heart Crossword Puzzles

Circulatory System 2023-03-16

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Upper chamber of heart
  2. Inflammation of the lining of the heart
  3. Tiny artery
  4. Unique blood circulation through the liver (2 words)
  5. Carries blood from arterioles into venules
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  1. Bicuspid valve (2 words)
  2. Inner layer of pericardium
  3. Heart rate
  4. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (abbreviation)
  5. Carries blood to the heart
  6. SA node
  7. Muscular layer of the heart
  8. Lower chambers of the heart
  9. Carries blood away from the heart

14 Clues: SA node • Heart rate • Tiny artery • Upper chamber of heart • Bicuspid valve (2 words) • Inner layer of pericardium • Carries blood to the heart • Muscular layer of the heart • Lower chambers of the heart • Carries blood away from the heart • Inflammation of the lining of the heart • Carries blood from arterioles into venules • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (abbreviation) • ...

Circulatory System 2023-04-28

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. White Blood Cells
  2. Red Blood Cells
  3. The muscle layer of the heart.
  4. A vein that carries oxygenated blood to the heart.
  5. Membrain that encloses the heart.
  6. Blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.
  7. Upper two cavities in the heart.
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  1. Membrain that forms inside the chambers of the heart.
  2. Tube that brings oxygenated blood to the body.
  3. The main artery of the body.
  4. A fluid-filled cavity in the heart.
  5. Platelets
  6. The artery that carries blood from the heart to the lungs.
  7. Large vein that carries blood to the body from other areas of the body.
  8. Tube that brings blood to the heart to get oxygenated.

15 Clues: Platelets • Red Blood Cells • White Blood Cells • The main artery of the body. • The muscle layer of the heart. • Upper two cavities in the heart. • Membrain that encloses the heart. • A fluid-filled cavity in the heart. • Tube that brings oxygenated blood to the body. • A vein that carries oxygenated blood to the heart. • Membrain that forms inside the chambers of the heart. • ...

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS TERMS 2023-11-18

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS TERMS crossword puzzle
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  1. The two lower chambers, which are responsible for pumping blood out of the heart.
  2. The phase of the heartbeat.
  3. The muscular tissue of the heart.
  4. Supply blood to the heart muscle.
  5. A fine branch of blood vessels.
  6. The two upper chambers in the heart that receive blood.
  7. A structure in you heart that has a flap that opens and closes.
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  1. controls the flow of blood from your heart's right atrium.
  2. Thin, smooth membrane the lines the chambers of the heart.
  3. A blowing, whooshing, or rasping sound heard during a heartbeat.
  4. The number of times your heart beats per minute.
  5. Main artery in our body.
  6. A large blood vessel.
  7. Gas that enters the body through the lungs.
  8. of the heart  bottom tip of our heart.

15 Clues: A large blood vessel. • Main artery in our body. • The phase of the heartbeat. • A fine branch of blood vessels. • The muscular tissue of the heart. • Supply blood to the heart muscle. • of the heart  bottom tip of our heart. • Gas that enters the body through the lungs. • The number of times your heart beats per minute. • ...

CPR and AED 2025-10-16

CPR and AED crossword puzzle
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  1. use your hands to complete these in an attempt to return blood flow to heart and brain
  2. do this with the scene before approaching the person
  3. womens symptoms of a heart attack may be __________
  4. provide 2 of these after 30 compressions
  5. someone who is not talking or moving
  6. send someone to do this after you determine someone is unresponsive
  7. recognizing heart attack symptoms _________ can help save a life
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  1. mens symptoms of a heart attack are more ___________
  2. analyzes heart rhythm
  3. feeling this in the chest is a symptom of a heart attack
  4. encircling __________ is a method of infant cpr
  5. arrest, when the heart stops
  6. attack, active cardiac emergency
  7. the AED may provide this if the heart needs it
  8. this is a word for how far you compress

15 Clues: analyzes heart rhythm • arrest, when the heart stops • attack, active cardiac emergency • someone who is not talking or moving • this is a word for how far you compress • provide 2 of these after 30 compressions • the AED may provide this if the heart needs it • encircling __________ is a method of infant cpr • womens symptoms of a heart attack may be __________ • ...

Dysrhythmias 2022-03-21

Dysrhythmias crossword puzzle
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  1. Electrical impulse, changes polarity
  2. Preventricular contraction
  3. Class III potassium channel blocker
  4. Class IC sodium channel blocker
  5. Time period where heart will not contract
  6. Class IB sodium channel blocker
  7. Class IA sodium channel blocker
  8. Loss of membrane potential; contraction
  9. Common pathway in intraventricular septum
  10. Uncoordinated heart action; "quivering"
  11. One of two deadly heart rhythms
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  1. Heart rate faster than 100 bpm
  2. Class II beta blocker
  3. Heart's pacemaker, wall of right atrium
  4. "Gatekeeper," slows impulse, has automaticity
  5. Visual representation of cardiac cycle
  6. Cardiac glycoside; used to treat a-fib
  7. Carries impulse to entire ventricle(s)
  8. Nonpharmacological treatment for dysrhythmias
  9. Abnormality of heart conduction system
  10. Ability of cells to generate impulse
  11. Return to polarized state; relaxation

22 Clues: Class II beta blocker • Preventricular contraction • Heart rate faster than 100 bpm • Class IC sodium channel blocker • Class IB sodium channel blocker • Class IA sodium channel blocker • One of two deadly heart rhythms • Class III potassium channel blocker • Electrical impulse, changes polarity • Ability of cells to generate impulse • Return to polarized state; relaxation • ...

Cardiovascular 2022-10-23

Cardiovascular crossword puzzle
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  1. root word "blood"
  2. root word "veins"
  3. This is where our body distributes oxygen blood into our body
  4. Acute myocardial infarction
  5. Scan for the heart
  6. Diagnose coronary artery disease
  7. Brings blood to the right side of your heart
  8. When blood vessels in the brain bursts
  9. root word "heart"
  10. This transport blood to our organs
  11. Scan that uses magnetic fields
  12. Buildup of too much fluid
  13. Most people think this is in the middle of our body
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  1. root word "aorta"
  2. Irregular heartbeat
  3. Cerebrovascular accident
  4. Tear in inner layer of large blood vessel
  5. Scan that records electrical signs
  6. Brings deoxygenated blood to your heart
  7. Acute coronary syndromes
  8. attack Blockage of blood flow
  9. root word "vessel"
  10. Cardiovascular disease
  11. Transient ischemic attack
  12. Scan that uses soundwaves

25 Clues: root word "aorta" • root word "blood" • root word "veins" • root word "heart" • root word "vessel" • Scan for the heart • Irregular heartbeat • Cardiovascular disease • Cerebrovascular accident • Acute coronary syndromes • Transient ischemic attack • Scan that uses soundwaves • Buildup of too much fluid • Acute myocardial infarction • Scan that uses magnetic fields • ...

Cardiovascular System 2025-12-01

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
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  1. blockages in arteries
  2. root word meaning vein
  3. coronary artery disease
  4. beats per min
  5. root word meaning heart
  6. cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  7. records the heart's electrical activity
  8. prefix meaning above/over
  9. build up of fatty deposits
  10. magnetic resonance imaging
  11. form network within tissues
  12. produces 3d images of arteries
  13. blood pressure
  14. provides structural support
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  1. use of sound wave/ultrasound for pictures of heart
  2. causes irregular heart rhythm
  3. blood supply to arms/legs become blocked
  4. heart muscle makes it difficult to pump blood
  5. composed of neurons
  6. prefix meaning fast
  7. x-ray/detailed imaging
  8. Tissue regulates blood flow/pressure
  9. suffix meaning inflammation
  10. coronary artery bypass graft
  11. transport oxygenated blood away from heart

25 Clues: beats per min • blood pressure • composed of neurons • prefix meaning fast • blockages in arteries • root word meaning vein • x-ray/detailed imaging • coronary artery disease • root word meaning heart • prefix meaning above/over • build up of fatty deposits • magnetic resonance imaging • suffix meaning inflammation • form network within tissues • provides structural support • ...

B4M5 Puzzle Time 2024-01-04

B4M5 Puzzle Time crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This approach focuses on providing comfort and relief during challenging times in healthcare.
  2. Medical exploration that takes a deep dive into the respiratory system; it's like a lung adventure with a lighted guide.
  3. Think of this procedure as the insertion of a breathing tube.
  4. This event involves a disruption of blood flow to the brain.
  5. A rapid heart rhythm originating in the ventricles.
  6. A cardiac condition that might make you think of a "wacky path way" disrupting the normal heart rhythm.
  7. A mechanical device providing support to a weakened heart's left ventricle.
  8. This protein is like a "plasma performer," maintaining colloidal osmotic pressure in blood.
  9. Also known as adrenaline, this medication can quickly raise blood pressure and heart rate in emergency situations.
  10. A slow heart rate.
  11. This device is like a "smart guardian" for the heart, delivering a shock to restore normal rhythm when needed.
  12. This state could be likened to an "abstinent agitation," with symptoms arising after discontinuing alcohol use.
  13. The central organ in the circulatory system, often symbolized as a sign of love or emotion.
  14. This system helps manage waste in a controlled way, ensuring a clean and comfortable environment; think of it as a "sanitary strategy" for dealing with digestive remnants.
  15. Blood-thinner that prevents clots; keeps the circulation flowing smoothly.
  16. This medical device, named after its inventor, is a flexible tube inserted into a specific body part to drain fluids or allow monitoring—commonly used in the urinary system for drainage.
  17. This antiarrhythmic medication is often used to regulate the heart's rhythm.
  18. Term refers to the tearing of layers in blood vessels.
  19. This test provides information on blood oxygen and acidity.
  20. A blood clot that often forms in the legs; deep trouble for circulation.
  21. A small mesh tube inserted into an artery to help keep it open and improve blood flow.
  22. A potent pain reliever.
  23. Chest pain or discomfort caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle.
  24. This wave on an ECG represents ventricular depolarization.
  25. Surgical procedure creating an airway in the neck; a breath of fresh air for some patients.
  26. This catheter for measuring pressures in the heart and lungs.
  27. This process is like a "blood ID check," ensuring compatibility for blood transfusions. Send to tube station 134.
  28. With this system, patients have control over their pain relief.
  29. This medication is like a "speedy antidote," used to increase heart rate in certain situations.
  30. Mechanical device that helps patients breathe by delivering oxygen to the lungs and removing carbon dioxide.
  31. Infection resulting from the improper use of central lines; a hospital-acquired woe.
  32. This genetic disorder is characterized by tall stature and elongated limbs.
  33. A protein released into the bloodstream during a heart attack; elevated levels indicate heart muscle damage.
  34. This opioid analgesic provides pain relief in various medical scenarios.
  35. This pain management technique involves administering medication near the spinal cord.
  36. A test that records the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time, providing information about heart rate and rhythm.
  37. This healthcare professional is a "caring conduit," providing patient care and support.
  38. One of the heart's valves, this term might bring to mind a "merry portal" regulating blood flow.
  39. A procedure to diagnose and treat heart conditions using a catheter to access the heart's chambers and blood vessels.
  40. Bladder infection that's unwelcome.
  41. Medications that constrict blood vessels, raising blood pressure; used in cases of severe hypotension.
  42. Inotrope used to increase cardiac output.
  43. Breakdown of red blood cells.
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  1. This signaling device allows patients to request assistance.
  2. This sedative-hypnotic agent is sometimes humorously called "milk of amnesia" due to its milky appearance and ability to induce rapid anesthesia.
  3. This principle calculates cardiac output, like a "flow formula" based on oxygen consumption.
  4. This acute heart attack with significant ST-elevation.
  5. This vascular condition might be seen as a "bulging balloon," a weakening and expansion of a blood vessel wall.
  6. Inflammation of the pericardium (the sac surrounding the heart), causing chest pain.
  7. Phosphodiesterase inhibitor that helps improve heart function.
  8. An implanted device that helps regulate the heart's rhythm by sending electrical impulses to the heart muscles.
  9. The organ responsible for oxygenating blood and removing carbon dioxide.
  10. This type of heart attack without ST elevation.
  11. Often called a "rat poison"; it's not for rodents, but it keeps clots at bay.
  12. A life-threatening arrhythmia.
  13. A medication used to slow down the heart rate.
  14. The largest artery in the body.
  15. This medical procedure is like a "filtration fiesta," cleansing the blood when kidneys need assistance.
  16. This cardiac condition may feel like a "heart hug," where fluid compresses the heart.
  17. This monitoring method measures oxygen saturation.
  18. Abnormal accumulation of fluid around the heart.
  19. The body's "liquid life" that carries oxygen, nutrients, and waste products.
  20. This condition involves a sudden blockage of the pulmonary arteries.
  21. Irregular heart rhythm; can be too fast (tachycardia) or too slow (bradycardia).
  22. A device inserted into the aorta to assist the heart in pumping blood, often used in cases of cardiac failure.
  23. This flexible feeding tube for enteral nutrition.
  24. This imaging technique uses sound waves for visualization internal structures without radiation.
  25. An echocardiogram that requires a probe down the throat; a more intimate look at the heart.
  26. This drainage system that removing air or fluid from the pleural space.
  27. Emergency procedure involving chest compressions and rescue breathing to restore blood circulation and breathing in a person with cardiac arrest.
  28. When your heart decides to host a party, but it's less of a rhythmic dance and more of a wild “____ulous fiesta!"
  29. This measurement reflects left atrial pressure.
  30. A feminine hygiene device used in healthcare settings, it helps manage incontinence by providing a non-invasive way to collect urine.
  31. A device that delivers an electric shock to the heart to restore normal rhythm during sudden cardiac arrest.
  32. This electrolyte is essential for heart function, like the "potent partner" in maintaining proper cardiac rhythm.
  33. The process of removing the breathing tube once the patient can breathe independently.
  34. This cooling device helps with targeted temperature management.
  35. This is a type of temporary ventricular support device.
  36. This life-saving technology supporting heart and lung function.
  37. Absence of identifiable heart rhythm.
  38. An echocardiogram that captures heart images through the chest; a non-invasive cardiac snapshot.
  39. These vessels carry blood away from the heart, and the word might remind you of a major thoroughfare for blood circulation.
  40. This surgical technique involves harvesting veins using an endoscope.

83 Clues: A slow heart rate. • A potent pain reliever. • Breakdown of red blood cells. • A life-threatening arrhythmia. • The largest artery in the body. • Bladder infection that's unwelcome. • Absence of identifiable heart rhythm. • Inotrope used to increase cardiac output. • A medication used to slow down the heart rate. • This type of heart attack without ST elevation. • ...

CV System Review 2 2018-04-24

CV System Review 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. puncture of a vein
  2. suffix that means hardening
  3. inflammation of outer sac of heart
  4. inflammation of heart valves
  5. instrument used to record
  6. excision within the artery
  7. measured in bpm
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  1. tumor of blood vessels
  2. surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from heart sac
  3. combining form for deficiency
  4. study of the heart
  5. combining form for atrium
  6. combining form for heart
  7. record of electric activity of heart
  8. ventricular relaxation measure

15 Clues: measured in bpm • puncture of a vein • study of the heart • tumor of blood vessels • combining form for heart • combining form for atrium • instrument used to record • excision within the artery • suffix that means hardening • inflammation of heart valves • combining form for deficiency • ventricular relaxation measure • inflammation of outer sac of heart • ...

Circulatory System 2015-03-08

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the protein that carries oxygen to the heart and carbon dioxide to the lungs
  2. single nucleus
  3. contain histamine and heparin
  4. occurs between only the heart and the lungs
  5. muscle located under the rib cage that causes the rib cage to expand and contract, making air passage easier
  6. innermost layer that prevents blood from clotting
  7. Largest structure of the heart
  8. red blood cells
  9. occurs between the heart and every part of the body except the lungs
  10. a mixture of cells, cell fragments, and fluid along with particles of fat, other nutrients, and dissolved gasses
  11. made of tissue and elastic fibers
  12. made of muscle and elastic fibers that contract and expand to help blood flow
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  1. tiny blood vessels that transport blood to and from cells
  2. blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  3. usually spherical with bumps on the outside
  4. passage used to bring air into the lungs
  5. air sacs at the end of bronchioles
  6. 2 basic components of blood
  7. One of the main functions of the heart
  8. any substance that can cause your immune system to produce antibodies against it
  9. 2 larger chambers
  10. U shaped
  11. 2 smaller chambers of the heart
  12. clear yellow fluid that makes up 55% of the blood
  13. carry blood from the rest of the body back to the heart

25 Clues: U shaped • single nucleus • red blood cells • 2 larger chambers • 2 basic components of blood • contain histamine and heparin • Largest structure of the heart • 2 smaller chambers of the heart • made of tissue and elastic fibers • air sacs at the end of bronchioles • One of the main functions of the heart • passage used to bring air into the lungs • ...

S2 Heart and Lungs 2020-06-08

S2 Heart and Lungs crossword puzzle
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  1. This organ is responsible for pumping blood around your body
  2. The name of the blood vessels that contain valves
  3. The number of chambers the heart has
  4. This is one factor that can effect heart and lung health
  5. Another term for the air sacs in your lungs
  6. When you do this the diaphragm moves up and the rib cage gets smaller.
  7. The side of the heart with the thicker muscular wall
  8. The name given to blood without oxygen in it
  9. Tidal volume and vital capacity can be measured using this piece of equipment
  10. The name of the structures that prevent the backflow of blood
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  1. What is the heart made of?
  2. The name of the thinnest blood vessels
  3. The names of the structures that the bronchi in the lungs branch out into
  4. The name of the blood vessels that carries blood away from your heart
  5. The name of the gas that moves from the air sacs into the blood vessels when you breathe in
  6. The name of the muscle at the bottom of the ribs used during breathing
  7. Another term for your windpipe
  8. The name given to blood returning to the heart from the lungs
  9. This organ is known as "the organ of gas exchange"
  10. This is another factor that can effect heart and lung health

20 Clues: What is the heart made of? • Another term for your windpipe • The number of chambers the heart has • The name of the thinnest blood vessels • Another term for the air sacs in your lungs • The name given to blood without oxygen in it • The name of the blood vessels that contain valves • This organ is known as "the organ of gas exchange" • ...

Cardiovascular System 2020-05-04

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. swollen, dilated veins commonly found in the legs
  2. medical term for high blood pressure
  3. regulates blood flow with two cusps between the left atrium and left ventricle
  4. excessive ballooning of an artery
  5. ultrasound test that examines blood flow, and heart structures
  6. blood test that looks for enzymes that indicate cardiac muscle death
  7. abbreviation for "congestive heart failure"
  8. "backwards" vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
  9. medically referred to as myocardial infarction; caused by insufficient blood flow from blockage or stenosis
  10. test that uses dyed to examine blood vessels
  11. the heart's inner membrane
  12. medical device used to measure blood pressure
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  1. implanted device that uses electrical signals to correct abnormal heart rhythms
  2. the double layered sac that surrounds the heart
  3. abbreviation for "beats per minute"
  4. latin root meaning "come" or "vein"
  5. large vein that brings deoxygenated blood from upper body to right atrium
  6. prefix meaning "slow"
  7. type of blood vessel that typically carries oxygenated blood away from heart
  8. suffix meaning "enlarged"
  9. prefix meaning "high" or "excessive"
  10. abbreviation for "shortness of breath"
  11. prefix meaning "heart"
  12. medical term for low blood pressure
  13. abbreviation for "ventricular fibrillation"
  14. abbreviation for "mitral valve prolapse"
  15. abbreviation for "catheterization"
  16. type of vessel that typically carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
  17. the largest artery in the body
  18. suffix meaning "narrowed"

30 Clues: prefix meaning "slow" • prefix meaning "heart" • suffix meaning "enlarged" • suffix meaning "narrowed" • the heart's inner membrane • the largest artery in the body • excessive ballooning of an artery • abbreviation for "catheterization" • abbreviation for "beats per minute" • latin root meaning "come" or "vein" • medical term for low blood pressure • ...

Vital Signs & Admissions, Transfers, and Discharges 2024-05-20

Vital Signs & Admissions, Transfers, and Discharges crossword puzzle
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  1. The amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery by the blood
  2. The number of heartbeats or pulses in 1 minute
  3. The beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through and artery
  4. A rapid heart rate; more than 100 beats per minute
  5. A touch reading and writing system that's uses raised dots for each letter of the alphabet
  6. Low blood pressure
  7. With a fever
  8. Official departure of a person from a health care setting
  9. Breathing air into and out of the lungs
  10. Earwax
  11. An instrument used to listen to the sounds produced by the heart, lungs, and other body organs
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  1. High blood pressure
  2. The difference between the apical and radial pulse rates
  3. The amount of heat in the body that is a balance between the amount of heat produced and the amount lost by the body
  4. A slow heart rate; less than 60 beats per minute
  5. The absence of sight
  6. The period of heart muscle relaxation; the heart is at rest
  7. Moving the person to another health care setting; move the person to a new room in the agency
  8. Official entry of a person into a health care setting
  9. The total or partial loss of the ability to use or understand language
  10. The period of heart muscle contraction; the heart is pumping blood

21 Clues: Earwax • With a fever • Low blood pressure • High blood pressure • The absence of sight • Breathing air into and out of the lungs • The number of heartbeats or pulses in 1 minute • A slow heart rate; less than 60 beats per minute • A rapid heart rate; more than 100 beats per minute • Official entry of a person into a health care setting • ...

Heart Anatomy Crossword 2023-01-07

Heart Anatomy Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. valve set separating ventricles and arteries
  2. allow ions to flow between adjacent cardiac muscle fibers
  3. valve set separating atria and ventricles
  4. deliver blood to the myocardium
  5. SL valve on right side of heart
  6. receiving chambers
  7. squishy CT skeleton of the myocardium
  8. contractile tissue of the heart
  9. SL valve on left side of heart
  10. fibers that spilt to surround each ventricle
  11. AV valve on left side of heart
  12. prevent backflow
  13. type of cells called "pacemaker cells"
  14. AV valve on right side of heart
  15. remove blood from the myocardium
  16. fibers in the superior interventricular septum
  17. create a tight bond between adjacent cardiac muscle fibers
  18. muscles in atrial myocardium
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  1. attach AV valves to heart wall in ventricles
  2. name for thin fibers that innervate the ventricular myocardium
  3. ligament connecting aorta and pulmonary artery in adults
  4. hole connecting aorta and pulmonary artery in babies
  5. serous membrane surrounding heart
  6. simple squamous lining of heart chambers
  7. depression in adults between atria
  8. stingy CT connecting valve flaps to papillary muscles
  9. node embedded between atria and ventricles
  10. hole in babies between atria
  11. connect adjacent cardiac muscle fibers
  12. distributing chambers
  13. node embedded in right atrium

31 Clues: prevent backflow • receiving chambers • distributing chambers • hole in babies between atria • muscles in atrial myocardium • node embedded in right atrium • SL valve on left side of heart • AV valve on left side of heart • deliver blood to the myocardium • SL valve on right side of heart • contractile tissue of the heart • AV valve on right side of heart • ...

Med term crossword 2025-02-23

Med term crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. echocardiogram
  2. a medical imaging procedure that uses X-rays to visualize the inside of blood vessels
  3. a chronic condition that occurs when the heart can't pump enough blood and oxygen to the body
  4. against
  5. basic metabolic panel
  6. an invasive medical procedure that involves inserting a thin, flexible tube into a blood vessel and guiding it into the heart
  7. Tiny blood vessels that allow for gas and nutrient exchange between blood and tissues.
  8. This occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted
  9. High blood pressure
  10. automated external defibrillator
  11. The muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
  12. an irregular heartbeat that can be too fast, too slow, or have an irregular rhythm
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  1. a non-invasive imaging test that uses ultrasound waves to create detailed pictures of the heart
  2. type of test to evaluate how well this system is functioning.
  3. Involuntary muscle contraction
  4. Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
  5. apart or through
  6. The fluid that carries oxygen, nutrients, and waste products throughout the body.
  7. Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
  8. a medical test that records the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time
  9. implantable cardioverter defibrillator
  10. occurs when blood flow to the heart muscle is blocked
  11. hypertension
  12. inner
  13. fast

25 Clues: fast • inner • against • hypertension • echocardiogram • apart or through • High blood pressure • basic metabolic panel • Involuntary muscle contraction • automated external defibrillator • implantable cardioverter defibrillator • occurs when blood flow to the heart muscle is blocked • This occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted • ...

Anatomy Lecture 12 Crossword 2014-09-19

Anatomy Lecture 12 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Area of the hear that is absent of papillary muscles
  2. Valve on right side of heart
  3. The left ________ is the thickest chamber of the heart
  4. Term used to describe flow of blood in heart
  5. Slow increase in size of heart
  6. These arteries are found above the aortic semilunar valve
  7. Muscles which anchor the chordae tendinae
  8. A thin delicate covering of the heart is ____ pericardium
  9. Allows blood to flow from right atria to right ventrical
  10. The ______ trunk brings blood to lungs
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  1. This node is located inside the right atrium
  2. Dividing sulcus between ventricles
  3. The ______atrium receives blood from the superior vena cava
  4. This structure connects the fetal atria
  5. The heart muscle
  6. How many sources deliver blood to the right atrium?
  7. The portion of the heart that is located between 5th and 6th intercostal space

17 Clues: The heart muscle • Valve on right side of heart • Slow increase in size of heart • Dividing sulcus between ventricles • The ______ trunk brings blood to lungs • This structure connects the fetal atria • Muscles which anchor the chordae tendinae • This node is located inside the right atrium • Term used to describe flow of blood in heart • ...

Medical terms 2025-10-14

Medical terms crossword puzzle
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  1. vessel can be looked at with this procedure
  2. divided into 4 chambers
  3. / EKG,-electrocardiogram
  4. echocardiogram
  5. oxygen
  6. thick walls and carry blood away from the heart
  7. of oxygen and carbon dioxide
  8. ultrasonography-look at blood going through blood vessels
  9. deep vein thrombosis
  10. heart failure
  11. must have something to do with the lungs
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  1. to measure pressure
  2. external defibrillator
  3. vein
  4. ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
  5. small
  6. for the sounds of the heart
  7. type of blood vessel

18 Clues: vein • small • oxygen • heart failure • echocardiogram • to measure pressure • type of blood vessel • deep vein thrombosis • external defibrillator • divided into 4 chambers • / EKG,-electrocardiogram • for the sounds of the heart • of oxygen and carbon dioxide • must have something to do with the lungs • vessel can be looked at with this procedure • ...

Cardio and Blood System 2021-10-06

Cardio and Blood System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Coronary artery bypass graft/grafting
  2. Coronary artery disease
  3. Formation of clotting cells
  4. Removal of clotting within the artery
  5. Making arteries visilble on X-ray record
  6. Stopping the flow of blood
  7. Deficiency of all cells
  8. Surgical repair of a vessel
Down
  1. Removal of white blood cells
  2. Incision into an artery
  3. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
  4. Rapid heartbeat
  5. Congestive heart failure
  6. Myocardial infarction
  7. Enlargement of the heart
  8. Condition known as blue baby
  9. Arteriosclerotic heart disease
  10. Hypertension
  11. Abnormal heart rhythm

19 Clues: Hypertension • Rapid heartbeat • Myocardial infarction • Abnormal heart rhythm • Incision into an artery • Coronary artery disease • Deficiency of all cells • Congestive heart failure • Enlargement of the heart • Stopping the flow of blood • Formation of clotting cells • Surgical repair of a vessel • Removal of white blood cells • Condition known as blue baby • ...

EKG Chapter 3 Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-20

EKG Chapter 3 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The study of the structures of the body
  2. changes that cause a response in the body
  3. phase when the heart contracts
  4. vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  5. Two tubes that take air to the lungs
  6. phase when the heart relaxes
  7. White blood cells
  8. air sacs in the lungs
  9. the outermost layer of the heart
  10. formed elements that aid in clotting
Down
  1. Two upper chambers of the heart
  2. the middle and thickest layer of the heart
  3. The study of how various body systems work
  4. A state of balance and stability in the body
  5. Red blood cells
  6. Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart

16 Clues: Red blood cells • White blood cells • air sacs in the lungs • phase when the heart relaxes • phase when the heart contracts • Two upper chambers of the heart • the outermost layer of the heart • Two tubes that take air to the lungs • formed elements that aid in clotting • The study of the structures of the body • changes that cause a response in the body • ...

Transport in the Body 2021-09-04

Transport in the Body crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A tiny blood vessel, just one cell thick.
  2. A type of blood cell that helps to clot blood at the site of a cut
  3. A type of blood vessel that usually brings blood to the heart
  4. the name for a small chamber of the heart
  5. Pumps blood around the body
  6. The way materials pass into and out of capillaries
  7. Allows blood to flow in one direction only
  8. A transport system in the body
  9. the force of blood in an artery caused by the pumping of the heart
  10. A waste gas that travels to the lungs in the blood
  11. A type of blood vessel with a pulse
  12. An artery that carries blood to the lungs
Down
  1. Produced by some types of white blood cells that fight specific diseases
  2. A type of blood cell that carries oxygen
  3. The wall in the heart that separates the left and right sides
  4. a straw coloured liquid part of blood
  5. The name of the larger chamber in the heart
  6. A type of blood cell that fights infection
  7. The red pigment in blood
  8. The number of chambers in the heart
  9. A special muscle that is found in the heart
  10. The liquid part of the circulatory system
  11. The main artery of the body
  12. An important gas that is carried in the blood from the lungs

24 Clues: The red pigment in blood • Pumps blood around the body • The main artery of the body • A transport system in the body • The number of chambers in the heart • A type of blood vessel with a pulse • a straw coloured liquid part of blood • A type of blood cell that carries oxygen • A tiny blood vessel, just one cell thick. • the name for a small chamber of the heart • ...

Cardiovascular Crossword 2022-03-28

Cardiovascular Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The volume of blood still in ventricles at the end of ventricular systole
  2. Sound from closing of atrioventricular valves
  3. Between left atrium and left ventricle
  4. Depolarization is ________ with epi and norepi stimulating B1 adrenergic receptors
  5. prevent backflow from ventricles into atria
  6. The contraction of the ventricles.
  7. Carry blood towards the heart
  8. Between right atrium and right ventricle
  9. The volume of blood ejected from the heart per beat
  10. Caused by backflow of blood from ventricles into atria
  11. Soud from closing of the semilunar valves
  12. The repeated pattern of contraction and relaxation of the heart
Down
  1. When both atrioventricular and semilunar valves are closed
  2. A slow, spontaneous depolarization
  3. Open from hyperpolarization and cAMP
  4. The flow of deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs and back again
  5. The pacemaker of the heart. In the R atrium near the SVC.
  6. The first phase of the cardiac cycle where 80% of ventricular filling happens.
  7. Carry blood away from the heart
  8. The flow of blood from the heart through the body and back to the heart
  9. The total amount of blood left in each ventricle at the end of ventricular diastole
  10. Multiple myocardial cells linked by gat junctions
  11. Prevent backflow from arteries to ventricles
  12. The phase in which the last 20% of blood enters the ventricles
  13. Depolarization is _________ with ACh opening up K+ channels

25 Clues: Carry blood towards the heart • Carry blood away from the heart • A slow, spontaneous depolarization • The contraction of the ventricles. • Open from hyperpolarization and cAMP • Between left atrium and left ventricle • Between right atrium and right ventricle • Soud from closing of the semilunar valves • prevent backflow from ventricles into atria • ...

Kayla Vavra Unit 4 2018-04-11

Kayla Vavra Unit 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. are lower, larger chambers that send blood out from the body
  2. prevents the oxygen blood in the left atrium during the forceful squeeze of the lower chamber
  3. covers surfaces and lines cavities usually in thin layers with tightly packed cells
  4. made up of connective tissue, connected to the papillary muscles in the ventricles
  5. circulation refers to the movement of blood between the lungs and the heart
  6. they branch off from the aorta near the point where the aorta and the left ventricle meet
  7. protects, supports and binds together other tissues; contains lots of extracellular matrix of different types of molecules that includes different types of proteins
  8. used to describe the delivery of oxygen rich blood to the body and its return as deoxygenated blood back to the heart
  9. allows the cells to survive, grow, repair, and replicate themselves
  10. generate voluntary and involuntary movement by contracting and relaxing; calls are parallel, long and tapered
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  1. saturated, voluntary muscle
  2. upper smaller chambers that receive blood into the heart
  3. refers to the movement of blood between the lung and the heart
  4. carries blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  5. saturated, branched, involuntary muscle containing intercalated discs
  6. delivers oxygenated blood to the left atrium of the heart
  7. transmits electrochemical signals
  8. another type of energy
  9. involuntary, non-striated muscle
  10. is the muscular wall of the heart (heart muscle)

20 Clues: another type of energy • saturated, voluntary muscle • involuntary, non-striated muscle • transmits electrochemical signals • is the muscular wall of the heart (heart muscle) • upper smaller chambers that receive blood into the heart • delivers oxygenated blood to the left atrium of the heart • are lower, larger chambers that send blood out from the body • ...

Respiratory and Circulatory System 2013-03-14

Respiratory and Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged
  2. Lump of material formed from the content of liquid
  3. Plays an important role in forming blood clots
  4. Breathing tubes of insects located on the abdomen
  5. Controls the heartbeat
  6. It smell things and you breathe out of it
  7. Dome-shaped muscle that located at the base of the lungs
  8. carries air into lungs
  9. Form the basis of a blood clot
  10. Close to your heart
  11. Heart and chest protector
  12. Passage between the pharynx and the stomach
  13. Blood vessel that carries the blood away from the heart
  14. Pumps blood out of the heart
  15. voice box
Down
  1. Receives blood that come to the heart
  2. Breathing tube and the airway
  3. Cords Talking and singing ability
  4. Artery
  5. Passage to the stomach and lungs
  6. covers the windpipe (keeps food from entering)
  7. Liquid part of the blood
  8. Circulation director and chest beater
  9. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide with water
  10. Blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
  11. Lining that keeps the lungs from rubbing against the ribs
  12. Where substances are exchanged between the blood and body cells
  13. Largest artery in the body:receives blood from the left ventricle
  14. Marrow Soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood cells
  15. Muscle Muscle tissue of the heart

30 Clues: Artery • voice box • Close to your heart • Controls the heartbeat • carries air into lungs • Liquid part of the blood • Heart and chest protector • Pumps blood out of the heart • Breathing tube and the airway • Form the basis of a blood clot • Passage to the stomach and lungs • Cords Talking and singing ability • Muscle Muscle tissue of the heart • Receives blood that come to the heart • ...

Heart, Blood and Circulatory System HMS 2023-12-06

Heart, Blood and Circulatory System HMS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molecules moving from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
  2. iron containing protein that binds to oxygen
  3. plasma is made of almost 90% this
  4. can receive blood from A or O
  5. the body's ability to keep a steady state internally
  6. receives blood that comes to the heart
  7. a muscular pump
  8. this is between the right atrium and ventricle
  9. plasma carries most of this
  10. a type O person is this
  11. sound made when the valves between the atria and ventricles slam shut
  12. take up oxygen and deliver it to cells
  13. liquid part of blood
  14. tiny vessels where gas exchange occurs
  15. the body's disease fighters
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  1. this term means lungs
  2. a type AB person is this
  3. the body's drainage system
  4. knobs of tissue that filter lymph
  5. carry blood away from the heart with thicker walls
  6. these get the most highly oxygenated blood
  7. cell fragments that help form blood clots
  8. the force with which ventricles contract
  9. system that is made up of the heart, blood vessels and blood
  10. this is between the left atrium and ventricle
  11. pumps blood out of the heart
  12. group of cells that make the heart contract
  13. this is a flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backwards
  14. carry blood to the heart
  15. this prefix means heart

30 Clues: a muscular pump • liquid part of blood • this term means lungs • a type O person is this • this prefix means heart • a type AB person is this • carry blood to the heart • the body's drainage system • plasma carries most of this • the body's disease fighters • pumps blood out of the heart • can receive blood from A or O • plasma is made of almost 90% this • ...

Chapter 5 2022-10-08

Chapter 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. these transport gasses and nutrients to the body
  2. this is the middle layer of the heart
  3. this is the outer layer of the heart
  4. this leads to the aortic valve and sends reoxygenated blood to the body
  5. doing this will greatly suppress Hematoma formation
  6. this is the outer layer of a vein
  7. the site at which cells exchange products of metabolism with adjoining cells
  8. this is where the innermost layer of the heart is
  9. this describes the force of aqueous blood on the arterial walls
  10. these carry blood away from the heart
  11. this is the glass-like inner layers of veins
Down
  1. how many chambers does the heart have
  2. where deoxygenated comes into the heart
  3. after passing the Tricuspid valve the blood goes here then enter the pulmonic valve to enter the lungs for reoxygenation
  4. what valve must the blood pass thru to reach the Left ventricle
  5. carry blood back to the heart
  6. fluid between the cells is called
  7. this is the middle layer of a vein
  8. this is greatly facilitated by the cardiovascular system
  9. where reoxygenated blood enters the heart after leaving the lungs
  10. is where 2 veins join together into 1
  11. is where 2 arteries join together into 1
  12. how long should you raise a patient's arm above their head for a accidental arterial stick
  13. these are low pressure compared to capillaries and arteries

24 Clues: carry blood back to the heart • fluid between the cells is called • this is the outer layer of a vein • this is the middle layer of a vein • this is the outer layer of the heart • how many chambers does the heart have • this is the middle layer of the heart • is where 2 veins join together into 1 • these carry blood away from the heart • ...

Anatomy and Physiology: Cardiac and Thoracic 2022-06-04

Anatomy and Physiology: Cardiac and Thoracic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. myocardial cells that conduct electricity in ventricular muscle
  2. number of ribs
  3. irregular or abnormal heartbeat
  4. Bradycardia is defined as ____
  5. ____ receives unoxygenated blood for reoxygenation
  6. pouching of the esophagus know as zenkers _____
  7. pulmonary ____ carry oxygenated blood back to the heart
  8. ___ lung has 3 lobes
  9. cardiac phase when the heart muscle relaxes
  10. removal of a portion of the lung is a ____
  11. build of up blood and air in the pleural cavity
  12. grape-like structure located at the end of bronchi
  13. ____ arteries are the only arteries to carry deoxygenated blood
  14. elevated blood pressure is known as
  15. water on the lungs, between lungs and chest
  16. floating ribs are referred to as ___ ribs
  17. inferior chambers of the heart
  18. most distal portion of the sternum
  19. repair or unblocking of blood vessel
Down
  1. CABG involves harvesting ______ and ______ mammary artery
  2. the heart is located in this cavity
  3. one way blood flow from aorta to the ______
  4. cardiac phase when the ventricles contract is ___
  5. condition that occurs when patient loses too much fluid; blood or water
  6. is caused by aortic valve stenosis, reverse flow of blood.
  7. surrounding layer of the heart
  8. most proximal portion of the sternum
  9. most common incision for used in heart surgery
  10. superior chambers of the heart
  11. inner layer of the heart

30 Clues: number of ribs • ___ lung has 3 lobes • inner layer of the heart • surrounding layer of the heart • Bradycardia is defined as ____ • superior chambers of the heart • inferior chambers of the heart • irregular or abnormal heartbeat • most distal portion of the sternum • the heart is located in this cavity • elevated blood pressure is known as • most proximal portion of the sternum • ...

Broken Heart Syndrome 2023-10-20

Broken Heart Syndrome crossword puzzle
Across
  1. checks for blockages
  2. Risk factors
  3. Symptoms that can mimic a heart attack
  4. Complications of broken heart syndrome
  5. ultrasound of the heart
  6. Sweating
  7. A protein found in the muscles of the heart
  8. triggers that can cause broken heart syndrome
Down
  1. Abnormal heartbeats
  2. Anticoagulant
  3. Medication for broken heart syndrome
  4. This may show a NSTEMI
  5. Broken Heart syndrome is more common in _____ than men
  6. Weakening of he left ventricle

14 Clues: Sweating • Risk factors • Anticoagulant • Abnormal heartbeats • checks for blockages • This may show a NSTEMI • ultrasound of the heart • Weakening of he left ventricle • Medication for broken heart syndrome • Symptoms that can mimic a heart attack • Complications of broken heart syndrome • A protein found in the muscles of the heart • triggers that can cause broken heart syndrome • ...

Chapter 5 : Anotomy and Physiology of the circulatory System 2025-10-09

Chapter 5 : Anotomy and Physiology of the circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Membrane surrounding the heart
  2. Protein that carries oxygen
  3. Fluid after clotting
  4. Liquid portion of blood containing clotting factors
  5. Lower chambers of the heart
  6. Upper chambers of the heart
  7. Smallest blood vessels
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  1. Contraction phase of the heart
  2. Heart relaxation phase
  3. Carry blood away from heart
  4. Organ where blood is oxygenated
  5. Largest artery
  6. Connect arteries and veins
  7. Carry blood back to the heart
  8. Clear fluid of lymphatic system

15 Clues: Largest artery • Fluid after clotting • Heart relaxation phase • Smallest blood vessels • Connect arteries and veins • Carry blood away from heart • Protein that carries oxygen • Lower chambers of the heart • Upper chambers of the heart • Carry blood back to the heart • Contraction phase of the heart • Membrane surrounding the heart • Organ where blood is oxygenated • ...

Module Review Sinus & Atrial Rhythms 2023-09-21

Module Review Sinus & Atrial Rhythms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. regular rhythm, HR 60-100
  2. flutter waves on monitor
  3. top chambers of heart
  4. when heart contracts
  5. irregular rhythm with fibrillation waves
  6. inner layer of heart
Down
  1. bottom chambers of heart
  2. PR interval of afib
  3. middle of thoracic cavity where heart is
  4. when heart relaxes
  5. extra 30% of blood pumped during contraction
  6. a form of atrial tachycardia
  7. primary pacemaker of the heart
  8. early beat from focus in atria

14 Clues: when heart relaxes • PR interval of afib • when heart contracts • inner layer of heart • top chambers of heart • bottom chambers of heart • flutter waves on monitor • regular rhythm, HR 60-100 • a form of atrial tachycardia • primary pacemaker of the heart • early beat from focus in atria • middle of thoracic cavity where heart is • irregular rhythm with fibrillation waves • ...

Cardiovascular Crossword 2022-02-21

Cardiovascular Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. conduction system – electrical conduction system consisting of specialized cardiac cells that initiate and propagate electrical impulses throughout the heart
  2. – an internal or external electronic device that sends electrical impulses to the heart in order to set the heart rhythm or regulate the heart rate
  3. bundle and bundle branches – located in interventricular septum; functions to spread electrical impulse down septum
  4. – two lower heart chambers that pump blood to the body and the lungs
  5. node – located in right atrial wall; functions to initiate electrical impulse and set the pace of the heart; aka. pacemaker
  6. – small blood vessels where nutrient and gaseous exchange occurs
  7. – blood vessels that transport blood toward the heart
  8. system – system of structures to enclose and convey the transport medium in one direction through the system from one exchange surface to another
  9. – blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart
  10. – ability to move materials within the body
  11. fibers – located in ventricular myocardium; functions to spread electrical impulse throughout ventricles
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  1. node – located in interatrial septum; functions to delay electrical impulse from sinoatrial node to allow the completion of atrial contraction
  2. cycle – muscular events of the heart associated with the flow of blood throughout the heart during one heart beat
  3. – ability of cardiac cells to generate the action potential at a certain rate without any external stimulus
  4. (EKG, ECG) – graphical representation of cardiac electrical activity
  5. – two upper heart chambers that receive blood from the body and the lungs
  6. – an internal or external electronic device that applies an electric shock to restore the rhythm of a heart in fibrillation
  7. – swelling due to excessive interstitial fluid
  8. – external electrical shock used to restore normal heart rhythm
  9. – weakness in wall of major artery

20 Clues: – weakness in wall of major artery • – ability to move materials within the body • – swelling due to excessive interstitial fluid • – blood vessels that transport blood toward the heart • – blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart • – external electrical shock used to restore normal heart rhythm • ...

Puzzles assignment part 1 2022-06-24

Puzzles assignment part 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. blood vessel.
  2. like membrane surrounding the heart.
  3. of the heart.
  4. of two upper chambers of the heart.
  5. artery in the body.
  6. that is oxygen poor.
  7. to measure blood pressure.
Down
  1. of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
  2. layer of the heart.
  3. artery.
  4. phase of the heartbeat.
  5. lining of blood vessels.
  6. carrying oxygen poor blood from the heart to the lungs.
  7. lining of the heart.

14 Clues: artery. • blood vessel. • of the heart. • layer of the heart. • artery in the body. • that is oxygen poor. • lining of the heart. • phase of the heartbeat. • lining of blood vessels. • to measure blood pressure. • of two upper chambers of the heart. • like membrane surrounding the heart. • of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries. • ...

Puzzles assignment part 1 2022-06-24

Puzzles assignment part 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. blood vessel.
  2. like membrane surrounding the heart.
  3. of the heart.
  4. of two upper chambers of the heart.
  5. artery in the body.
  6. that is oxygen poor.
  7. to measure blood pressure.
Down
  1. of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
  2. layer of the heart.
  3. artery.
  4. phase of the heartbeat.
  5. lining of blood vessels.
  6. carrying oxygen poor blood from the heart to the lungs.
  7. lining of the heart.

14 Clues: artery. • blood vessel. • of the heart. • layer of the heart. • artery in the body. • that is oxygen poor. • lining of the heart. • phase of the heartbeat. • lining of blood vessels. • to measure blood pressure. • of two upper chambers of the heart. • like membrane surrounding the heart. • of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries. • ...

Cardiovascular System 2025-03-26

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. picture, record
  2. above, more than normal
  3. fast
  4. electricity
  5. vein
  6. artery
  7. surgical excision/removal
  8. fat, cholesterol
  9. instrument that records
  10. surgical creation of an opening
  11. muscle
  12. hardening
  13. deficiency, blockage of blood supply
  14. septum, dividing wall
  15. vessel
  16. pulse
Down
  1. fatty plaque
  2. less than normal, below
  3. aorta
  4. sound
  5. atrium, chamber
  6. slow
  7. pumping chamber of the heart
  8. rupture, burst
  9. enlargement
  10. clot
  11. vessel, duct
  12. heart, specifically heart vessels
  13. pressure, stretching
  14. pain
  15. chest
  16. veins
  17. heart

33 Clues: fast • vein • slow • clot • pain • aorta • sound • chest • veins • heart • pulse • artery • muscle • vessel • hardening • electricity • enlargement • fatty plaque • vessel, duct • rupture, burst • picture, record • atrium, chamber • fat, cholesterol • pressure, stretching • septum, dividing wall • above, more than normal • less than normal, below • instrument that records • surgical excision/removal • pumping chamber of the heart • ...

Noncomminicable Diseases 2026-05-07

Noncomminicable Diseases crossword puzzle
Across
  1. LDL
  2. Warning for Heart Attack
  3. Caused by genetic or hereditary factors.
  4. stroke acronym
  5. 120 normal systolic pressure
  6. Diseases triggered by exposure to hazards.
  7. acronym for cancer
  8. HDL
  9. Diseases that are on/off over long time.
Down
  1. Any condition that weakens the heart
  2. diabetes is a ____
  3. Heart Attack
  4. CVA
  5. T in caution
  6. dont use _____ to prevent cancer
  7. Diseases that cause further continuous degeneration of body cells
  8. Uncontrollable risk factor for heart disease.
  9. main thing to prevent strokes
  10. F in befast
  11. normal diastolic pressure

20 Clues: CVA • LDL • HDL • F in befast • Heart Attack • T in caution • stroke acronym • diabetes is a ____ • acronym for cancer • Warning for Heart Attack • normal diastolic pressure • main thing to prevent strokes • dont use _____ to prevent cancer • Any condition that weakens the heart • Caused by genetic or hereditary factors. • Diseases that are on/off over long time. • ...

Chapter 12 - Heart 2025-10-04

Chapter 12 - Heart crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another name for the atrioventricular bundle.
  2. A bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
  3. These structures branch and connect cardiac cells. They contain specialized gap junctions and coordinate muscle contractions.
  4. are also called pacemakers because they set the rate of the heartbeat.
  5. A measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beats per minute.
  6. Second phase in Cardiac Action Potential. The process during the action potential when sodium (Na+) is rushing into the cell causing the interior to become more positive.Goes from -90/80 to +30 mV
  7. First phase in Cardiac Action Potential. It is generated by the sinoatrial Node. Begins at -90/80 mV
  8. Thick middle muscle layer of the heart
  9. Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
  10. Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.
  11. Contraction of the heart
  12. relaxation phase of the heartbeat.
  13. Chemical sensors in the brain and blood vessels that identify changing levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide
  14. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  15. Cells that are sensitive to blood pressure changes.
  16. A clear, watery fluid secreted by the cells of a serous membrane.
  17. Volume of blood pumped by heart per minute. Heart Rate x Stroke Volume
  18. the volume of blood pumped out by a ventricle with each heartbeat
  19. normal heartbeat triggered by the SA node
  20. heart cells that regularly produce spontaneous electrical impulses
  21. inner lining of the heart
  22. 2 upper chambers of the heart
Down
  1. outermost layer of the heart
  2. fibers in the ventricles that transmit impulses to the apex of the heart (lowest part of the heart) and then to the ventricular myocardium and upwards to the top of the ventricles
  3. responsible for pulling the atrioventricular valves closed by means of the chordae tendineae
  4. Anchoring junctions that prevent cells from being pulled apart
  5. the two lower chambers of the heart, and they pump blood out to the lungs and body.
  6. Fourth phase in Cardiac Action Potential. K+ channels open and rapidly flows out of the cell and Ca+ channels close. Goes from 0 to -90/80 mV
  7. Vessels that supply the myocardium with blood
  8. Third phase in Cardiac Action Potential. Ca+ channels open and enter the cell. Goes from +30 to 0 mV
  9. A specialized mass of conducting cells located at the atrioventricular junction in the heart near the right atrium.
  10. Process that requires oxygen
  11. strong fibrous strings that anchor the cusps and papillary muscles to ventricular walls
  12. Carries blood to and from gas exchange surfaces of lungs
  13. Flaps of tissue that open and close to allow the flow of blood in one direction only. They are located at the entrances and exits of its chambers.
  14. Two pathways in interventricular septum. Carry impulses toward apex of heart
  15. a small opening that connects two cells and allows the direct transfer of action potential from one cell to another
  16. Fifth Phase in Cardiac Action Potential. This is where the heart contracts to pump effectively. At -90/80 mV
  17. the specialized epithelial tissue that lines the blood and lymph vessels, body cavities, glands, and organs
  18. A small mass of tissue that is made up of Purkinje fibers, ganglion cells, and nerve fibers, that is embedded in the musculature of the right atrium, and that originates the impulses stimulating the heartbeat
  19. Circuit of blood that carries blood between the heart and the rest of the body.

41 Clues: Contraction of the heart • inner lining of the heart • outermost layer of the heart • Process that requires oxygen • 2 upper chambers of the heart • relaxation phase of the heartbeat. • Thick middle muscle layer of the heart • normal heartbeat triggered by the SA node • Another name for the atrioventricular bundle. • Vessels that supply the myocardium with blood • ...

Cardiovascular System 2023-04-28

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fine branching vessels that form a network before the arterioles and venules
  2. carries blood toward the heart
  3. Platelets
  4. vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart
  5. thin layer of skin on inside of the chamber of the heart
  6. artery carrying blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
  7. white blood cell
Down
  1. the muscular tissue of the heart
  2. main artery in body carrying blood to the circulatory system
  3. main chambers in heart
  4. large vein carrying deoxygenated blood
  5. carries blood away from the heart
  6. the membrane enclosing the heart
  7. cavity of the heart where blood is passed to the ventricles
  8. red blood cell

15 Clues: Platelets • red blood cell • white blood cell • main chambers in heart • carries blood toward the heart • the muscular tissue of the heart • the membrane enclosing the heart • carries blood away from the heart • large vein carrying deoxygenated blood • thin layer of skin on inside of the chamber of the heart • cavity of the heart where blood is passed to the ventricles • ...

Cardiovascular Sytem 2022-03-25

Cardiovascular Sytem crossword puzzle
Across
  1. respond to pressure changes
  2. prevents backflow of blood
  3. helps form blood clots
  4. white blood cell
  5. blood flow from right atrium to right ventricle
  6. thick middle layer of heart
  7. carries blood away from heart
  8. blood flow from ventricles to aorta and pulmonary trunk artery
  9. returns blood back to heart
Down
  1. blood flow from left atrium to left ventricle
  2. cardiac myocytes joined by ends
  3. covers heart valves and tendons
  4. result of heart contraction
  5. fluid portion of blood
  6. contract to fill ventricles
  7. red blood cell
  8. inner layer of pericardium
  9. empties into right atrium

18 Clues: red blood cell • white blood cell • helps form blood clots • fluid portion of blood • empties into right atrium • prevents backflow of blood • inner layer of pericardium • respond to pressure changes • result of heart contraction • contract to fill ventricles • thick middle layer of heart • returns blood back to heart • carries blood away from heart • cardiac myocytes joined by ends • ...

CARDIO & BLOOD SYSTEM 2021-10-14

CARDIO & BLOOD SYSTEM crossword puzzle
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  1. surgical repair of a blood vessel
  2. abnormal condition of bluish coloration of the skin
  3. surgical removal of plaque from the inner layer of an artery
  4. disease of the arteries surrounding the heart
  5. arteriosclerotic heart disease
  6. deficiency of all (blood) cells
  7. stoppage of bleeding or the flow of blood
  8. rapid heartbeat
  9. myocardial infarction
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  1. enlargement of the heart
  2. formation of clotting cells
  3. abnormal heart rhythm
  4. removal of white blood cells
  5. arteries and veins anastomosed to coronary arteries to detour around blockages
  6. process of cutting an artery
  7. percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
  8. x-ray record of blood vessels
  9. heart is unable to pump its required amount of blood
  10. high blood pressure

19 Clues: rapid heartbeat • high blood pressure • abnormal heart rhythm • myocardial infarction • enlargement of the heart • formation of clotting cells • removal of white blood cells • process of cutting an artery • x-ray record of blood vessels • arteriosclerotic heart disease • deficiency of all (blood) cells • surgical repair of a blood vessel • stoppage of bleeding or the flow of blood • ...

Circulatory and Respiratory Systems 2025-05-27

Circulatory and Respiratory Systems crossword puzzle
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  1. aid in clotting with the help of plasma protein
  2. carry oxygen via hemoglobin
  3. site of gas exchange
  4. contain oxygen rich blood from the heart
  5. carrying protein in RBCs
  6. chambers of the heart that receive blood
  7. chambers of the heart that pump blood
  8. muscle aiding in breathing
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  1. guard against infection
  2. straw-colored main component of blood
  3. air is filtered and warmed
  4. to supply cells with oxygen and carbon dioxide
  5. contains the bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli
  6. exchange materials between the cell and blood
  7. transportation system for materials
  8. passageway to the bronchi
  9. number of chambers in the heart
  10. vocal cords
  11. contain oxygen poor blood from the body to the heart

19 Clues: vocal cords • site of gas exchange • guard against infection • carrying protein in RBCs • passageway to the bronchi • air is filtered and warmed • muscle aiding in breathing • carry oxygen via hemoglobin • number of chambers in the heart • transportation system for materials • straw-colored main component of blood • chambers of the heart that pump blood • ...

Unit 5 Lab 2020-10-27

Unit 5 Lab crossword puzzle
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  1. Form the covering of all body surfaces, line body cavities and hollow organs, and are the major tissue in glands. (Tissue)
  2. Chief complaint (Abbreviation)
  3. Complete stopping of the heart.
  4. Two (Prefix)
  5. Atrial Fibrillation (Abbreviation)
  6. Involuntary muscle contraction (Suffix)
  7. Automated external defibrillator (Abbreviation)
  8. Helps the brain to transmit messages to all of the components of the circulatory system. (Tissue)
  9. The most common and plentiful type of tissue in the entire body.
  10. Surgical removal/excision (Suffix)
  11. A condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed.
  12. A disease in which there is a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart.
  13. Uses x-ray dye which is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing or aneurysms.
  14. Pain (Suffix)
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  1. A condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell.
  2. This occurs when a part of the heart doesn't get the blood flow it needs.
  3. An instrument used to measure pressure.
  4. Blood (Abbreviation)
  5. Used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage.
  6. This machine records the electrical activity of the heart.
  7. Blood Pressure (Abbreviation)
  8. Enables us to move our whole body, or just certain parts. (Tissue)
  9. Against (Prefix)
  10. Pumps Blood
  11. A test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.

25 Clues: Pumps Blood • Two (Prefix) • Pain (Suffix) • Against (Prefix) • Blood (Abbreviation) • Blood Pressure (Abbreviation) • Chief complaint (Abbreviation) • Complete stopping of the heart. • Atrial Fibrillation (Abbreviation) • Surgical removal/excision (Suffix) • An instrument used to measure pressure. • Involuntary muscle contraction (Suffix) • ...

PHS - CIRCULATORY SYSTEM KMP 2022-04-01

PHS - CIRCULATORY SYSTEM KMP crossword puzzle
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  1. high blood pressure
  2. dilated, swollen veins that have lost elasticity
  3. hardening or thickening of arterial walls
  4. valve the blood travels through exiting the left ventricle
  5. vessel that is one cell layer thick
  6. muscular layer of the heart
  7. type of blood cell that fights infection
  8. inflammation of a vein
  9. the period of rest, ventricular filling
  10. foreign substance in the bloodstream
  11. low number of erythrocytes or hemoglobin
  12. type of vessel that might contain a valve to prevent the backflow of blood
  13. fatty plaques on the walls of the arteries
  14. heart attack
  15. wall that separates the heart into left and right sides
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  1. blood cell that assists in clotting
  2. blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  3. low blood pressure
  4. blood cell that contains hemoglobin
  5. double layer membrane surrounding the heart
  6. type of vessel returns blood to the heart
  7. valve exiting the right ventricle
  8. smallest arteries
  9. inherited disease that leads to prolonged bleeding
  10. the average adult has 4-6 ___ of blood in their body
  11. malignant disease of the bone marrow
  12. ballooning out of an arterial wall
  13. valve between the left atrium and left ventricle
  14. period of ventricular contraction
  15. inner layer of the heart that allows for the smooth flow of blood
  16. the liquid part of blood
  17. smallest veins
  18. largest artery
  19. blood returning from the body enters the right ___ (chamber of the heart)
  20. valve between the right atrium and right ventricle

35 Clues: heart attack • smallest veins • largest artery • smallest arteries • low blood pressure • high blood pressure • inflammation of a vein • the liquid part of blood • muscular layer of the heart • valve exiting the right ventricle • period of ventricular contraction • ballooning out of an arterial wall • blood cell that assists in clotting • blood cell that contains hemoglobin • ...

Case 3 - Racing Heart 2023-10-18

Case 3 - Racing Heart crossword puzzle
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  1. carbonic anhydrase inhibitor
  2. nicki says "you can be the king, but...
  3. Dyspnea
  4. extra pathway in the heart that connects the atria and ventricles
  5. congenital heart defect that primarily affects the tricuspid valve
  6. where we go to school
  7. basically what this dumb week is about
  8. blue baby syndrome
  9. represents the delay at the atrioventricular (AV) node
  10. sensation that the heart is racing, pounding, fluttering, or skipping a beat
  11. our patient's name
  12. involves the presence of abnormal electrical conductive circuits between the atria and ventricles
  13. congenital heart defect that involves a hole or opening in the atrial septum
  14. receives blood full of oxygen from the lungs
  15. a truth universally acknowledged
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  1. potential treatment for WPW syndrome
  2. happens when the aortic and pulmonary valves close after the blood has been squeezed out of the heart
  3. generates an electrical signal that causes the upper heart chambers (atria) to contract
  4. gatekeeper of the heart
  5. a loop diuretic
  6. study of flowing blood and the structures it flows through
  7. visible slurred upstroke of the QRS complex
  8. happens when the mitral and tricuspid valves close
  9. murmur characterized by continuous, high-pitched, and uniform sound that occurs throughout the entire duration of systole
  10. allows deoxygenated, systemic venous return to bypass the lungs and return to the body without becoming oxygenated

25 Clues: Dyspnea • a loop diuretic • blue baby syndrome • our patient's name • where we go to school • gatekeeper of the heart • carbonic anhydrase inhibitor • a truth universally acknowledged • potential treatment for WPW syndrome • basically what this dumb week is about • nicki says "you can be the king, but... • visible slurred upstroke of the QRS complex • ...

Medical Terminology Crossword 2024-03-08

Medical Terminology Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Blood vessels that distribute oxygen-rich blood to your entire body
  2. Muscular pumping device
  3. Abbreviation meaning blood pressure
  4. This is the term for diseases of the heart muscle
  5. Disease occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries in the heart
  6. A painless imaging procedure that uses sound waves to examine the heart's structure and motion
  7. A single cell layer that lines all blood
  8. Abbreviation meaning cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  9. Abbreviation meaning coronary artery disease
  10. A laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample
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  1. Prefix meaning artery
  2. A painless test that records the heart's electrical activity
  3. Syndrome caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function
  4. The smallest type of blood vessel
  5. Disease when you have irregular heart beats
  6. Prefix meaning heart
  7. Prefix meaning blood
  8. Blood vessels located through your body that collect oxygen-poor blood and return it to your heart
  9. A portable ECG device that is worn for a day or more to record the heart's activity during daily activities
  10. Abbreviation meaning chronic heart failure
  11. Root word meaning "little vessel"
  12. Abbreviation meaning coronary heart disease
  13. A medical condition in which poor blood flows into the brain causing cell death
  14. Prefix meaning vein
  15. A medical imaging technique used to obtain detailed internal images of the body

25 Clues: Prefix meaning vein • Prefix meaning heart • Prefix meaning blood • Prefix meaning artery • Muscular pumping device • The smallest type of blood vessel • Root word meaning "little vessel" • Abbreviation meaning blood pressure • A single cell layer that lines all blood • Abbreviation meaning chronic heart failure • Disease when you have irregular heart beats • ...

Cardiovascular System Review 2026-03-11

Cardiovascular System Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Red blood cells that are produced in the red bone marrow.
  2. Located between the right atrium and the right ventricle and closes when right ventricle contracts.
  3. A complex protien molecule.
  4. Carry blood away from the heart.
  5. Recieves oxygenated blood from the lungs.
  6. The heart at a breif period of rest.
  7. Connect aterioles with venules, the smallest vien.
  8. Platelets that are usually described as fragments or pieces of cells because they lack nuclei and vary in shape and size.
  9. Lines the inside of the heart and is continuous with blood vessels.
  10. Located Between the left atrium and ventricle.
  11. Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart.
  12. The heart in a period of ventricular cntraction.
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  1. Located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.
  2. Recieves blood from the right atrium and pumps it throught the pulmonary artery.
  3. The thickest and muscular middle layer.
  4. Recieves blood from the left atrium and pumps it through the aorta artery.
  5. A double-layer membrane, or sac, that covers the outside of the heart.
  6. Recieces blood as it returns from the body cells.
  7. Muscular wall that seperates the heart from right and left.
  8. Abnormal heart rythms that can be life threatening.
  9. "Transportation" system of the body.
  10. Located between the left ventricle and the aorta, the largest artery in the body.

22 Clues: A complex protien molecule. • Carry blood away from the heart. • "Transportation" system of the body. • The heart at a breif period of rest. • The thickest and muscular middle layer. • Recieves oxygenated blood from the lungs. • Located Between the left atrium and ventricle. • The heart in a period of ventricular cntraction. • ...

Medterm Crossword 2024-10-24

Medterm Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what process can be used on someone going through a heart attack?
  2. what is the core of the cardiovascular system?
  3. what is the leading cause of death in the US?
  4. what does the prefix "angi(o)" mean?
  5. what is a written record of blood vessels?
  6. what is the largest artery?
  7. what does the prefix "tachy" mean?
  8. what tool is used to listen for heart beats and rhythm
  9. what is the abbreviation for electrocardiography?
  10. what is a portable CPR machine called?
  11. what is the prefix for "lung"?
  12. what takes oxygenated blood to the rest of the body?
  13. what is "high blood pressure" also called?
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  1. enzymes what test can be used to evaluate possible heart muscle damage?
  2. what is a device that corrects abnormal heartbeats?
  3. what is the bottom of the heart called?
  4. what does "h/o" mean?
  5. what test measures the amount of strain on your heart?
  6. what side of the heart does deoxygenated blood flow through?
  7. what condition causes an artery to swell
  8. what bridges between veins and arteries?
  9. what kind of blood does the left side of the heart pump out?
  10. what condition can result from a lack of blood flow to the brain?
  11. what does the suffix "ia" mean?
  12. what is the suffix for "process of recording"?

25 Clues: what does "h/o" mean? • what is the largest artery? • what is the prefix for "lung"? • what does the suffix "ia" mean? • what does the prefix "tachy" mean? • what does the prefix "angi(o)" mean? • what is a portable CPR machine called? • what is the bottom of the heart called? • what condition causes an artery to swell • what bridges between veins and arteries? • ...

Chapter 8 Cardiovascular 2023-03-11

Chapter 8 Cardiovascular crossword puzzle
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  1. diagnostic procedure uses ultrasound waves to visualize internal structures of the heart
  2. largest artery of the heart that delivers oxygenated blood to the body
  3. abnormal hardening and thickening of fatty plaque within blood vessels
  4. narrowing, stricture
  5. localized balloon like swelling of a vessel
  6. surgical puncture of the heart
  7. sac surrounding the heart
  8. removal of blood clot
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  1. profuse sweating
  2. muscular layer of the heart
  3. obstruction caused by a mass within that vessel
  4. clumps on valves-small masses of inflammatory material
  5. inability of valve to close completely
  6. inner layer of heart that lines the chambers and covers the valves
  7. a radiographic image of the heart and blood vessels after an injection of a contrast dye
  8. obstruction or blockage of a vessel that can lead to death of a tissue
  9. slow, rapid or irregular heartbeat

17 Clues: profuse sweating • narrowing, stricture • removal of blood clot • sac surrounding the heart • muscular layer of the heart • surgical puncture of the heart • slow, rapid or irregular heartbeat • inability of valve to close completely • localized balloon like swelling of a vessel • obstruction caused by a mass within that vessel • ...

The Ciculatory Wrap Up 2023-05-01

The Ciculatory Wrap Up crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the aortic valve and replaces it with a mechanical valve or a valve made from cow, pig or human heart ...
  2. thick middle layer of the heart
  3. frequency of heartbeat
  4. outermost layer of the heart
  5. blood cells made in bone marrow
  6. the largest part of your blood
  7. carry blood towards the heart
  8. blood cells made in bone marrow found in blood and lympth tissue
  9. tissue covering the inside of the heart
  10. a wall dividing a cavity or stucture into smaller ones
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  1. the smallest blood vessel
  2. the pressure of blood pushing against the wall of your artiers
  3. the largest artery of the body
  4. carry blood away from the heart
  5. tiny disc shape found in blood and spleen
  6. ciculatory system delievers blood and oxygen to the body
  7. heart beats per minute

17 Clues: frequency of heartbeat • heart beats per minute • the smallest blood vessel • outermost layer of the heart • carry blood towards the heart • the largest artery of the body • the largest part of your blood • carry blood away from the heart • thick middle layer of the heart • blood cells made in bone marrow • tissue covering the inside of the heart • ...

Cardiovascular Sytem Review 2023-12-18

Cardiovascular Sytem Review crossword puzzle
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  1. red blood cells that do not carry oxygen are ___
  2. the heart has this many compartments
  3. this type of cell cannot be replenished
  4. red blood cells that carry oxygen are ___
  5. organs for disposing of waste
  6. red blood cells deliver oxygen, hormones and ___
  7. right heart -> lungs -> left heart -> ___
  8. this side of the heart receives deoxygenated blood
  9. all living things are made of these
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  1. vessel that take blood to the heart
  2. red blood cells pick-up ___ and waste at the body cells
  3. all cells need this to do work
  4. this is where blood cells are made
  5. vessel that takes blood away from the heart
  6. tiny vessels that exchange materials at the body cells
  7. organ that supplies oxygen and removes carbon dioxide from red blood cells
  8. this side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood out to the body

17 Clues: organs for disposing of waste • all cells need this to do work • this is where blood cells are made • vessel that take blood to the heart • all living things are made of these • the heart has this many compartments • this type of cell cannot be replenished • red blood cells that carry oxygen are ___ • right heart -> lungs -> left heart -> ___ • ...

Breathing and Circulation 2014-12-31

Breathing and Circulation crossword puzzle
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  1. Blood vessel that carries blood to the heart
  2. Organs for breathing
  3. One of the functions of the blood
  4. Sugar that is carried in the plasma
  5. Platelets carry substances that help this occur
  6. Tiny, thin-walled blood vessel that collects carbon dioxide from body cells.
  7. Tiny air sacs that are the site of gas exchange in the lungs
  8. Flat sheet of muscle that has a role in the breathing mechanism
  9. Pumps blood around the body
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  1. Bones that protect our heart and lungs
  2. Chamber of the heart that blood flows into
  3. Colour of blood cells that fight infection
  4. Pressure wave that travels along the walls of the arteries each time the heart beats
  5. Mineral needed for haemoglobin to function properly
  6. Chemical that binds oxygen in the blood
  7. Causes increase in heart rate
  8. Liquid part of the blood
  9. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  10. Prevents backflow of blood in the circulatory system
  11. Gas that diffuses from the blood in capillaries to the body cells
  12. Carries air from the mouth to the bronchi
  13. Colour of blood cells that carry oxygen

22 Clues: Organs for breathing • Liquid part of the blood • Pumps blood around the body • Causes increase in heart rate • One of the functions of the blood • Sugar that is carried in the plasma • Bones that protect our heart and lungs • Chemical that binds oxygen in the blood • Colour of blood cells that carry oxygen • Carries air from the mouth to the bronchi • ...

Congenital heart diseases 2022-03-23

Congenital heart diseases crossword puzzle
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  1. help detect heart defects
  2. aorta defects
  3. what colour shows oxygenated blood in drawings of the heart
  4. when a person is born with a disease we say it is
  5. increase in this lipids can result in patent ductus arteriousus
  6. most shunts are from which side
  7. what happens to the aorta in tetralogy of fallot
  8. a valve separating the right atrium and right ventricle
  9. a congenital connection between the great vessels that normally closes after birth allowing blood from the right side to the left side of the heart to mix
  10. the number of defects in tetralogy of fallot
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  1. in tetralogy of fallout what happens to the right ventricle
  2. these congenital defects allows oxygenated blood to mix with deoxygenated blood
  3. a heart doctor
  4. narrowing of heart valve
  5. this cord connects the foetus with the mother’s placenta
  6. the blue discolouration due to lack of oxygenated blood
  7. a valve separating the left atrium and left ventricle
  8. boot shaped image of heart is due to what disease (abbreviation)
  9. this ductus allows blood to move from pulmonary artery to aorta
  10. what is a palpable murmur called
  11. which ventricle works the least
  12. Most common heart defect (abbreviation)

22 Clues: aorta defects • a heart doctor • narrowing of heart valve • help detect heart defects • most shunts are from which side • which ventricle works the least • what is a palpable murmur called • Most common heart defect (abbreviation) • the number of defects in tetralogy of fallot • what happens to the aorta in tetralogy of fallot • when a person is born with a disease we say it is • ...

nervous system pathology 2022-06-24

nervous system pathology crossword puzzle
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  1. middle layer of the heart
  2. located on the interatrial septum
  3. pumps blood through the pulmonary semiluar valve
  4. drain the legs
  5. receives blood from all tissues except the lungs through the cranial and caudal venae cavae
  6. receives blood from the left atrium
  7. located between the left ventricle and aorta
  8. expansion
  9. carry impulses through the ventricular muscle causing them to contract
  10. located between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery
  11. smaller branches of the arteries
  12. controls the opening between the left atrium and left ventricle
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  1. double-walled membrane surrounding the heart
  2. normal heart rhythm
  3. valve that controls the opening between the right atrium and right ventricle
  4. receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
  5. inner layer of the heart
  6. contraction
  7. ventricular contraction
  8. supplies blood to the liver,stomach and spleen
  9. drain the kidneys
  10. provide blood to the kidneys
  11. depression where vessels and nerves enter an organ
  12. where the heart lies
  13. node located on the wall of the right atrium that helps establish the basic rhythm of the heart
  14. external layer of the heart
  15. small blood vessels that carry blood to veins

27 Clues: expansion • contraction • drain the legs • drain the kidneys • normal heart rhythm • where the heart lies • ventricular contraction • inner layer of the heart • middle layer of the heart • external layer of the heart • provide blood to the kidneys • smaller branches of the arteries • located on the interatrial septum • receives blood from the left atrium • ...

Cardiology-Cardiovascular System 2020-03-09

Cardiology-Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. oxygenated blood from the pulmonary artery enters the ______
  2. move and put in another place
  3. pertaining to within the ventricle
  4. strengthens heart contractions
  5. a result of the immune response to strep infection
  6. an arrhythmia that is treated with a pacemaker
  7. ventricle that empties into the aorta
  8. between the right atrium and right ventricle
  9. the largest artery in the body
  10. done to restore myocardial blood flow when an artery is occluded
  11. used on patients experiencing ventricular fibrillation
  12. a treatment for varicose veins
  13. drug that can break apart a formed blood clot
  14. _____ artery disease
  15. muscular layer of the heart
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  1. elevated blood pressure
  2. shows narrowing or blockage of coronary
  3. system that consists of the heart and the vascular structures
  4. ______ ultrasonography produces images of blood flow
  5. valve between the left atrium and left ventricle
  6. measures blood pressure in millimeters
  7. no impulses reach the ventricles
  8. angina pectoris
  9. ______ of Fallot
  10. inability of the heart to pump sufficient amounts of blood
  11. carry blood back to the heart
  12. pulse in the wrist
  13. monitors a patient's heart rate and rhythm from a distance
  14. number of chambers in the heart

29 Clues: angina pectoris • ______ of Fallot • pulse in the wrist • _____ artery disease • elevated blood pressure • muscular layer of the heart • move and put in another place • carry blood back to the heart • strengthens heart contractions • the largest artery in the body • a treatment for varicose veins • number of chambers in the heart • no impulses reach the ventricles • ...

Medical Terms Unit 5 Lab 2023-03-22

Medical Terms Unit 5 Lab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
  2. for automated external defibrillator
  3. monitor/a portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days
  4. of small vessels that perfuse tissues.
  5. procedure done in a specialized area of radiology
  6. for blood
  7. suffix for written record
  8. swollen and dilated veins
  9. that deliver blood to tissues.
  10. condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
  11. the heart lies in the middle
  12. for chief complaint
  13. to listen for the sounds of the heart, but it also helps us listen to other body sounds like the lungs and intestines
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  1. prefix for between
  2. to measure pressure
  3. suffix for inflammation
  4. blood through the system.
  5. condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon
  6. as high blood pressure
  7. is a complete stopping of the heart.
  8. that return blood to the heart
  9. for do not resuscitate
  10. suffix for pertaining to
  11. prefix for slow
  12. for basic metabolic panel

25 Clues: for blood • prefix for slow • prefix for between • to measure pressure • for chief complaint • as high blood pressure • for do not resuscitate • suffix for inflammation • suffix for pertaining to • blood through the system. • suffix for written record • swollen and dilated veins • for basic metabolic panel • the heart lies in the middle • that return blood to the heart • ...

CARDIO & BLOOD SYSTEM 2021-10-14

CARDIO & BLOOD SYSTEM crossword puzzle
Across
  1. surgical repair of a blood vessel
  2. abnormal condition of bluish coloration of the skin
  3. surgical removal of clotting blood from the inner layer of a pulmonary artery
  4. disease of the arteries surrounding the heart
  5. arteriosclerotic heart disease
  6. deficiency of all (blood) cells
  7. stoppage of bleeding or the flow of blood
  8. rapid heartbeat
  9. myocardial infarction
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  1. enlargement of the heart
  2. formation of clotting cells
  3. abnormal heart rhythm
  4. removal of white blood cells
  5. coronary artery bypass graft
  6. process of cutting an artery
  7. percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
  8. x-ray record of blood vessels
  9. heart is unable to pump its required amount of blood
  10. high blood pressure

19 Clues: rapid heartbeat • high blood pressure • abnormal heart rhythm • myocardial infarction • enlargement of the heart • formation of clotting cells • removal of white blood cells • coronary artery bypass graft • process of cutting an artery • x-ray record of blood vessels • arteriosclerotic heart disease • deficiency of all (blood) cells • surgical repair of a blood vessel • ...

Cardiovascular Systems 2014-11-11

Cardiovascular Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The largest artery in the body; it conducts freshly oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues.
  2. Medium sized blood vessels; carries blood to the heart
  3. "Liquidy" part of the blood
  4. main organ of the cardiovascular system
  5. The amount of blood the heart pumps through the circulatory system in one minute.
  6. Resistance to disease
  7. Smallest blood vessels; carries blood to the extremities
  8. Cells that carry oxygen-
  9. The valve that regulates blood flow from the heart into the aorta.
  10. Blood cells responsible for clotting
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  1. An upper chamber of the heart that receives and holds blood that is about to enter the ventricle.
  2. Specialized protein that carries oxygen on red blood cells
  3. A lower chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries.
  4. Largest blood vessels; carries blood away from the heart
  5. Cells that fight disease
  6. Air sacs in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.
  7. A vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood to the body.

17 Clues: Resistance to disease • Cells that fight disease • Cells that carry oxygen- • "Liquidy" part of the blood • Blood cells responsible for clotting • main organ of the cardiovascular system • A vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood to the body. • Medium sized blood vessels; carries blood to the heart • Largest blood vessels; carries blood away from the heart • ...

Circulatory System Crossword 2017-02-11

Circulatory System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Often found in large groups, small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, most often involved in clotting
  2. Sounds during your heartbeat such as whooshing or swishing made by turbulent blood in or near your heart
  3. Granular leukocyte that's irregularly shaped with a nucleus that is partially constricted into two lobes, the cytoplasm contains coarse bluish-black granules of varying sizes
  4. Where blood flows from the heart though the atria into the ventricles
  5. Process by which the cardiovascular system carries oxygenated blood away from the heart and returns de-oxygenated blood back into the heart
  6. Red blood cell that is typically an biconcave disc without a nucleus
  7. Cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve inside the heart
  8. Two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed throughout ventricles
  9. Membrane enclosing the heart, has an outer fibrous layer and inner double layer of serous membrane
  10. Process by which the cardiovascular system carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart and returns oxygenated blood back into the heart
  11. White blood cell that has coarse granules found in its cytoplasm
  12. Pair of valves in the heart at the bases of the aorta and the pulmonary artery, consisting of three cusps that prevent the flow of blood back into the heart
  13. Large phagocytic white blood cell with a simple oval nucleus and clear, grayish cytoplasm
  14. Disease of the arteries in which the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their inner walls
  15. Colorless cell that circulates in the blood and body fluids that fights against foreign substances and disease
  16. Delivers de-oxygenated blood to the other corresponding lung
  17. Abnormally high blood pressure
  18. White blood cell with a one-lobed nucleus with no granules found in its cytoplasm
  19. Chief phagocytic of white blood cells found in blood
  20. Stoppage or stopping of a flowing of blood
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  1. Phase of the heartbeat when the heart contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries
  2. Colorless fluid part of blood in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended
  3. Red protein that transports oxygen in the blood of vertebrates
  4. Formation and development of blood cells
  5. Wall separating the lower chambers (Ventricles) of the heart
  6. Sequence of events in the heart from the beginning of one beat to the beginning of the following beat
  7. Main artery of the body that supplies oxygenated blood to the circulatory system
  8. Sounds caused by turbulence caused by the closure of mitral and tricuspid valves at the start of systole
  9. Form of a small leukocyte with a single round nucleus mostly found in the lymphatic system
  10. Hollow part or cavity found in an organ
  11. White blood cell with secretory granules found in its cytoplasm
  12. Stem cell that produces blood cells
  13. Volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle per heart beat
  14. Phase of the heartbeat when the heart relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood

34 Clues: Abnormally high blood pressure • Stem cell that produces blood cells • Hollow part or cavity found in an organ • Formation and development of blood cells • Stoppage or stopping of a flowing of blood • Chief phagocytic of white blood cells found in blood • Wall separating the lower chambers (Ventricles) of the heart • ...

Circulatory System Crossword 2017-02-11

Circulatory System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Chief phagocytic of white blood cells found in blood
  2. Volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle per heart beat
  3. Two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed throughout ventricles
  4. Cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve inside the heart
  5. Pair of valves in the heart at the bases of the aorta and the pulmonary artery, consisting of three cusps that prevent the flow of blood back into the heart
  6. Process by which the cardiovascular system carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart and returns oxygenated blood back into the heart
  7. Red protein that transports oxygen in the blood of vertebrates
  8. Wall separating the lower chambers (Ventricles) of the heart
  9. Red blood cell that is typically an biconcave disc without a nucleus
  10. White blood cell that has coarse granules found in its cytoplasm
  11. Membrane enclosing the heart, has an outer fibrous layer and inner double layer of serous membrane
  12. Main artery of the body that supplies oxygenated blood to the circulatory system
  13. Hollow part or cavity found in an organ
  14. Formation and development of blood cells
  15. White blood cell with secretory granules found in its cytoplasm
  16. Large phagocytic white blood cell with a simple oval nucleus and clear, grayish cytoplasm
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  1. Colorless cell that circulates in the blood and body fluids that fights against foreign substances and disease
  2. Sequence of events in the heart from the beginning of one beat to the beginning of the following beat
  3. Delivers de-oxygenated blood to the other corresponding lung
  4. Process by which the cardiovascular system carries oxygenated blood away from the heart and returns de-oxygenated blood back into the heart
  5. Granular leukocyte that's irregularly shaped with a nucleus that is partially constricted into two lobes, the cytoplasm contains coarse bluish-black granules of varying sizes
  6. Phase of the heartbeat when the heart contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries
  7. Phase of the heartbeat when the heart relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood
  8. Colorless fluid part of blood in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended
  9. Where blood flows from the heart though the atria into the ventricles
  10. Form of a small leukocyte with a single round nucleus mostly found in the lymphatic system
  11. Disease of the arteries in which the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their inner walls
  12. Abnormally high blood pressure
  13. Stoppage or stopping of a flowing of blood
  14. White blood cell with a one-lobed nucleus with no granules found in its cytoplasm
  15. Sounds caused by turbulence caused by the closure of mitral and tricuspid valves at the start of systole
  16. Stem cell that produces blood cells
  17. Often found in large groups, small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, most often involved in clotting
  18. Sounds during your heartbeat such as whooshing or swishing made by turbulent blood in or near your heart

34 Clues: Abnormally high blood pressure • Stem cell that produces blood cells • Hollow part or cavity found in an organ • Formation and development of blood cells • Stoppage or stopping of a flowing of blood • Chief phagocytic of white blood cells found in blood • Delivers de-oxygenated blood to the other corresponding lung • ...

Circulatory System Crossword 2017-02-14

Circulatory System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Often found in large groups, small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, most often involved in clotting
  2. Stem cell that produces blood cells
  3. Granular leukocyte that's irregularly shaped with a nucleus that is partially constricted into two lobes, the cytoplasm contains coarse bluish-black granules of varying sizes
  4. White blood cell with a one-lobed nucleus with no granules found in its cytoplasm
  5. Red blood cell that is typically an biconcave disc without a nucleus
  6. Red protein that transports oxygen in the blood of vertebrates
  7. Process by which the cardiovascular system carries oxygenated blood away from the heart and returns de-oxygenated blood back into the heart
  8. Chief phagocytic of white blood cells found in blood
  9. Two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed throughout ventricles
  10. Where blood flows from the heart though the atria into the ventricles
  11. Hollow part or cavity found in an organ
  12. Volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle per heart beat
  13. Sounds during your heartbeat such as whooshing or swishing made by turbulent blood in or near your heart
  14. Colorless fluid part of blood in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended
  15. Disease of the arteries in which the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their inner walls
  16. Sequence of events in the heart from the beginning of one beat to the beginning of the following beat
  17. Sounds caused by turbulence caused by the closure of mitral and tricuspid valves at the start of systole
  18. Membrane enclosing the heart, has an outer fibrous layer and inner double layer of serous membrane
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  1. Process by which the cardiovascular system carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart and returns oxygenated blood back into the heart
  2. Cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve inside the heart
  3. Abnormally high blood pressure
  4. Stoppage or stopping of a flowing of blood
  5. Phase of the heartbeat when the heart relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood
  6. Large phagocytic white blood cell with a simple oval nucleus and clear, grayish cytoplasm
  7. Pair of valves in the heart at the bases of the aorta and the pulmonary artery, consisting of three cusps that prevent the flow of blood back into the heart
  8. Formation and development of blood cells
  9. Main artery of the body that supplies oxygenated blood to the circulatory system
  10. Wall separating the lower chambers (Ventricles) of the heart
  11. White blood cell that has coarse granules found in its cytoplasm
  12. White blood cell with secretory granules found in its cytoplasm
  13. Delivers de-oxygenated blood to the other corresponding lung
  14. Phase of the heartbeat when the heart contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries
  15. Colorless cell that circulates in the blood and body fluids that fights against foreign substances and disease
  16. Form of a small leukocyte with a single round nucleus mostly found in the lymphatic system

34 Clues: Abnormally high blood pressure • Stem cell that produces blood cells • Hollow part or cavity found in an organ • Formation and development of blood cells • Stoppage or stopping of a flowing of blood • Chief phagocytic of white blood cells found in blood • Wall separating the lower chambers (Ventricles) of the heart • ...

Circulatory System 2021-02-10

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Brings blood back to the heart.
  2. The number of chambers in the heart.
  3. The part of the blood that fights off bacteria and viruses.
  4. Valves in this heart allow blood to flow in ___ direction.
  5. The largest artery in the body.
  6. Carry blood AWAY from the heart.
  7. The protein that allows oxygen to stick to a red blood cell.
  8. The Circulatory System ___ nutrients, water, oxygen, and waste products around the body.
  9. The heart is about the size of your ___.
  10. Blood with oxygen.
  11. Blood without oxygen.
  12. A small blood vessel that connects veins and arteries.
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  1. The heart, blood vessels, and blood are all part of the ____ system.
  2. The place where nutrients enter the bloodstream.
  3. The liquid part of the blood that contains, nutrients, water, minerals, proteins, and sugar.
  4. The heart is made of this type of muscle.
  5. The place where oxygen enters the blood and carbon dioxide leaves the blood.
  6. The part of the blood that is responsible for clotting and forming a scab.
  7. The part of the blood that is responsible for carrying oxygen.
  8. The number of liters of blood in the body.

20 Clues: Blood with oxygen. • Blood without oxygen. • Brings blood back to the heart. • The largest artery in the body. • Carry blood AWAY from the heart. • The number of chambers in the heart. • The heart is about the size of your ___. • The heart is made of this type of muscle. • The number of liters of blood in the body. • The place where nutrients enter the bloodstream. • ...

Anaesthesia physiology 2021-02-19

Anaesthesia physiology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Detect changes in blood pressure
  2. A cartilaginous tube leading from the larynx to lungs
  3. Spongy air filled organs located in the thorax
  4. Gaseous exchange happens here
  5. The main artery leaving the heart originating from the left ventricle
  6. Detect changes in pH, Co2 and O2 levels
  7. Body system responsible for excretion and retention of electrolytes
  8. Prevents over-inflation of the lungs
  9. This node initiates the heart beat
  10. Dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart
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  1. Alteration in body pH caused by excess hydrogen ions
  2. A corrective mechanism to lower blood pressure, stimulated by the medulla
  3. Relating to the lungs
  4. A circulatory state where the cardiac output is insufficient to maintain adequate blood flow to the tissues
  5. A large vein carrying deoxygenated blood back to the heart
  6. Drugs may be bound to this protein to be transported around the body
  7. Heart rate X ....... = Cardiac output
  8. Muscle responsible for increasing the volume of the thorax during respiration
  9. Upper chambers of the heart
  10. Fibres that are part of the electrical conduction network in the heart
  11. Anaesthetic drugs must be ...... to reach the brain

21 Clues: Relating to the lungs • Upper chambers of the heart • Gaseous exchange happens here • Detect changes in blood pressure • This node initiates the heart beat • Prevents over-inflation of the lungs • Heart rate X ....... = Cardiac output • Detect changes in pH, Co2 and O2 levels • Spongy air filled organs located in the thorax • ...

AQA Biology organisation crossword 2021-03-07

AQA Biology organisation crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a group of tissues working together
  2. enzyme which breaks down fats (lipids)
  3. carries blood from the heart to the lungs
  4. Transports sugars in the plant
  5. the smallest unit of a living thing
  6. a group of organs working together
  7. enzyme which breaks down starch
  8. type of plant cell adapted to absorb water from soil
  9. the organ of the digestive system which absobs nutrients into the blood
  10. A tumour which does not spread
  11. a group of cells working together to perform a function
  12. Absorbs water from food
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  1. Carries blood from the lungs to the heart
  2. enzyme which breaks down protein
  3. The biggest vein which carries blood from the body into the heart
  4. when cells divide uncontrollably to form a tumour
  5. Transports water up the plant
  6. A tumour which can spread
  7. holes under the leaf for gas exchange
  8. Carries blood AWAY from the heart
  9. An "upstairs room" in the heart
  10. proteins are broken down into...
  11. makes bile
  12. The type of plant cell adapted for photosynthesis
  13. starch is made of this..
  14. Carry blood INTO the heart
  15. the chambers at the bottom of the heart

27 Clues: makes bile • Absorbs water from food • starch is made of this.. • A tumour which can spread • Carry blood INTO the heart • Transports water up the plant • Transports sugars in the plant • A tumour which does not spread • enzyme which breaks down starch • An "upstairs room" in the heart • enzyme which breaks down protein • proteins are broken down into... • ...

Bio 111 Exam 2 Extra Credit 2020-03-12

Bio 111 Exam 2 Extra Credit crossword puzzle
Across
  1. high blood pressure
  2. pressure sensor located in aorta and neck/thoracic arteries
  3. liquid portion of blood
  4. releases histamine in response to infection
  5. volume of blood pumped by each ventricle in one minute
  6. spiral bundles of contractile cardiac muscle tissue
  7. relaxation
  8. type O blood
  9. circulation that feeds heart cells
  10. alternative routes for blood delivery
  11. contraction
  12. pumping chamber of the heart
  13. EKG - ventricular repolarization
  14. heart valves that prevent backflow into the ventricles
  15. EKG - depolarization of ventricles, repolarization of atria
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  1. hormonal stimulus for erythropoiesis
  2. bacteria slayer
  3. force exerted on wall of blood vessel by blood
  4. pacemaker of the heart
  5. rapid irregular heart contractions, useless for pumping blood
  6. detect drop in blood pH which causes blood pressure to increase
  7. EKG - depolarization of the sinoatrial node.
  8. smallest arteries, control blood flow into capillary beds
  9. abnormally fast heart rate (>100 beats/min)
  10. red blood cell
  11. diameter only allows one red blood cell through at a time
  12. major blood plasma protein
  13. right atrioventricular valve - three flaps
  14. receiving chamber of the heart
  15. long term renal control of blood pressure manipulates this aspect of blood

30 Clues: relaxation • contraction • type O blood • red blood cell • bacteria slayer • high blood pressure • pacemaker of the heart • liquid portion of blood • major blood plasma protein • pumping chamber of the heart • receiving chamber of the heart • EKG - ventricular repolarization • circulation that feeds heart cells • hormonal stimulus for erythropoiesis • alternative routes for blood delivery • ...

Airflow, Kidneys and Cardio 2021-04-15

Airflow, Kidneys and Cardio crossword puzzle
Across
  1. common disease that can cause kidney failure
  2. closes during the 2nd heart sound
  3. heart rate times stroke volume
  4. has the largest increase in blood flow during exercise
  5. removal of a kidney
  6. type of test that depends upon the rate of air movement in and out of the lungs
  7. blood returning from the periphery is deoxygenated and arrives to what chamber of the heart
  8. second heart sound occurs after this
  9. closes during the 1st heart sound
  10. name of the two tubes the urine flows from the kidney to the bladder through
  11. maximal amount of air that can be exhaled from the lungs after a normal expiration
  12. process used to remove excess fluid and metabolic waster products in renal failure
  13. surgical removal of the bladder
  14. ratio that measures the amount of air that someone can forcefully expel from their lungs
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  1. the volume breathed in each breath
  2. repolarization of the atrium and depolarization of the ventricle
  3. altered the most in conditions where heart rate is increased
  4. what the heart rate does during exercise
  5. test that measures kidney function through a blood test
  6. An increase in ___ would increase stroke volume

20 Clues: removal of a kidney • heart rate times stroke volume • surgical removal of the bladder • closes during the 2nd heart sound • closes during the 1st heart sound • the volume breathed in each breath • second heart sound occurs after this • what the heart rate does during exercise • common disease that can cause kidney failure • An increase in ___ would increase stroke volume • ...

Cath/EP Lab #2 2021-11-19

Cath/EP Lab #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. used for clot removal
  2. procedure used to open blocked coronary arteries
  3. spread of electrical activity from cell to cell in the heart
  4. days a patient should have a follow up call if they received > 2Gy
  5. rare disorder involving "accessory pathway"
  6. in order to "Transform You" use this stent
  7. procedure to evaluate and treat cardiac arrhythmias
  8. uses radiofrequency technology to perform transseptal puncture
  9. sudden drop in HR and BP leading to fainting
  10. progressive prolongation of PR interval until there is a P wave without a QRS complex
  11. recorder heart monitoring device that records heart rhythm
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  1. evaluates a lesion for flow to see if it should be fixed
  2. the ability of the pacemaker to detect the heart's intrinsic electrical activity
  3. device implanted that when it detects a fast abnormal heart rhythm it delivers energy to the heart
  4. protocol is used in the diagnosis for PH in determining transplant candidates
  5. drug used to R/O Brugada
  6. sonic pressure waves used locally to fracture calcium in artery wall
  7. contrast media injector
  8. pumps and oxygenates blood outside the body allowing heart/lungs to rest
  9. placed to decompress left heart and alleviate retrograde flow to the LV

20 Clues: used for clot removal • contrast media injector • drug used to R/O Brugada • in order to "Transform You" use this stent • rare disorder involving "accessory pathway" • sudden drop in HR and BP leading to fainting • procedure used to open blocked coronary arteries • procedure to evaluate and treat cardiac arrhythmias • ...

Perfusion 2022-02-01

Perfusion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. class of medications that reduce afterload by lowering HR and BP
  2. most cardiac-specific enzyme that elevates from myocardial ischemia
  3. medication that decreases preload
  4. medication that inhibits HMG-CoA and reduces LDL
  5. antiplatelet medication used to treat pericarditis
  6. medication that treats symptomatic bradycardia and heart blocks
  7. most common aortic aneurysm
  8. total occlusion of coronary artery
  9. procedure that measures electrical signals in the heart
  10. emergency treatment of tamponade
  11. type of shock where the heart suddenly cannot pump enough blood to meet body requirements
  12. angina that occurs during rest
Down
  1. ECG changes associated with NSTEMI
  2. medication that stimulates alpha-1, beta-1 and beta-2 receptors to produce inotropic effect
  3. obtain this baseline lab before starting statin therapy
  4. heart block with prolonged PR interval
  5. medication that may be used in STEMI to reperfuse a clogged artery
  6. natural pacemaker of the heart
  7. electrical therapy needed for third-degree AV block
  8. heart block with gradual, prolongation of PR interval until P wave is not followed by QRS complex
  9. grating sound produced by friction of the heart against the pericardium
  10. reperfusion procedure involving placing a stent

22 Clues: most common aortic aneurysm • natural pacemaker of the heart • angina that occurs during rest • emergency treatment of tamponade • medication that decreases preload • ECG changes associated with NSTEMI • total occlusion of coronary artery • heart block with prolonged PR interval • reperfusion procedure involving placing a stent • ...

Breathing and Circulation 2015-01-04

Breathing and Circulation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mineral needed for haemoglobin to function properly
  2. Liquid part of the blood
  3. Tiny air sacs that are the site of gas exchange in the lungs
  4. Pumps blood around the body
  5. Colour of blood cells that carry oxygen
  6. Carries air from the mouth to the bronchi
  7. Chemical that binds oxygen in the blood
  8. Sugar that is carried in the plasma
  9. Tiny, thin-walled blood vessel that collects carbon dioxide from body cells.
  10. Causes increase in heart rate
  11. Pressure wave that travels along the walls of the arteries each time the heart beats
  12. Bones that protect our heart and lungs
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  1. Prevents backflow of blood in the circulatory system
  2. Flat sheet of muscle that has a role in the breathing mechanism
  3. Colour of blood cells that fight infection
  4. Chamber of the heart that blood flows into
  5. Platelets carry substances that help this occur
  6. Blood vessel that carries blood to the heart
  7. One of the functions of the blood
  8. Gas that diffuses from the blood in capillaries to the body cells
  9. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  10. Organs for breathing

22 Clues: Organs for breathing • Liquid part of the blood • Pumps blood around the body • Causes increase in heart rate • One of the functions of the blood • Sugar that is carried in the plasma • Bones that protect our heart and lungs • Colour of blood cells that carry oxygen • Chemical that binds oxygen in the blood • Carries air from the mouth to the bronchi • ...

Human Disease Unit 3 Crossword 2022-11-03

Human Disease Unit 3 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. included under COPD, irreversible damage to the alveoli which is easily preventable
  2. number of layers of the heart
  3. inabilty to sleep or stay asleep
  4. thick middle layer of the heart
  5. protective outer layer on nerves
  6. uses xray imaging to see blood vessels
  7. thin outer layer of the heart
  8. mixture of saliva and mucus
  9. number of valves in the heart
  10. part of the stethoscope which makes lower pitched sounds audible
  11. plaque buildup in the arteries resulting in improper amount of oxygen
  12. disease where the nerve's protective sheath is attacked by the immune system
  13. the thin innermost layer of the heart
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  1. difficult or labored breathing
  2. membrane surrounding the heart
  3. inflammation of the fluid and membranes surrounding the brain
  4. coughing up blood
  5. chest pain because the heart does not get enough oxygen
  6. preventable chronic inflammatory disease which obstructs airflow into the lungs
  7. progressive memory loss disease
  8. uses high frequency sound waves to see blood flow in blood vessels
  9. blue coloring of the skin from poor circulation or improper oxygenation
  10. abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood
  11. habit responsible for some preventable lung diseases and cancers
  12. second lower value in blood pressure reading

25 Clues: coughing up blood • mixture of saliva and mucus • number of layers of the heart • thin outer layer of the heart • number of valves in the heart • difficult or labored breathing • membrane surrounding the heart • thick middle layer of the heart • progressive memory loss disease • inabilty to sleep or stay asleep • protective outer layer on nerves • ...

Human Disease Unit 3 Crossword 2022-11-03

Human Disease Unit 3 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. included under COPD, irreversible damage to the alveoli which is easily preventable
  2. number of layers of the heart
  3. inabilty to sleep or stay asleep
  4. thick middle layer of the heart
  5. protective outer layer on nerves
  6. uses xray imaging to see blood vessels
  7. thin outer layer of the heart
  8. mixture of saliva and mucus
  9. number of valves in the heart
  10. part of the stethoscope which makes lower pitched sounds audible
  11. plaque buildup in the arteries resulting in improper amount of oxygen
  12. disease where the nerve's protective sheath is attacked by the immune system
  13. the thin innermost layer of the heart
Down
  1. difficult or labored breathing
  2. membrane surrounding the heart
  3. inflammation of the fluid and membranes surrounding the brain
  4. coughing up blood
  5. chest pain because the heart does not get enough oxygen
  6. preventable chronic inflammatory disease which obstructs airflow into the lungs
  7. progressive memory loss disease
  8. uses high frequency sound waves to see blood flow in blood vessels
  9. blue coloring of the skin from poor circulation or improper oxygenation
  10. abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood
  11. habit responsible for some preventable lung diseases and cancers
  12. second lower value in blood pressure reading

25 Clues: coughing up blood • mixture of saliva and mucus • number of layers of the heart • thin outer layer of the heart • number of valves in the heart • difficult or labored breathing • membrane surrounding the heart • thick middle layer of the heart • progressive memory loss disease • inabilty to sleep or stay asleep • protective outer layer on nerves • ...

chapter 9 2025-09-06

chapter 9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Tightening of airway muscles.
  2. – Serious body injury.
  3. – Medication that raises BP by tightening vessels.
  4. – Bluish skin/lips due to low oxygen.
  5. – Muscular tissue of the heart.
  6. shock – Widened vessels → low BP.
  7. shock – Shock from spinal cord/nerve injury.
  8. – Insufficient blood flow to organ/tissue.
  9. edema – Swelling in throat that can block airway.
  10. pulmonary hypertension – Sudden high BP in lung blood vessels.
  11. – Inflammation of heart muscle.
  12. – Emergency hormone/medication: raises BP, opens airways.
  13. – Severe body-wide infection response.
  14. – Too much acid in blood/body fluids.
  15. – Abnormal heart rhythm.
Down
  1. – Low blood pressure.
  2. (Hives) – Raised, itchy welts on skin.
  3. – Inadequate blood flow to tissues/organs.
  4. shock – Shock when heart cannot pump effectively.
  5. – Delivery of oxygen-rich blood to tissues.
  6. refill – Time for color to return after pressing skin.
  7. shock – Shock from low blood volume.
  8. acid – Produced when cells don’t get enough oxygen.
  9. – Toxins present in blood.
  10. – Severe life-threatening allergic reaction.
  11. – Fast heart rate (>100 bpm).
  12. output – Amount of blood pumped per minute.
  13. – Fast breathing rate.
  14. – Producing very little urine.
  15. tamponade – Dangerous fluid buildup around heart.
  16. pneumothorax – Collapsed lung with pressure shifting heart/lung.

31 Clues: – Low blood pressure. • – Serious body injury. • – Fast breathing rate. • – Abnormal heart rhythm. • – Toxins present in blood. • – Fast heart rate (>100 bpm). • – Producing very little urine. • – Tightening of airway muscles. • – Muscular tissue of the heart. • – Inflammation of heart muscle. • shock – Widened vessels → low BP. • shock – Shock from low blood volume. • ...

Cardiovascular Crossword Puzzle 2026-01-10

Cardiovascular Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. abbreviation of echocardiogram
  2. root word meaning blood
  3. the complete stopping of the heart
  4. suffix meaning a "written record"
  5. suffix meaning surgical removal
  6. increased pressure in the blood vessels
  7. a condition where the artery walls are weakened causing ti to swell and balloon
  8. uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
  9. a tool that measures blood pressure
  10. abbreviation of shortness of breath
  11. x-ray dye is injected into blood vessels and looked at with an x-ray
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  1. prefix meaning "outside of"
  2. the largest artery
  3. sends deoxygenated blood back to the heart
  4. a tissue that creates the rhythmic contractions needed to pump blood
  5. sends oxygenated blood to all parts of the body
  6. root word meaning vessel
  7. abbreviation of congestive heart failure
  8. abbreviation of hypertension
  9. a condition where the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
  10. records the electrical activity of the heart
  11. used to listen to the sounds of the heart
  12. blood vessels in which gas exchange occurs
  13. a condition where veins are swollen and dilated
  14. prefix meaning slow
  15. abbreviation of vital signs stable

26 Clues: the largest artery • prefix meaning slow • root word meaning blood • root word meaning vessel • prefix meaning "outside of" • abbreviation of hypertension • abbreviation of echocardiogram • suffix meaning surgical removal • suffix meaning a "written record" • the complete stopping of the heart • abbreviation of vital signs stable • a tool that measures blood pressure • ...

Circulatory System Crossword 2023-05-22

Circulatory System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the blood vessels where gas exchange takes place, the smallest.
  2. where deoxygenated blood enters on the right side of the heart
  3. the side of the heart that pumps oxygen poor blood from the body to the lungs
  4. chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart
  5. the part of blood that makes clots and stops bleeding.
  6. the wall in the heart that separates the left and right sides
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  1. the largest artery in the body, carries blood out of the heart and to the body
  2. the liquid portion of blood that carries the cells and materials, mostly water.
  3. the type of blood cell that carries oxygen
  4. the type of blood cell that fights off infections.
  5. a type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  6. the doorways in the heart that allow blood to pass through from one chamber to the next.
  7. a type of blood vessel that carries blood to the heart
  8. chambers of the heart that collect blood
  9. the side of the heart that pumps oxygenated blood from the lungs to the body

15 Clues: chambers of the heart that collect blood • the type of blood cell that carries oxygen • the type of blood cell that fights off infections. • a type of blood vessel that carries blood to the heart • chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart • the part of blood that makes clots and stops bleeding. • ...

20 new 2026-01-26

20 new crossword puzzle
Across
  1. — BASIC RULES.
  2. — NOT LYING.
  3. — NOT WRONG.
  4. — GOOD HABITS.
  5. — RESPECTING EVERYONE.
  6. — GENUINE HEART.
  7. — HAVE FAITH.
  8. — STRONG HEART.
  9. — GOOD HEART.
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  1. — STAY TRUE.
  2. — THE WAY OF FAITH.
  3. — FAIR LAW.
  4. — ALL CLEAR.
  5. — BEAUTIFUL WAY.
  6. — GOOD RULES.
  7. — REALISTICALLY SO.
  8. — SIMPLE TRUTH.
  9. — BRAVE TRUTH.
  10. — NOT FAKE.
  11. — HIGH HONOR.

20 Clues: — FAIR LAW. • — NOT FAKE. • — STAY TRUE. • — ALL CLEAR. • — NOT LYING. • — NOT WRONG. • — GOOD RULES. • — HIGH HONOR. • — HAVE FAITH. • — GOOD HEART. • — BASIC RULES. • — GOOD HABITS. • — BRAVE TRUTH. • — SIMPLE TRUTH. • — STRONG HEART. • — BEAUTIFUL WAY. • — GENUINE HEART. • — THE WAY OF FAITH. • — REALISTICALLY SO. • — RESPECTING EVERYONE.

Cardiovascular System 2023-06-22

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. carries blood from the heart to all parts of the body.
  2. this procedure is performed for phlebotomy or to start an intravenous infusion.
  3. muscular middle layer of the heart.
  4. disease of the arteries surrounding the heart.
  5. these arteries come down over the top of the heart like a crown.
  6. passageway between the aorta and the pulmonary artery remains open (patent) after birth.
  7. contraction phase of the heart beat.
  8. instrument to measure blood pressure.
Down
  1. is a minimally invasive treatment to treat cardiac arrhythmias.
  2. one of two lower chambers of the heart.
  3. very rapid, random, inefficient, and irregular contractions of the heart.
  4. smallest type of blood vessel.
  5. inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
  6. double layer membrane surrounding the heart.
  7. this bluish discoloration of the skin indicates diminished oxygen content of the blood.

15 Clues: smallest type of blood vessel. • muscular middle layer of the heart. • contraction phase of the heart beat. • instrument to measure blood pressure. • one of two lower chambers of the heart. • double layer membrane surrounding the heart. • inflammation of the inner lining of the heart. • disease of the arteries surrounding the heart. • ...

Cardiovascular System 2023-11-13

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Structure in veins to keep blood flow one way
  2. Inner lining of the heart
  3. Largest artery in the body
  4. Contraction phase of the heartbeat
  5. Wall dividing cavity
  6. Record of electrical activity of the heart
Down
  1. Double layered membrane lining the heart
  2. Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of artery
  3. Relaxation phase of the heartbeat
  4. Upper chamber of the heart
  5. Largest vein in the body
  6. Lower chamber of the heart
  7. Smallest type of blood vessel
  8. Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closing of the heart valve
  9. Gas that enters the blood through the lungs

15 Clues: Wall dividing cavity • Largest vein in the body • Inner lining of the heart • Upper chamber of the heart • Lower chamber of the heart • Largest artery in the body • Smallest type of blood vessel • Relaxation phase of the heartbeat • Contraction phase of the heartbeat • Double layered membrane lining the heart • Record of electrical activity of the heart • ...

The heart structure 2020-04-27

The heart structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the inner wall of the pericardium
  2. lubricates the heart during contractions
  3. conntracts to push blood into ventricle
  4. deoxyenated blood leaves the right ventricle of the heart
  5. deoygenated blood returns via veins to the
  6. blockage of any arteries can cause a
  7. produces the electrial pulses that drive heart contractions
  8. the size of a fist
Down
  1. sudden loss of heart function
  2. the heart circulates blood through here
  3. contains the muscle that contracts
  4. a double walled sac
  5. oxygenated blood leaves the body via
  6. this and the tricuspid valve make up the atrioventricular
  7. separates the two sides of the heart

15 Clues: the size of a fist • a double walled sac • sudden loss of heart function • the inner wall of the pericardium • contains the muscle that contracts • oxygenated blood leaves the body via • separates the two sides of the heart • blockage of any arteries can cause a • the heart circulates blood through here • conntracts to push blood into ventricle • ...

The heart structure 2020-04-27

The heart structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the inner wall of the pericardium
  2. lubricates the heart during contractions
  3. conntracts to push blood into ventricle
  4. deoxyenated blood leaves the right ventricle of the heart
  5. deoygenated blood returns via veins to the
  6. blockage of any arteries can cause a
  7. produces the electrial pulses that drive heart contractions
  8. the size of a fist
Down
  1. sudden loss of heart function
  2. the heart circulates blood through here
  3. contains the muscle that contracts
  4. a double walled sac
  5. oxygenated blood leaves the body via
  6. this and the tricuspid valve make up the atrioventricular
  7. separates the two sides of the heart

15 Clues: the size of a fist • a double walled sac • sudden loss of heart function • the inner wall of the pericardium • contains the muscle that contracts • oxygenated blood leaves the body via • separates the two sides of the heart • blockage of any arteries can cause a • the heart circulates blood through here • conntracts to push blood into ventricle • ...

The heart structure 2020-04-27

The heart structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the inner wall of the pericardium
  2. lubricates the heart during contractions
  3. conntracts to push blood into ventricle
  4. deoxyenated blood leaves the right ventricle of the heart
  5. deoygenated blood returns via veins to the
  6. blockage of any arteries can cause a
  7. produces the electrial pulses that drive heart contractions
  8. the size of a fist
Down
  1. sudden loss of heart function
  2. the heart circulates blood through here
  3. contains the muscle that contracts
  4. a double walled sac
  5. oxygenated blood leaves the body via
  6. this and the tricuspid valve make up the atrioventricular
  7. separates the two sides of the heart

15 Clues: the size of a fist • a double walled sac • sudden loss of heart function • the inner wall of the pericardium • contains the muscle that contracts • oxygenated blood leaves the body via • separates the two sides of the heart • blockage of any arteries can cause a • the heart circulates blood through here • conntracts to push blood into ventricle • ...

Cardiovascular System 2023-06-19

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. It is the largest artery in the body
  2. combining form meaning vessel
  3. small vein
  4. One of two upper chambers of the heart
  5. Two-layered membrane that encloses the heart
  6. Recording of the electrical signals produced by the heart
  7. Small artery
  8. caused by the contraction of the heart that can be sensed through the arterial walls
Down
  1. Blood that has low levels of oxygen
  2. device used to measure blood pressure
  3. middle layer of the heart
  4. largest vein
  5. combining form meaning clot
  6. vessel that carries blood back to the heart
  7. Inner lining of the heart

15 Clues: small vein • largest vein • Small artery • middle layer of the heart • Inner lining of the heart • combining form meaning clot • combining form meaning vessel • Blood that has low levels of oxygen • It is the largest artery in the body • device used to measure blood pressure • One of two upper chambers of the heart • vessel that carries blood back to the heart • ...

Puzzles assignment part 1 2022-06-24

Puzzles assignment part 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of the heart.
  2. lining of blood vessels.
  3. of the heart.
  4. lining of the heart.
  5. carrying oxygen poor blood from the heart to the lungs.
  6. type of the blood vessel.
  7. of two upper chambers of the heart.
  8. artery.
  9. that is oxygen poor.
Down
  1. between the right atrium and the right ventricle.
  2. to measure blood pressure.
  3. phase of the heartbeat.
  4. like membrane surrounding the heart.
  5. phase of the heart.
  6. artery in the body.

15 Clues: artery. • of the heart. • layer of the heart. • phase of the heart. • artery in the body. • lining of the heart. • that is oxygen poor. • phase of the heartbeat. • lining of blood vessels. • type of the blood vessel. • to measure blood pressure. • of two upper chambers of the heart. • like membrane surrounding the heart. • between the right atrium and the right ventricle. • ...

The Circulatory System CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2026-04-12

The Circulatory System CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. VESSELS- Network of tubes that carry blood
  2. DIOXIDE- Gas removed from the body
  3. Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
  4. BLOOD CELLS- Cells that help fight infection
  5. Upper chambers of the heart
  6. BLOOD CELLS- Cells that carry oxygen
  7. Small cells that help blood clot
  8. Structures that prevent backflow of blood
  9. The flow of blood around the body
  10. The liquid part of blood
Down
  1. The fluid that carries oxygen and nutrients
  2. Tiny blood vessels where exchange of substances occurs
  3. Organ that oxygenates blood
  4. Lower chambers of the heart
  5. The main organ that pumps blood
  6. Gas carried by red blood cells
  7. Blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart
  8. The beating of the heart felt in arteries

18 Clues: The liquid part of blood • Organ that oxygenates blood • Lower chambers of the heart • Upper chambers of the heart • Gas carried by red blood cells • The main organ that pumps blood • Small cells that help blood clot • The flow of blood around the body • DIOXIDE- Gas removed from the body • BLOOD CELLS- Cells that carry oxygen • Structures that prevent backflow of blood • ...

Cardiovascular System 2025-05-06

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Forms clots and stop or prevent bleeding
  2. The membrane enclosing the heart
  3. Carries deoxygenated blood toward the heart
  4. Made in the bone marrow and found in the blood
  5. Any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
  6. Carried oxygenated blood away from the heart
Down
  1. Blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from your lungs to your heart
  2. The two upper chambers which pump blood to the two lower ventricles
  3. Muscular chamber that pumps blood out of the heart and into the circulatory system
  4. comprises the middle and thickest layer of the heart wall
  5. White blood cells
  6. The thin, smooth membrane which lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves
  7. Supplies oxygenated blood to the circulatory system
  8. A vein
  9. Blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood from the right side of your heart to your lungs
  10. A large vein that carries blood to the heart from other areas of the body

16 Clues: A vein • White blood cells • The membrane enclosing the heart • Forms clots and stop or prevent bleeding • Carries deoxygenated blood toward the heart • Carried oxygenated blood away from the heart • Made in the bone marrow and found in the blood • Supplies oxygenated blood to the circulatory system • comprises the middle and thickest layer of the heart wall • ...

Circulatory System Crossword 2017-02-14

Circulatory System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Often found in large groups, small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, most often involved in clotting
  2. Abnormally high blood pressure
  3. White blood cell with a one-lobed nucleus with no granules found in its cytoplasm
  4. Cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve inside the heart
  5. Form of a small leukocyte with a single round nucleus mostly found in the lymphatic system
  6. White blood cell that has coarse granules found in its cytoplasm
  7. Colorless cell that circulates in the blood and body fluids that fights against foreign substances and disease
  8. White blood cell with secretory granules found in its cytoplasm
  9. Delivers de-oxygenated blood to the other corresponding lung
  10. Membrane enclosing the heart, has an outer fibrous layer and inner double layer of serous membrane
  11. Phase of the heartbeat when the heart contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries
  12. Where blood flows from the heart though the atria into the ventricles
  13. Formation and development of blood cells
  14. Process by which the cardiovascular system carries oxygenated blood away from the heart and returns de-oxygenated blood back into the heart
  15. Two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed throughout ventricles
  16. Hollow part or cavity found in an organ
  17. Pair of valves in the heart at the bases of the aorta and the pulmonary artery, consisting of three cusps that prevent the flow of blood back into the heart
Down
  1. Granular leukocyte that's irregularly shaped with a nucleus that is partially constricted into two lobes, the cytoplasm contains coarse bluish-black granules of varying sizes
  2. Red protein that transports oxygen in the blood of vertebrates
  3. Stem cell that produces blood cells
  4. Sounds caused by turbulence caused by the closure of mitral and tricuspid valves at the start of systole
  5. Stoppage or stopping of a flowing of blood
  6. Wall separating the lower chambers (Ventricles) of the heart
  7. Large phagocytic white blood cell with a simple oval nucleus and clear, grayish cytoplasm
  8. Process by which the cardiovascular system carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart and returns oxygenated blood back into the heart
  9. Chief phagocytic of white blood cells found in blood
  10. Phase of the heartbeat when the heart relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood
  11. Colorless fluid part of blood in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended
  12. Main artery of the body that supplies oxygenated blood to the circulatory system
  13. Sounds during your heartbeat such as whooshing or swishing made by turbulent blood in or near your heart
  14. Disease of the arteries in which the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their inner walls
  15. Sequence of events in the heart from the beginning of one beat to the beginning of the following beat
  16. Red blood cell that is typically an biconcave disc without a nucleus
  17. Volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle per heart beat

34 Clues: Abnormally high blood pressure • Stem cell that produces blood cells • Hollow part or cavity found in an organ • Formation and development of blood cells • Stoppage or stopping of a flowing of blood • Chief phagocytic of white blood cells found in blood • Wall separating the lower chambers (Ventricles) of the heart • ...

Circulatory System Crossword 2017-02-11

Circulatory System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed throughout ventricles
  2. Chief phagocytic of white blood cells found in blood
  3. Stem cell that produces blood cells
  4. Form of a small leukocyte with a single round nucleus mostly found in the lymphatic system
  5. Large phagocytic white blood cell with a simple oval nucleus and clear, grayish cytoplasm
  6. Main artery of the body that supplies oxygenated blood to the circulatory system
  7. Process by which the cardiovascular system carries oxygenated blood away from the heart and returns de-oxygenated blood back into the heart
  8. Colorless fluid part of blood in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended
  9. White blood cell with a one-lobed nucleus with no granules found in its cytoplasm
  10. Abnormally high blood pressure
  11. Volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle per heart beat
  12. Where blood flows from the heart though the atria into the ventricles
  13. Cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve inside the heart
  14. Formation and development of blood cells
  15. Phase of the heartbeat when the heart relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood
Down
  1. Sounds during your heartbeat such as whooshing or swishing made by turbulent blood in or near your heart
  2. Disease of the arteries in which the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their inner walls
  3. Hollow part or cavity found in an organ
  4. Colorless cell that circulates in the blood and body fluids that fights against foreign substances and disease
  5. Sounds caused by turbulence caused by the closure of mitral and tricuspid valves at the start of systole
  6. Sequence of events in the heart from the beginning of one beat to the beginning of the following beat
  7. Process by which the cardiovascular system carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart and returns oxygenated blood back into the heart
  8. Wall separating the lower chambers (Ventricles) of the heart
  9. Pair of valves in the heart at the bases of the aorta and the pulmonary artery, consisting of three cusps that prevent the flow of blood back into the heart
  10. Delivers de-oxygenated blood to the other corresponding lung
  11. White blood cell that has coarse granules found in its cytoplasm
  12. Phase of the heartbeat when the heart contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries
  13. Red blood cell that is typically an biconcave disc without a nucleus
  14. White blood cell with secretory granules found in its cytoplasm
  15. Red protein that transports oxygen in the blood of vertebrates
  16. Stoppage or stopping of a flowing of blood
  17. Often found in large groups, small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, most often involved in clotting
  18. Granular leukocyte that's irregularly shaped with a nucleus that is partially constricted into two lobes, the cytoplasm contains coarse bluish-black granules of varying sizes
  19. Membrane enclosing the heart, has an outer fibrous layer and inner double layer of serous membrane

34 Clues: Abnormally high blood pressure • Stem cell that produces blood cells • Hollow part or cavity found in an organ • Formation and development of blood cells • Stoppage or stopping of a flowing of blood • Chief phagocytic of white blood cells found in blood • Wall separating the lower chambers (Ventricles) of the heart • ...

Cardiovascular System 2018-01-12

Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ___-volume, amt. blood ejected from vent. per beat
  2. ___-cardia, abnormally slow heart-rate
  3. ____ semilunar valve, leads into aorta
  4. pulmonary ____, carries blood from lung to heart
  5. ___-pressure (systolic minus diastolic pressure)
  6. ____ valve, separates right atrium and ventricle
  7. ____ valve, separates left atrium and ventricle
  8. ___ amt. blood fills vent. at end of filling, abbrev.
  9. hormone secreted from atria due to high BP, abbrev.
  10. pulmonary ____ valve, leads out of right ventricle
  11. contraction phase
  12. ventricle that pumps blood to body
  13. ___ pressure, drives fluid movement across arterial end of capillary bed
  14. ___-Node, backup-pacemaker of heart, abbrev.
  15. ___ artery, branch of R. coronary a.
  16. ___ arteriosus, fetal shunt from pulm. trk. to aorta
  17. ___-load, arterial "backpressure"
  18. upper chamber of heart
  19. abnormal heart-sound
  20. ___ coronary artery bypass graft, abbrev.
Down
  1. ___ pressure, drives fluid movement across venous end of capillary bed
  2. influx of this ion in contractile cells = depolarization
  3. pulmonary ____, carries blood from heart to lung
  4. kidney enzyme released into blood due to low BP
  5. umbilical arteries carry blood to the ____
  6. ___ arteries, type with high elastic CT., propels blood
  7. lower chamber of heart
  8. cardiac ____, duration of one complete heartbeat
  9. ___ interval, includes "pause" between atrial/vent. depol.
  10. weakened tissue due to lack of blood supply
  11. ____ valve is one that doesn't open all the way
  12. influx of this ion in autorhythmic cells = depolarization
  13. relaxation phase
  14. ___-Node, "pacemaker" of heart, abbrev.
  15. ventricle that pumps blood to lungs
  16. ___-cardia, abnormally fast heart-rate
  17. standard units of measure of blood pressure

37 Clues: relaxation phase • contraction phase • abnormal heart-sound • lower chamber of heart • upper chamber of heart • ___-load, arterial "backpressure" • ventricle that pumps blood to body • ventricle that pumps blood to lungs • ___ artery, branch of R. coronary a. • ___-cardia, abnormally slow heart-rate • ____ semilunar valve, leads into aorta • ___-cardia, abnormally fast heart-rate • ...

Unit 11 Crossword 2013-05-22

Unit 11 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Heart chamber that pumps blood
  2. Name of Mrs. Dillon's son
  3. Contracts when you take in a breath
  4. The science class that Mrs. Dillon teaches
  5. Opposite of the Peripheral Nervous System
  6. Color of Oxygen poor blood
  7. Carry blood toward the heart
  8. Main organ during the process of Respiration
  9. Molecule that carries Oxygen in blood
  10. Nerve cell specialized for carrying signals through the body
  11. Allow diffusion between blood and tissue cells
  12. State of relaxation in the heart
  13. Clusters of air sacs in the lungs
  14. System that utilizes your heart and blood vessels
  15. Sets the tempo of the heart beat
  16. Carry blood away from the heart
  17. The Circulatory system supplies the body with
Down
  1. Result of Iron deficiency
  2. Area of the brain that controls balance
  3. Mrs. Dillon's home state
  4. Anything that causes a signal to begin
  5. Controls the heart rate and breathing
  6. The control center of the Nervous System
  7. Act of taking in Oxygen through the mouth or nose
  8. Nervous System that is involuntary
  9. State where the heart is pumping blood
  10. Chain of supporter cells branching off Axon
  11. Another substance that binds to hemoglobin
  12. Most numerous blood cells
  13. Heart chamber that receives blood
  14. Conducts the signal toward another Neuron
  15. Mrs. Dillon always loves to crack a good...
  16. Bundle of nerves in the Spinal Column
  17. Disease that causes alveoli to break down
  18. The voice box of a human
  19. The amount of children Mrs. Dillon has

36 Clues: Mrs. Dillon's home state • The voice box of a human • Result of Iron deficiency • Name of Mrs. Dillon's son • Most numerous blood cells • Color of Oxygen poor blood • Carry blood toward the heart • Heart chamber that pumps blood • Carry blood away from the heart • State of relaxation in the heart • Sets the tempo of the heart beat • Heart chamber that receives blood • ...

Circulatory System 2021-05-26

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What drugs are used to thin blood?
  2. Name the upper chambers of the heart.
  3. Name the muscular organ that pumps blood around the body.
  4. What separates the left and right side of the heart?
  5. What term is used to describe blood vessels connected to the lungs?
  6. What side of the heart has thicker walls?
  7. What term is used to describe blood vessels connected to the kidneys?
  8. Name of the arteries that supply the heart with oxygenated blood.
  9. What blood component transports urea, hormones and dissolved nutrients?
  10. What type of blood cells make antibodies?
  11. What term is used to describe the artery connected to the small intestine?
  12. Name the lower chambers of the heart.
  13. What term is used to describe blood vessels connected to the liver?
  14. cava Name the vein that carries deoxygenated blood into the heart.
  15. What gas do red blood cells transport?
Down
  1. Name the artery that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart.
  2. Name the treatment that involves placing a stent in an artery.
  3. Name the condition that occurs when a blood vessel to the brain is blocked.
  4. What blood vessel has thick walls and carries oxygenated blood?
  5. What blood component forms blood clots?
  6. What type of blood cells engulf and digest microbes?
  7. Name the substance that builds up on the walls of the artery that leads to a heart attack.
  8. What blood vessel is one cell thick?
  9. What drugs are used to reduce blood cholesterol?
  10. What blood vessel has thin walls and carries deoxygenated blood?

25 Clues: What drugs are used to thin blood? • What blood vessel is one cell thick? • Name the upper chambers of the heart. • Name the lower chambers of the heart. • What gas do red blood cells transport? • What blood component forms blood clots? • What side of the heart has thicker walls? • What type of blood cells make antibodies? • ...

cardiovascular system 2025-09-25

cardiovascular system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart)
  2. (This process is caused by a build up of plaque)
  3. NODE (A specialized group of cells in the right atrium that acts as the heart's natural pacemaker)
  4. (The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle)
  5. (The tiny blood vessels where the exchange of oxygen and nutrients occurs)
  6. (The two upper chambers of the heart)
  7. (The process of the heart's electrical system sending signals to cause contraction)
  8. FRACTION (A measure of the percentage of blood leaving the heart with each contraction)
  9. (The main protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen)
  10. (The thick, muscular wall of the heart)
Down
  1. (The muscular wall that separates the left and right ventricles)
  2. (The two lower chambers of the heart)
  3. (The sac that surrounds and protects the heart)
  4. (The valve that prevents blood from flowing backward into the left atrium)
  5. (The phase of the cardiac cycle when the ventricles are relaxed)
  6. (Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart)
  7. (The largest artery in the body)
  8. (The term for high blood pressure)
  9. (A type of circulation that carries blood from the heart to the lungs and back)
  10. (The process of a blood clot forming to stop bleeding)
  11. (The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle)
  12. (The rhythmic expansion and recoil of arteries)
  13. (This circulation loop supplies the heart muscle itself with blood)
  14. OUTPUT (The amount of blood pumped by each ventricle per minute)
  15. (The fluid component of blood)

25 Clues: (The fluid component of blood) • (The largest artery in the body) • (The term for high blood pressure) • (The two lower chambers of the heart) • (The two upper chambers of the heart) • (The thick, muscular wall of the heart) • (The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle) • (The sac that surrounds and protects the heart) • (The rhythmic expansion and recoil of arteries) • ...

The heart structure 2020-04-27

The heart structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the inner wall of the pericardium
  2. lubricates the heart during contractions
  3. conntracts to push blood into ventricle
  4. deoxyenated blood leaves the right ventricle of the heart
  5. deoygenated blood returns via veins to the
  6. blockage of any arteries can cause a
  7. produces the electrial pulses that drive heart contractions
  8. the size of a fist
Down
  1. sudden loss of heart function
  2. the heart circulates blood through here
  3. contains the muscle that contracts
  4. a double walled sac
  5. oxygenated blood leaves the body via
  6. this and the tricuspid valve make up the atrioventricular
  7. separates the two sides of the heart

15 Clues: the size of a fist • a double walled sac • sudden loss of heart function • the inner wall of the pericardium • contains the muscle that contracts • oxygenated blood leaves the body via • separates the two sides of the heart • blockage of any arteries can cause a • the heart circulates blood through here • conntracts to push blood into ventricle • ...

The heart structure 2020-04-27

The heart structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the inner wall of the pericardium
  2. lubricates the heart during contractions
  3. conntracts to push blood into ventricle
  4. deoxyenated blood leaves the right ventricle of the heart
  5. deoygenated blood returns via veins to the
  6. blockage of any arteries can cause a
  7. produces the electrial pulses that drive heart contractions
  8. the size of a fist
Down
  1. sudden loss of heart function
  2. the heart circulates blood through here
  3. contains the muscle that contracts
  4. a double walled sac
  5. oxygenated blood leaves the body via
  6. this and the tricuspid valve make up the atrioventricular
  7. separates the two sides of the heart

15 Clues: the size of a fist • a double walled sac • sudden loss of heart function • the inner wall of the pericardium • contains the muscle that contracts • oxygenated blood leaves the body via • separates the two sides of the heart • blockage of any arteries can cause a • the heart circulates blood through here • conntracts to push blood into ventricle • ...

The heart structure 2020-04-27

The heart structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the inner wall of the pericardium
  2. lubricates the heart during contractions
  3. conntracts to push blood into ventricle
  4. deoxyenated blood leaves the right ventricle of the heart
  5. deoygenated blood returns via veins to the
  6. blockage of any arteries can cause a
  7. produces the electrial pulses that drive heart contractions
  8. the size of a fist
Down
  1. sudden loss of heart function
  2. the heart circulates blood through here
  3. contains the muscle that contracts
  4. a double walled sac
  5. oxygenated blood leaves the body via
  6. this and the tricuspid valve make up the atrioventricular
  7. separates the two sides of the heart

15 Clues: the size of a fist • a double walled sac • sudden loss of heart function • the inner wall of the pericardium • contains the muscle that contracts • oxygenated blood leaves the body via • separates the two sides of the heart • blockage of any arteries can cause a • the heart circulates blood through here • conntracts to push blood into ventricle • ...

The heart structure 2020-04-27

The heart structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the inner wall of the pericardium
  2. lubricates the heart during contractions
  3. conntracts to push blood into ventricle
  4. deoxyenated blood leaves the right ventricle of the heart
  5. deoygenated blood returns via veins to the
  6. blockage of any arteries can cause a
  7. produces the electrial pulses that drive heart contractions
  8. the size of a fist
Down
  1. sudden loss of heart function
  2. the heart circulates blood through here
  3. contains the muscle that contracts
  4. a double walled sac
  5. oxygenated blood leaves the body via
  6. this and the tricuspid valve make up the atrioventricular
  7. separates the two sides of the heart

15 Clues: the size of a fist • a double walled sac • sudden loss of heart function • the inner wall of the pericardium • contains the muscle that contracts • oxygenated blood leaves the body via • separates the two sides of the heart • blockage of any arteries can cause a • the heart circulates blood through here • conntracts to push blood into ventricle • ...

The heart structure 2020-04-27

The heart structure crossword puzzle
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  1. the inner wall of the pericardium
  2. lubricates the heart during contractions
  3. conntracts to push blood into ventricle
  4. deoxyenated blood leaves the right ventricle of the heart
  5. deoygenated blood returns via veins to the
  6. blockage of any arteries can cause a
  7. produces the electrial pulses that drive heart contractions
  8. the size of a fist
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  1. sudden loss of heart function
  2. the heart circulates blood through here
  3. contains the muscle that contracts
  4. a double walled sac
  5. oxygenated blood leaves the body via
  6. this and the tricuspid valve make up the atrioventricular
  7. separates the two sides of the heart

15 Clues: the size of a fist • a double walled sac • sudden loss of heart function • the inner wall of the pericardium • contains the muscle that contracts • oxygenated blood leaves the body via • separates the two sides of the heart • blockage of any arteries can cause a • the heart circulates blood through here • conntracts to push blood into ventricle • ...

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM TERMS AND VOCAB 2023-06-23

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM TERMS AND VOCAB crossword puzzle
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  1. LISTENING FOR SOUNDS IN BLOOD VESSELS OR OTHER BODY STRUCTURES
  2. SMALL VEIN
  3. ABNORMALLY SLOW HEART RATE
  4. ABNORMAL SOUND CAUSED BY IMPROPER CLOSURE OF THE HEART VALVES
  5. RELAXATION PHASE OF THE HEARTBEAT
  6. ONE OF THE TWO LOWER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART
  7. INFLAMMATION OF THE MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE HEART
  8. CHEST PAIN
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  1. DRUG THAT TREATS ARRHYTHMIAS AND STRENGTHENS THE HEARTBEAT
  2. LOCAL WIDENING OF AN ARTERIAL WALL
  3. INFLAMMATION OF THE INNER LINING OF THE HEART
  4. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
  5. ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM
  6. ANOTHER TERM FOR NARROWING
  7. BEAT OF THE HEART AS FELT THROUGH WALLS OF ARTERIES

15 Clues: SMALL VEIN • CHEST PAIN • HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE • ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM • ABNORMALLY SLOW HEART RATE • ANOTHER TERM FOR NARROWING • RELAXATION PHASE OF THE HEARTBEAT • LOCAL WIDENING OF AN ARTERIAL WALL • ONE OF THE TWO LOWER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART • INFLAMMATION OF THE INNER LINING OF THE HEART • INFLAMMATION OF THE MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE HEART • ...

Cardiac 2 2022-02-05

Cardiac 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Flowing towards the heart
  2. From heart to body and back to heart is called ______ system
  3. Biggest vein
  4. SA node is the heart's natural ______
  5. Blood from lungs leads to the _____ atrium
  6. This valve divides the two right chambers
  7. CO2 stands for ____ ____
  8. Smallest blood vessels
  9. O2 stands for _____
  10. Biggest artery
  11. Blood ends up in the ____ ventricle after right atrium
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  1. Blood from the body goes to the right _____
  2. Blood from left atrium leads to the left ____
  3. This valve divides left ventricle and pulmonary artery
  4. This valve divides the two left chambers
  5. From heart to lungs and back to heart is called pulmonary _____
  6. Flowing away from the heart

17 Clues: Biggest vein • Biggest artery • O2 stands for _____ • Smallest blood vessels • CO2 stands for ____ ____ • Flowing towards the heart • Flowing away from the heart • SA node is the heart's natural ______ • This valve divides the two left chambers • This valve divides the two right chambers • Blood from lungs leads to the _____ atrium • Blood from the body goes to the right _____ • ...

HSII 3.02 Cardiovascular System Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-07

HSII 3.02 Cardiovascular System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. blockage of the arteries, usually in the legs
  2. tissue death in the heart muscle resulting from an occluded (obstructed) coronary artery; heart attack
  3. flaps of tissue located between the heart chambers which allow the blood to flow only in one direction
  4. a cell fragment that helps form blood clots to repair injured blood vessels
  5. veins that have become abnormally dilated, due to interference with venous drainage or weakness of their walls
  6. a mass (most commonly a blood clot) that travels through the blood and can become lodged in a blood vessel and obstruct blood flow
  7. disease resulting from reduced blood flow from the heart; characterized by weakness, breathlessness, abdominal discomfort, and edema in the lower extremities.
  8. a condition of low blood pressure
  9. the fluid and its suspended formed elements that are circulated through the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins
  10. blood disorder characterized by reduction in red blood cells or hemoglobin
  11. inherited from one’s parents and determined by the presence or absence of an antigen found on the surface of the red blood cell
  12. a yellowish liquid containing mostly water, which carries nutrients, hormones, and waste for other body systems
  13. complete or partial loss of blood flow to brain tissue caused by blood vessel spasms, intracranial bleeding, and/or obstruction of the blood vessels in the brain
  14. abnormal sound heard during auscultation of the heart, such as a whooshing sound created by a valve not completely closing
  15. chest pain or discomfort; is characterized by a sensation of squeezing, pressure, heaviness, or tightness in the center of the chest
  16. locations to measure the number of times the heart beats per minute
  17. a condition of high blood pressure
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  1. muscle contractions occurring due to electrical conduction
  2. a condition in which the arteries of the heart are narrowed, affecting the supply of oxygen and nutrients to heart muscle
  3. vessels that convey blood; includes arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins
  4. a blood clot that forms within a blood vessel and does not travel through the blood
  5. a cell that makes antibodies to mark and destroy invading pathogens
  6. related to the heart and blood vessels
  7. antigen found in red blood cells
  8. the innermost layer that lines the four chambers (two atria and two ventricles) and covers the valves of the heart
  9. blood disorder; the shape of the red blood cell is a sickle shape, which makes the red blood cells clump together
  10. blood vessel that moves blood from body tissues toward the heart
  11. a white blood cell that is involved in fighting infection
  12. four chambers, two upper (atria) and two lower (ventricles) through which blood flows through the heart
  13. a major blood vessel that moves blood away from the heart out to the body tissues
  14. a layer of cardiac muscle that makes up the middle of the heart
  15. a red blood cell that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from body tissues
  16. fibrous sac that encloses the heart
  17. a blood disorder caused by changes in a gene on the X chromosome; is characterized by the inability of the blood to clot
  18. microscopic blood vessel that connects arterioles with venules
  19. a distended and weak area in the wall of an artery
  20. abnormal heart rhythm

37 Clues: abnormal heart rhythm • antigen found in red blood cells • a condition of low blood pressure • a condition of high blood pressure • fibrous sac that encloses the heart • related to the heart and blood vessels • blockage of the arteries, usually in the legs • a distended and weak area in the wall of an artery • a white blood cell that is involved in fighting infection • ...

Exercise Physiology 2015-07-27

Exercise Physiology crossword puzzle
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  1. blood leaving heart measured in litres per minute
  2. lower chamber of heart
  3. oxygen is taken in, carbon dioxide is expelled
  4. how glucose is stored in the body
  5. oxygen carrying substance in blood
  6. tissue in body which stores fat
  7. pressure felt on surface when heart beats
  8. lactic acid is a by product of this type of exercise
  9. amount of air breathed in and out each breath
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  1. muscle of the heart
  2. food type broken down to produce glucose in the body
  3. the breathing tube
  4. exercise performed in the presence of oxygen
  5. combines with ATP to provide instant energy
  6. main artery out of heart
  7. blood carrying oxygen
  8. take blood toward the heart

17 Clues: the breathing tube • muscle of the heart • blood carrying oxygen • lower chamber of heart • main artery out of heart • take blood toward the heart • tissue in body which stores fat • how glucose is stored in the body • oxygen carrying substance in blood • pressure felt on surface when heart beats • combines with ATP to provide instant energy • ...

10.7 Crossword Puzzle Challenge Part 1 2023-03-05

10.7 Crossword Puzzle Challenge Part 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. condition of deficient oxygen.
  2. One of two upper chambers of the heart.
  3. breakdown of a clot.
  4. pertaining to upper heart chamber.
  5. Largest artery in the body.
  6. condition of slow heartbeat.
  7. inflammation of a vein.
  8. Small artery.
  9. Lower tip of the heart.
  10. hardening of arteries.
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  1. Specialized muscle fibers that connects the atria with the ventricles and transmitting electrical impulses between them.
  2. Specialized tissue in the wall between the atria.
  3. narrowing of the mitral valve.
  4. enlargement of the heart.
  5. disease condition of the heart muscles.
  6. condition of rapid heartbeat.
  7. Largest type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to all parts of the body.

17 Clues: Small artery. • breakdown of a clot. • hardening of arteries. • inflammation of a vein. • Lower tip of the heart. • enlargement of the heart. • Largest artery in the body. • condition of slow heartbeat. • condition of rapid heartbeat. • condition of deficient oxygen. • narrowing of the mitral valve. • pertaining to upper heart chamber. • One of two upper chambers of the heart. • ...

The Circulatory system 2026-02-27

The Circulatory system crossword puzzle
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  1. recives deoxygenated blood
  2. tiny blood vessels connecting the arteries and vains
  3. recives oxygenated blood from the left ventrical
  4. returns blood from the lower body
  5. carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
  6. carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
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  1. carries oxygenated blood
  2. gets rid of infections
  3. control flow of blood through the heart by opening and closing
  4. recives deoxygenated blood from the right ventrical
  5. returns blood from the upperbody
  6. transports oxygen to the body tissues
  7. the main artery of the heart carrying oxygenated
  8. formed by budding off megakaryocyte
  9. transports waste and nutrions
  10. carries oxygen and nutrients to the heart
  11. carries carbon dioxide towards the heart

17 Clues: gets rid of infections • carries oxygenated blood • recives deoxygenated blood • transports waste and nutrions • returns blood from the upperbody • returns blood from the lower body • formed by budding off megakaryocyte • transports oxygen to the body tissues • carries carbon dioxide towards the heart • carries oxygen and nutrients to the heart • ...

The Circulatory System 2013-03-12

The Circulatory System crossword puzzle
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  1. give blood its red color
  2. upper chamber that retrieves the blood
  3. a muscle in the body that pumps blood through the blood vessels to the tissues and cells
  4. very small blood vessels that pick up waste products
  5. outer layer of the heart that covers the sac
  6. recieves blood from the lungs
  7. also called erythrocytes.
  8. membrane that lines the inner surface of the heart
  9. valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
  10. carry blood away from the heart
  11. return blood back to the heart
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  1. the thick, muscular part of the heart
  2. receives blood from the body tissues
  3. valve between the left atrium and left ventricle, also called mitral
  4. also called leukocytes, fight off infection
  5. largest artery that receives blood from the left ventricle
  6. allow blood to flow in one direction and keeps blood from flowing back into the atria
  7. pump the blood
  8. smallest branch of an artery

19 Clues: pump the blood • give blood its red color • also called erythrocytes. • smallest branch of an artery • recieves blood from the lungs • return blood back to the heart • carry blood away from the heart • receives blood from the body tissues • the thick, muscular part of the heart • upper chamber that retrieves the blood • also called leukocytes, fight off infection • ...

EKG crossword puzzle 2024-06-06

EKG crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. __________tendineae:Tendon-like cords that anchor the heart valves to the heart muscles
  2. ___________ node, The natural pacemaker of the heart, located in the right atrium, responsible for initiating the electrical impulse that starts each heartbeat.
  3. One of the two upper chambers of the heart
  4. A conductive pad attached to the skin to detect electrical activity from the heart, connected to the EKG machine by wires.
  5. A large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the right atrium.
  6. The double-walled sac that surrounds and protects the heart.
  7. The first wave in the EKG cycle, representing atrial depolarization, which is the electrical activity associated with the contraction of the atria.
  8. ______valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.
  9. A test that measures the electrical activity of the heart and records it as a graph or series of waves.
  10. ________complex A series of waves on the EKG that represents ventricular depolarization, which is the electrical activity associated with the contraction of the ventricles.
  11. The inner lining of the heart chambers.
  12. ______valve between the left ventricle and the aorta.
  13. Specialized conductive fibers located within the walls of the ventricles, responsible for spreading the electrical impulse throughout the ventricles to ensure coordinated contraction.
  14. A large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the right atrium.
  15. ______valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle.
  16. Left ________ Artery Supplies blood to the anterior portion of the left ventricle and the front of the septum
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  1. A node that is a cluster of cells that regulate the electrical impulses between the atria and the ventricles.
  2. A vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium.
  3. ___________ node, A cluster of cells in the heart located between the atria and ventricles that acts as a gatekeeper, slowing the electrical impulse before it passes to the ventricles.
  4. The wave following the QRS complex, representing ventricular repolarization, which is the recovery phase of the ventricles after contraction.
  5. One of the two lower chambers of the heart
  6. A specific electrical view of the heart's activity used in standard EKGs, it provides a different perspective of the heart's electrical activity.
  7. __________Arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle.
  8. Structures that open and close to regulate blood flow through the heart's chambers and into the arteries.
  9. The wall that divides the left and right sides of the heart.
  10. The muscular tissue of the heart responsible for contracting and pumping blood.
  11. Left ________Artery primary source of blood supply to the left side of the heart with 2 branches
  12. Artery primary source of blood supply to the right side of the heart
  13. A vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.
  14. ______ between the left atrium and the left ventricle.
  15. A collection of heart muscle cells specialized for electrical conduction that transmits the electrical impulses from the AV node to the ventricles.
  16. The largest artery in the body; carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the body.

32 Clues: The inner lining of the heart chambers. • One of the two lower chambers of the heart • One of the two upper chambers of the heart • ______valve between the left ventricle and the aorta. • ______ between the left atrium and the left ventricle. • __________Arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. • The double-walled sac that surrounds and protects the heart. • ...