used for fast heart beat 200+
- the first part of the heart is the
- what does the prefix term extra mean
- what comes after the aortic valve in the heart
- what is the meaning of this abbreviation US
- what is the fatty plaque in the heart
- the last part of the heart is the
- what is the word when the heart relaxes when taking blood pressure
- what is the acronym for blood pressure
20 Clues: what does the prefix word trans • what is the medical term word HTN • the last part of the heart is the • the first part of the heart is the • what is the the dilation of a blood • what does the prefix term extra mean • what is the fatty plaque in the heart • what is the acronym for blood pressure • what is the meaning of the abbreviation CV • ...
Love Your Heart Week 2026 2026-02-16
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- – The fluid that carries oxygen and nutrients through your body.
- – Essential rest that supports heart and overall wellness.
- – Eating foods that fuel and protect your body.
- – The overall state of being healthy in body and mind.
- – A waxy substance in your blood that should be kept at healthy levels.
- – The movement of blood throughout your body.
- – Gentle movement that improves flexibility and circulation.
- – Drinking enough fluids to support overall health.
- – Heart-healthy fatty acids found in fish and certain nuts.
- – Taking steps now to avoid future health problems.
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- – Maintaining healthy habits in work, life, and diet.
- – Exercise that raises your heart rate and improves endurance.
- – A mineral that helps regulate blood pressure.
- – The rhythm of your heartbeat.
- – A nutrient that supports heart health and digestion.
- – Taking time to reduce stress for better heart health.
- – The muscle that pumps blood throughout your body.
- – Health checks that help detect issues early.
- – What your body needs to produce energy and survive.
- – Blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart.
20 Clues: – The rhythm of your heartbeat. • – The movement of blood throughout your body. • – Health checks that help detect issues early. • – A mineral that helps regulate blood pressure. • – Eating foods that fuel and protect your body. • – The muscle that pumps blood throughout your body. • – Drinking enough fluids to support overall health. • ...
10.7 Crossword Puzzle Challenge Part 1 2023-06-24
Across
- Partition or wall dividing a cavity; such as between the right and left atria (interatrial septum) and right and left ventricles (interventricular septum).
- One of two upper chambers of the heart.
- Smallest type of blood vessel.
- Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves
- Relaxation phase of the heartbeat.
- Innermost lining of blood vessels.
- Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
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- inner lining of the heart.
- Contraction phase of the heartbeat.
- Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.
- Instrument to measure blood pressure.
- Largest artery in the body.
- One of two lower chambers of the heart.
- Muscular middle layer of the heart.
- Structure in veins or the heart temporarily closes an opening so blood flows in only one direction.
- Gas that enters the blood through the lungs and travels to the heart to be pumped via arteries to all body cells
16 Clues: inner lining of the heart. • Largest artery in the body. • Smallest type of blood vessel. • Relaxation phase of the heartbeat. • Innermost lining of blood vessels. • 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. • ...
The Circulatory System 2022-05-15
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- The circulatory system is also known as the _____________ system.
- A network of tiny blood vessels are called __________.
- ________ circulation supplies blood to and provides drainage form the tissues of the heart.
- The pulmonary ______ is a big ______ that comes from the heart.
- The circulatory system is made up of blood ______.
- Removes waste products like ____________.
- Arteries carry blood ____ from the heart.
- The circulatory system provides cells with _________.
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- The superior and inferior __________ are two large veins that lead into the heart.
- The _____ is a big artery that leaves the heart carrying oxygenated blood.
- Carries ______.
- Blood returns to the heart through the pulmonary _____.
- Systemic circulation carries blood from the heart to all the other parts of the ____ and back again.
- _________ circulation is a short loop from the heart to the lungs and back again.
- ______ in the veins keep blood flowing in the correct direction.
- Veins carry blood __ the heart.
16 Clues: Carries ______. • Veins carry blood __ the heart. • Removes waste products like ____________. • Arteries carry blood ____ from the heart. • The circulatory system is made up of blood ______. • The circulatory system provides cells with _________. • A network of tiny blood vessels are called __________. • Blood returns to the heart through the pulmonary _____. • ...
Cardiac Diseases and Conditions 2025-01-09
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- Sensation of pressure or discomfort due to inadequate blood flow to heart
- Most common cause of heart disease
- Main supplier of blood to the left ventricle
- Abnormal rate or rhythm
- Heart disease caused by narrowing or complete occlusion of one or more coronary ateries
- A test to check the rate and rhytm of the hear
- Surgical intervention to treat narrowed or occluded coronary arteries
- Abnormal bulging or ballooning in the wall of a blood vessel
- A test using sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart
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- Infection of the inner lining of the heart or heart valves
- A name for blockage of the the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery
- Heart valves are ____-way gates
- Difficult or labored breathing
- Pacemaker of the heart
- Surgically implanted device to address heart conduction disorders
- A primary risk factor for MI
16 Clues: Pacemaker of the heart • Abnormal rate or rhythm • A primary risk factor for MI • Difficult or labored breathing • Heart valves are ____-way gates • Most common cause of heart disease • Main supplier of blood to the left ventricle • A test to check the rate and rhytm of the hear • Infection of the inner lining of the heart or heart valves • ...
Ch. 7.8 Circulatory System 2021-12-07
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- ventricular contraction
- two lower chambers of the heart
- red blood cells produced in red marrow
- valve between right ventricle and pulmonary artery
- abnormal heartbeats
- receives the blood and returns it to the body
- located between the left atrium and left ventricle
- white blood cells
- carries blood away from heart
- smooth later of cells that line the inside of the heart
- also called platelets
- receives blood and carries it to the lungs for oxygen
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- largest artery in the body
- carry blood to the heart
- muscular middle layer
- the wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart
- "the transportation system of the body"
- needed for clotting and is about 90% of water
- receives blood from the left atrium and pumps to the aorta
- valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
- complex protein composed of heme and globin
- double-layered membrane on the outside of the heart
- the hearts brief period of rest
- two upper chambers of the heart
24 Clues: white blood cells • abnormal heartbeats • muscular middle layer • also called platelets • ventricular contraction • carry blood to the heart • largest artery in the body • carries blood away from heart • two lower chambers of the heart • the hearts brief period of rest • two upper chambers of the heart • red blood cells produced in red marrow • "the transportation system of the body" • ...
Flow of The Heart <3 created by: Damaris Otero 2012-09-18
Across
- The system that is the body's chemical communicator
- Protects our bodies
- The system that carries oxygen and nutrients to body
- The valve that is between the right atrium
- The stage of the heart cycle when the muscles of the heart contracts
- instrument that is used to measure blood pressure
- Starts the impulses that stimulate the heartbeat
- Gives fluid flow in one direction
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- Receives blood from veins and forces blood into the ventricles
- Returns the blood to the right atrium
- The body that controls gas exchange
- Study of the diseases of the heart and the heart itself
- The system that breaks down food into chemicals for body use
- The stage of the heart in which the muscle is relaxed
- Comes before the right atrium in the heart flow
- Raises/transfers fluids by using suction and/or pressure
- Smallest unit of life
- Carries blood from heart to body
- An if and then statement stating the independent and dependent variable of your experiment
- The system that transmits impulses
- What Anna Garcia died from
21 Clues: Protects our bodies • Smallest unit of life • What Anna Garcia died from • Carries blood from heart to body • Gives fluid flow in one direction • The system that transmits impulses • The body that controls gas exchange • Returns the blood to the right atrium • The valve that is between the right atrium • Comes before the right atrium in the heart flow • ...
Circulatory System Crossword 2014-03-04
Across
- What's the force of blood against artery walls?
- Receives blood coming into the heart
- What organ in the body pumps blood into your body when it beats?
- when molecules move from being in a highly concentrated spot to a less concentrated spot
- Who invented the heart?
- Where does oxygen enter the blood?
- Vessel that exchanges substances between body and blood cells
- force exerted over a certain area
- What pulmonary pushes blood to the lungs?
- What system are the heart, blood, and vessels apart of?
- What blood vessel carries blood into the rest of your body?
- A type of blood vessel
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- True or false? White blood cells fight diseases.
- the liquid transported into your circulatory system
- After the blood goes through the second valve where does it go?
- Tool used to measure blood pressure
- What arteries carry blood to the heart?
- Caused by expansion and relaxation of the arteries
- What regulates the beating of the heart?
- Part of the circulatory system that prevents blood from flowing backwards?
- The lower chamber that pumps blood out of the heart
21 Clues: A type of blood vessel • Who invented the heart? • force exerted over a certain area • Where does oxygen enter the blood? • Tool used to measure blood pressure • Receives blood coming into the heart • What arteries carry blood to the heart? • What regulates the beating of the heart? • What pulmonary pushes blood to the lungs? • What's the force of blood against artery walls? • ...
Lymphatic System and Diseases of the Cardiovascular system 2022-07-28
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- Valves are present in these vessels
- The waste product carried to kidneys
- The single cell layer wall of capillaries
- Carries blood away from the heaty
- Valves found in lymphatic vessels
- The node where the heart beat begins
- Aids in absorption of fat around the body
- Area where the heart is located
- Component that makes up 55% of blood
- The heart is contracting during this phase
- The double membrane surrounding the heart
- These vessels join to form veins
- The biconcave blood cells with no nucleus
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- The valve in the left atrium and ventricle
- Type of blood carried by the pulmonary vein
- A condition caused by a parasite
- The fluid found in lymphatic vessels
- The inner opening of blood vessels
- The two upper chambers of the heart
- The type of organism that lymph glands kill
- The nerve that speeds up heart rate
- The fluid found in blood vessels
- Separates the left and right side of the heart
- The main artery
- Bloods cells with an unusual nuclei shape
- Related to the lungs
26 Clues: The main artery • Related to the lungs • Area where the heart is located • A condition caused by a parasite • The fluid found in blood vessels • These vessels join to form veins • Carries blood away from the heaty • Valves found in lymphatic vessels • The inner opening of blood vessels • Valves are present in these vessels • The two upper chambers of the heart • ...
Cardiovascular Crossword Puzzle 2022-10-21
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- Device that's worn for a day or more to record the heart's activity during daily activities
- Pertaining to
- These tests often involve walking on a treadmill while the heart is monitored
- Transports blood and nutrients to cells in your organs and body
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Carries oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart
- An exam uses sound waves to create detailed images of the heart in motion
- Slow
- Where the aorta becomes weakened and bulges outwards
- Can damage and narrow your blood vessels
- Removal
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- Prevents and stops bleeding
- Distributes oxygen-rich blood to the body
- When your blood pressure is too high and it can damage your blood vessels
- The machine rotates around your body and collects images of your heart and chest
- Controls heart rate
- A quick and painless test that records the electrical signals in the heart
- Where the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off
- Two
- Coronary artery disease
- Acute coronary syndrome
- Blood pressure
- High blood sugar levels can damage the blood vessels
- Atrioventricular
24 Clues: Two • Slow • Removal • Pertaining to • Blood pressure • Atrioventricular • Controls heart rate • Coronary artery disease • Acute coronary syndrome • Prevents and stops bleeding • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation • Can damage and narrow your blood vessels • Distributes oxygen-rich blood to the body • Where the aorta becomes weakened and bulges outwards • ...
April Holidays x Heart Health 2025-04-05
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- – Month-long observance focused on neurodiversity and inclusion.
- – What a cuff measures during a check-up.
- – Celebrated on April 22 to honor the planet.
- – Irregular heart rhythm, often called "A-fib."
- – A common medication used to reduce heart attack risk.
- – A medical emergency caused by interrupted blood flow to the brain.
- – Jewish holiday commemorating the Exodus from Egypt.
- – National ____ Week encourages giving back to the community.
- – A day to plant and appreciate trees.
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- – April is the national month for recognizing mental well-being.
- – What you feel on your wrist that shows your heart is working.
- - National __ Week encourages health equity and community well-being.
- – The main artery that carries blood from the heart to the body.
- – A tiny tube used to keep arteries open.
- – National ___ Day (first Wednesday in April) promotes heart health.
- – Exercise that gets your heart pumping.
- – A fatty substance that can build up in arteries.
- – April is National ____ Month, celebrating literary expression.
- – A type of blood vessel that carries blood to the heart.
- – Christian holiday celebrating resurrection, often in April.
20 Clues: – A day to plant and appreciate trees. • – Exercise that gets your heart pumping. • – What a cuff measures during a check-up. • – A tiny tube used to keep arteries open. • – Celebrated on April 22 to honor the planet. • – Irregular heart rhythm, often called "A-fib." • – A fatty substance that can build up in arteries. • ...
the law of the heart 2025-08-07
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- Load the heart faces after contraction begins
- Phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart empties blood
- Adaptive hypertrophy seen in pregnancy
- Structural changes in heart size, shape, and function
- Law describing the tension in a vessel wall
- Phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart fills with blood
- According to LaPlace, larger this means more wall stress
- Amount of blood pumped from one ventricle per beat (2 words)
- Load that stretches the heart before contraction
- Sarcomere addition direction in eccentric hypertrophy
- Formula component that decreases wall stress when increased
- Hypertrophy due to volume overload
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- This chamber often hypertrophies in systemic hypertension (2 words)
- Structural cardiac response to chronic overload
- Hypertrophy due to pressure overload
- Force exerted on the wall of a chamber under pressure
- The most common cause of pressure overload
- This is inversely proportion to wall thickness (2 words)
- Ability of the heart to stretch during filling
- Sarcomere addition direction in concentric hypertrophy
- One of the most common causes of volume overload
- Natriuretic peptide increased in heart failure
22 Clues: Hypertrophy due to volume overload • Hypertrophy due to pressure overload • Adaptive hypertrophy seen in pregnancy • The most common cause of pressure overload • Law describing the tension in a vessel wall • Load the heart faces after contraction begins • Ability of the heart to stretch during filling • Natriuretic peptide increased in heart failure • ...
Cardiovascular terminology 2014-11-05
Across
- A minute blood vessel connecting arterioles with venules.
- A bluish coloration of the mucous membranes and skin caused by deficient oxygenation of the blood.
- The major systemic artery.
- Receives deoxygenated blood returned from the upper part of the body through the superior vena cava and from the lower body through the inferior vena cava.
- A localised dilatation or ballooning of an arterial wall.
- The organ snugly enclosed within the inferior mediastinum, the medial cavity of the thorax.
- Low blood pressure.
- The pressure when the ventricles are relaxing.
- The cardiac muscle layer of the heart wall.
- Word that means the alternating expansion and recoil of an artery that occurs with each beat of the left ventricle creates a pressure wave.
- Part of the heart that consists of two flaps.
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- An abnormal, excessively rapid heart rate.
- Carries deoxygenated blood from the tissues and lungs to the heart.
- Controls the rhythmic beating of the heart.
- Root word that means vein.
- High Blood pressure.
- The pressure in the arteries at the peak of ventricular contraction.
- Takes blood from the heart to the lungs to collect oxygen.
- The aorta is the largest and they move the blood from the heart to the remainder of the body.
- Crushing chest pain
20 Clues: Low blood pressure. • Crushing chest pain • High Blood pressure. • The major systemic artery. • Root word that means vein. • An abnormal, excessively rapid heart rate. • Controls the rhythmic beating of the heart. • The cardiac muscle layer of the heart wall. • Part of the heart that consists of two flaps. • The pressure when the ventricles are relaxing. • ...
Circulatory System 2014-10-25
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- A factor which effects heart rate
- The liquid part of blood
- Blood on the left side of the heart
- The top 2 chambers of the heart
- Word for the maintenance of correct body temperature
- The largest artery in the human body
- Arteries, capillaries and veins
- Phase of the cardiac cycle, ventricles contract and blood ejected from ventricles
- Helps with the clotting of blood
- Something beginning with 'o' that the circulatory system transports
- Blood on the right side of the heart
- A factor which effects heart rate
- These blood cells help fight infections and disease
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- Something beginning with 'n' that the circulatory system transports
- Blood flows through here to get to the lungs from the right ventricle
- Strongest side of the heart
- Phase of the cardiac cycle, atria contracts and forces blood into ventricles
- Blood flows through here from the lungs to the left atrium
- These blood cells transport O2 and CO2 around the body
- Pumps blood
- The bottom 2 chambers of the heart
- Contain valves to keep blood flowing in one direction
- Vessels which allow transport into and out of cells
- Blood vessels with thick walls
- Phase of the cardiac cycle, heart is relaxed and the atria fill with blood
25 Clues: Pumps blood • The liquid part of blood • Strongest side of the heart • Blood vessels with thick walls • The top 2 chambers of the heart • Arteries, capillaries and veins • Helps with the clotting of blood • A factor which effects heart rate • A factor which effects heart rate • The bottom 2 chambers of the heart • Blood on the left side of the heart • ...
Cardiovascular System 2022-10-31
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- history of
- The ___atrium receives oxygen rich blood and transfers it into the left ventricle
- ___ disease is a disorder that causes blood vessels to narrow down so much that it causes pain and numbness
- is a condition where the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- is a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and vessels
- The ___ valve separates the right ventricle from the pulmonary artery
- is a test that checks the heart rhythm and other heart problems
- Potassium
- ___- is a combing form that means body
- __- is a prefix that means slow
- ___ test is also known as an exercise test
- ___- is a prefix that means fast
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- -___ is a suffix meaning chest
- known as high blood pressure
- The __ are a pair of organs that help you breath
- -__ is a suffix meaning small
- ___ machine is a portable ECG machine
- a device that delivers electrical signal to regulate heartbeat
- the left ventricle does not efficiently pump blood
- the main artery that carries blood away from your heart
- a fist sized organ that pumps blood through the body
- chest pain
- ___ artery disease is a disorder where there is narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart
- __ heart failure is a condition
- blood pressure
- diabetes mellitus
26 Clues: Potassium • history of • chest pain • blood pressure • diabetes mellitus • known as high blood pressure • -__ is a suffix meaning small • -___ is a suffix meaning chest • __ heart failure is a condition • __- is a prefix that means slow • ___- is a prefix that means fast • ___ machine is a portable ECG machine • ___- is a combing form that means body • ...
Unit Five Lab 2020-03-10
Across
- mitral valve prolapse
- inner layer of the heart walls
- acute myocardial infarction
- a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
- hardening of the arteries that can cause coronary artery disease
- atrium
- x-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like stenosis or aneurysms
- inflamed pericardial sac caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi or diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis
- used to measure pressure (blood pressure cuff)
- implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- used to listen for the sounds of the heart and to other body sounds like the lungs and intestines
- a blood vessel with thick walls that carry blood away from the heart
- heart
- swelling of an artery when it has a weakened wall
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- portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days; monitor records the heart activity to show a possible pattern of symptoms
- used when a heart isn't beating right; may be placed in a patient's chest and has wires that are implanted in the heart wall to deliver an electrical signal to regulate heartbeat
- inner layer of the epicardium
- a blood vessel that involves the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide can occur
- vessel
- swollen and dilated veins
- blood pressure
- high blood pressure
- ventricular tachycardia
- aorta
- artery
25 Clues: aorta • heart • atrium • vessel • artery • blood pressure • high blood pressure • mitral valve prolapse • ventricular tachycardia • swollen and dilated veins • acute myocardial infarction • inner layer of the epicardium • inner layer of the heart walls • implantable cardioverter defibrillator • used to measure pressure (blood pressure cuff) • swelling of an artery when it has a weakened wall • ...
noah 2024-03-22
Across
- progressive disease that weakens the muscles of the shoulder and pelvic
- condition in which the atria beats more rapidly than the ventricles
- this is the main artery that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body
- sonography procedure in which blood flow and blood pressure are measured using ultrasound technology
- inflammation of the inner layer of the heart muscle
- little veins
- within
- below
- severe constricting pain or pressure in the chest
- beats per minute
- test a produce how efficient the heart pumps blood
- slow
- Form of arthritis in which uric acid builds up in the blood and causes joint swelling up
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- Arteries carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs
- condition of plaque buildup in the arteries
- scan helpful for diagnosing heart damage or scar tissue
- fast heartbeat
- carry deoxygenated blood to the heart
- process of listening to he internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope
- carries oxygenated blood away from the heart
- bad, abnormal, and painful
- both eyes
- Catherization passage of tiny plastic tube into the heart through blood vessels usually through the femoral artery in the leg
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- above
25 Clues: slow • below • above • within • both eyes • little veins • fast heartbeat • beats per minute • bad, abnormal, and painful • acute respiratory distress syndrome • carry deoxygenated blood to the heart • condition of plaque buildup in the arteries • carries oxygenated blood away from the heart • severe constricting pain or pressure in the chest • ...
Circulatory System 2023-03-30
Across
- thick and thin myofilaments are present and organized into myofibrils
- small structure in the heart, located in the Koch triangle
- pumps blood into the aorta
- meeee
- a fibrous sac that surrounds the heart
- an important role in the clotting of blood during injury or surgery
- muscular organ that pumps blood through the body
- series of pressure changes that take place within the heart
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- make up a major part of a circulatory system
- expands the volume of the chamber
- a simple and non-invasive test for measuring and recording electrical activity of the heart
- blood vessels located throughout your body that collect oxygen-poor blood and return it to your heart
- transports oxygen-depleted blood from the thorax, abdomen, and lower extremities
- the main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system
- pumps it into the pulmonary artery and lungs to pick up oxygen
- emerges onto the anterior surface of the heart
- keeps blood flowing in one direction
- receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
- the liquid part of blood that is mostly water
- make up the myocardium portion of the heart wall
- a red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans
21 Clues: meeee • pumps blood into the aorta • expands the volume of the chamber • keeps blood flowing in one direction • a fibrous sac that surrounds the heart • receives oxygenated blood from the lungs • make up a major part of a circulatory system • the liquid part of blood that is mostly water • emerges onto the anterior surface of the heart • ...
Circulatory System 2023-03-30
Across
- Fibroserous sac that contains the heart
- My Name
- Red Blood Cell
- Receives deoxygenated blood from the body through veins, namely superior and inferior venae cavae.
- White Blood Cell
- Regulates and supports the one-way flow of blood out of the left ventricle and into the aorta
- Largest artery in the body
- Starts with the closure of the semilunar valves and ends with the closure of the AV valves.
- Controls blood flow from the right atrium into the right ventricle
- Innermost layer of heart wall
- Supports pulmonary circulation by carrying deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart into the lungs for gas exchange
- Controls blood flow from the right ventricle into the pulmonary trunk
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- Pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta to be distributed to smaller arteries
- Run along surface of the heart to carry oxygenated blood to the heart muscle
- Controls blood flow from the left atrium into the left ventricle
- Middle layer of heart wall
- Outermost layer of heart wall
- Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins
- Pumps deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery and then to the lungs to pick up oxygen.
- Ventricular contractions that force blood out of the heart through the pulmonary and aortic valves
- Fluid in Blood
21 Clues: My Name • Red Blood Cell • Fluid in Blood • White Blood Cell • Middle layer of heart wall • Largest artery in the body • Outermost layer of heart wall • Innermost layer of heart wall • Fibroserous sac that contains the heart • Controls blood flow from the left atrium into the left ventricle • Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins • ...
circulatory system 2022-02-21
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- part of heart that collects blood
- the smallest form of blood vessel
- this can clog your arteries
- these deliver blood with oxygen
- the top number in blood pressure readings
- blood cell that carries oxygen
- liquid that carries all we need to our body
- the system that is concerned with blood flow
- part of heart that pumps blood
- carries blood back to heart
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- large artery at top of heart
- also know as hardening of artery
- high blood sugar
- blood cells that attack germs
- the organ that pumps blood
- the bottom number in this health measurement
- a health concern with two numbers
- device in heart that allows blood to move
18 Clues: high blood sugar • the organ that pumps blood • this can clog your arteries • carries blood back to heart • large artery at top of heart • blood cells that attack germs • blood cell that carries oxygen • part of heart that pumps blood • these deliver blood with oxygen • also know as hardening of artery • part of heart that collects blood • the smallest form of blood vessel • ...
Emily Trejo 2024-11-17
Across
- an electric shock to the heart to restore a normal rhythm
- as needed
- instrument to measure pressure
- can be caused by viruses, bacteria,and even fungi
- when the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle
- across or through
- low shocks to restore a regular heart rhythm
- process of cutting
- an ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- electrolytes
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- hardening of the arteries caused by fat
- sends an electrical signal to regulate heart beats
- when having inflammation of the inner layer of the heart muscle
- procedure used to diagnose stenosis
- emitting of reflecting light
- condition in which an artery has a weakened wall
- before/from or in front of
- millimeters of mercury
- potassium chloride
19 Clues: as needed • electrolytes • across or through • process of cutting • potassium chloride • millimeters of mercury • before/from or in front of • emitting of reflecting light • instrument to measure pressure • procedure used to diagnose stenosis • hardening of the arteries caused by fat • low shocks to restore a regular heart rhythm • condition in which an artery has a weakened wall • ...
The Circulatory System 2022-11-20
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- mechanism to stop haemorrhage when it occurs
- blood vessel with the thickest walls
- type of blood cell involved in immune response
- outer layer of blood vessels
- number of chambers in bird and mammal hearts
- contraction of the heart
- type of signal that triggers cardiac contraction
- the top of the heart
- blood vessel with valves
- redirects the impulse to the bundle of His
- disorder of the heart characterised by abnormal sound of heartbeat
- blood vessel with the thinnest walls
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- the circuit that carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
- the circuit that carries oxygenated blood to the body
- muscular layer of the heart
- cells that create antibodies
- relaxation of the heart
- the largest artery in the body
- waste product transported in the plasma
- the bottom of the heart
- valve found in the aorta and pulmonary artery
- fluid transported by the vascular system
- node that is also known as the natural pacemaker
- specialised mechanoreceptors in the heart
- fibres in the walls of the ventricles
- shape of red blood cells
26 Clues: the top of the heart • relaxation of the heart • the bottom of the heart • contraction of the heart • blood vessel with valves • shape of red blood cells • muscular layer of the heart • cells that create antibodies • outer layer of blood vessels • the largest artery in the body • blood vessel with the thickest walls • blood vessel with the thinnest walls • ...
The Circulatory System 2019-02-15
Across
- flaps of connective tissue
- movement to and from or around something
- wall separating the left side and right side of the heart
- carries oxygen rich blood from the left ventricle to the body
- when blood gets oxygen from the lungs
- brings oxygen poor blood from the upper body to the right atrium
- accepts oxygen rich blood from the lungs
- the inner layer of the heart
- the outer layer of the heart
- path of circulation between the heart and the rest of the body
- accepts oxygen poor blood to the lungs
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- pumps oxygen rich blood to the body
- carries oxygen poor blood to the lungs
- blood in need of oxygen
- the middle layer of the heart
- brings oxygen rich blood from the left lung to the left atrium
- path of circulation between the heart and lungs
- brings oxygen rich blood from the right lung to the left atrium
- hollow muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
- brings oxygen poor blood from the lower body to the right atrium
20 Clues: blood in need of oxygen • flaps of connective tissue • the inner layer of the heart • the outer layer of the heart • the middle layer of the heart • pumps oxygen rich blood to the body • when blood gets oxygen from the lungs • carries oxygen poor blood to the lungs • accepts oxygen poor blood to the lungs • movement to and from or around something • ...
Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Blood and Immunity Crossword 2023-03-06
Across
- a blood clot
- left side to rest of body
- number of times heart contracts per minute
- a mass carried in the circulation; usually a blood clot
- right side to lungs
- Accumulation of fatty deposits within artery
- Returns excess fluid and proteins from tissues to bloodstream
- outside thin lining; covers heart
- are stimulated by electrical impulses
- is fluid that circulates through vessels
- is usually blood clot; can also be air, fat, bacteria, or other solid materials
- heart attack
- relaxation
- surrounding fibrous sac
- Clotting factors convert fibrinogen to threads of fibrin
- Located between lungs
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- carry oxygen to cells
- Protects against foreign substances
- 90 percent water
- Carry blood back to heart
- Circulates blood throughout body
- thick muscular layer that makes up heart wall
- Carry blood away from heart
- upper receiving chambers
- Lower pumping chambers
- Smallest vessels; Site of exchange between blood and tissues
- contraction
- inside lining; lines chambers and valves
- blockage in a cerebral vessel
- wave of increased pressure as ventricles contract
30 Clues: relaxation • contraction • a blood clot • heart attack • 90 percent water • right side to lungs • carry oxygen to cells • Located between lungs • Lower pumping chambers • surrounding fibrous sac • upper receiving chambers • Carry blood back to heart • left side to rest of body • Carry blood away from heart • blockage in a cerebral vessel • Circulates blood throughout body • ...
anatomy: circulatory system 2023-03-28
Across
- elastic artery
- electrical junctions that are composed of connexion protein channels
- anterior surface of the heart
- thoracic compartment that occupies space in between the lungs
- person that has a heart
- returns oxygenated blood from lungs to left atrium
- valves that are forced to open pressure is raised in the pulmonary trunk
- valves that close when the blood pushing up is under the cusps
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- forcibly fill the ventricles with blood
- valve that is made up of two cusps or flaps
- lubricate the wall of the heart so it can beat without friction
- receives deoxygenated blood from body through veins
- proteins span the distance between adjacent plasma membranes
- valve that is composed of three cusps or flaps
- located above the heart
- four heart valves open and close in response to pressure in this
- narrow space filled with pericardial fluid
- thickest and consists of two tissue layers
- the narrow end of the heart and directed downward and left
- attached to blood vessels of the heart
- secreted by the serous membranes
21 Clues: elastic artery • located above the heart • person that has a heart • anterior surface of the heart • secreted by the serous membranes • attached to blood vessels of the heart • forcibly fill the ventricles with blood • narrow space filled with pericardial fluid • thickest and consists of two tissue layers • valve that is made up of two cusps or flaps • ...
Circulatory System 2023-03-28
Across
- a fibrous sac surrounding the heart
- most of the oxygen-depleted blood will return to this area
- pumps blood into the pulmonary artery and lungs
- this connects the AV valves to the muscles that extend upwards from the myocardium
- receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
- feminine version of keanu; last name rhymes with melon
- a larger,elastic artery
- a thoracic compartment; where the heart is located
- the heart is made up of four _______
- also known as a groove
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- blood exits the right ventricle through this
- these open blood enters the aorta and pulmonary trunk arteries
- these join myocytes in the muscle
- alternating dark and light bands
- a thick myocardial wall separating the two ventricles
- pumps blood through the long systemic circulatory system
- expands the volume of the chamber; small earshaped appendage
- great and small cardiac veins merge with this; also empties into the right atrium
- outer layer of the heart wall
- the narrow end of the heart
- this layer of the heart wall covers the heart valves and tendons
21 Clues: also known as a groove • a larger,elastic artery • the narrow end of the heart • outer layer of the heart wall • alternating dark and light bands • these join myocytes in the muscle • a fibrous sac surrounding the heart • the heart is made up of four _______ • receives oxygenated blood from the lungs • blood exits the right ventricle through this • ...
ECG 2013-05-14
Across
- / Fast heart beat
- / Sac of the heart
- / Flatline or baseline
- / Irregular heart rhythm
- / ECG tracing transmitted over the phone
- / Disposable sensors that receive the electrical activity of the heart
- / Marks on the ECG tracing caused by another source of activity
- / A type of ECG lead that measures the flow of electrical current in two directions at the same time
- / aVR, aVL, aVF
- / Control on the ECG machine that amplifies the electrical impulse and converts to mechanical action
- / A type of ambulatory heart monitor
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- / Chest pains
- / Lead I, Lead II, Lead III
- / SA Node, AV Node and Purkinje fibers
- / The electrical activity when the heart contracts
- / A valve with a half-moon shaped cusps
- / Low blood pressure
- / The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
- / Ability of the heart to initiate an electrical impulse
- / Fast, irregular heartbeat
- / V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6
- / Created the first ECG machine in 1903
- / Largest artery in the body
- / Phase of cardiac cycle when the head is expanding and refilling
24 Clues: / Chest pains • / aVR, aVL, aVF • / Fast heart beat • / Sac of the heart • / Low blood pressure • / Flatline or baseline • / Irregular heart rhythm • / V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6 • / Lead I, Lead II, Lead III • / Fast, irregular heartbeat • / Largest artery in the body • / A type of ambulatory heart monitor • / SA Node, AV Node and Purkinje fibers • / A valve with a half-moon shaped cusps • ...
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM 2014-03-11
Across
- Disease caused by the raised patch of calcium over fats in blood vessels
- Unique Vessel that brings blood to the heart
- Bottom hemisphere of the Heart
- Thinnest Blood Vessels
- Type of fat or organic molecule
- C6H12O6 + O2 -----> Co2 + H2O
- Another name for circulatory system
- Vessels that provide the heart's muscles with blood
- are in the ratio of these cells to red blood cells - 1:500
- This disease in the coronary vessels of the heart
- Fragments of Cells
- Common, broken down Carbohydrate
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- Muscle that pumps blood
- Red pigment present in blood
- Lactic acid produced as result of this process
- Largest Blood Vessel in the human body
- which are biconcave Discs
- Vessels that take blood away from heart
- System in which nutrients and waste products get transported through blood
- Yellow liquid, present in blood , carries Co2
- The process of nutrients being transported throughout the body
- These atoms join to form protein molecules
- Vessels that bring blood to the heart
- Top hemisphere of Heart
- The word used to describe the force of flowing blood
25 Clues: Fragments of Cells • Thinnest Blood Vessels • Muscle that pumps blood • Top hemisphere of Heart • which are biconcave Discs • Red pigment present in blood • C6H12O6 + O2 -----> Co2 + H2O • Bottom hemisphere of the Heart • Type of fat or organic molecule • Common, broken down Carbohydrate • Another name for circulatory system • Vessels that bring blood to the heart • ...
Heart Structures & Endocrine Review 2017-09-11
Across
- Superior chambers of the heart
- Connected to the pituitary via the infundibulum
- Where the heart is located
- Another term for anterior pituitary gland
- Another name for the R atrioventricular valve
- Innermost layer of the heart wall
- Flexion and extension would be movements that occur in this plane
- Calcitonin ______blood calcium levels
- Ventricular contraction
- Ventricular filling
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- The right side of the heart is the _______ circuit
- This portion of the pituitary gland is greyish in appearance
- Blood enters the L atrium via the _______
- Adrenal glands sit atop these organs
- Secretes insulin and glucagon
- One of two hormones secreted by the postierior pituitary
- The two lobes of this gland are connected medially by an isthmus
- The inner portion of the adrenal gland
- Inferior chambers of the heart
- Secretes melatonin
- Upper part of the heart
- One of two layers of the pericardium
- Semilunar valve connecting L ventricle and aorta
- This plane divides the body into anterior and posterior
- This side of the heart myocardium is thicker
25 Clues: Secretes melatonin • Ventricular filling • Upper part of the heart • Ventricular contraction • Where the heart is located • Secretes insulin and glucagon • Superior chambers of the heart • Inferior chambers of the heart • Innermost layer of the heart wall • Adrenal glands sit atop these organs • One of two layers of the pericardium • Calcitonin ______blood calcium levels • ...
Frans crossword 2021-12-02
Across
- the heart valve at the base of the aorta and the pulmonary artery
- where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide
- carrying blood away from the heart
- a muscular organ which pumps blood
- a passage or airway in the lower respiratory tract that conducts air into the lungs
- carrying air in and out of your lungs
- thickest of the heart's chambers
- veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
- allows your chest to expand
- it passes the blood to the pulmonary artery
Down
- any of the minute branches into which a bronchus divides
- the smallest of the blood vessels
- blood vessels that carry blood from the right side of the heart through to the capillaries of the lungs
- largest artery in the human body
- recieves blood low in oxygen from the body
- surrounds the lungs and the heart
- assisting the lungs in expanding to take in air
- a red body fluid
- a large vein that carries blood to the heart pumps blood
- recieves blood from the lungs
20 Clues: a red body fluid • allows your chest to expand • recieves blood from the lungs • largest artery in the human body • thickest of the heart's chambers • the smallest of the blood vessels • surrounds the lungs and the heart • carrying blood away from the heart • a muscular organ which pumps blood • carrying air in and out of your lungs • recieves blood low in oxygen from the body • ...
