heart Crossword Puzzles

The Cardiovascular System 2023-10-02

The Cardiovascular System crossword puzzle
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  1. These arteries supply blood to the myocardium
  2. This atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the venae cavae
  3. The contraction phase of the heartbeat
  4. The sac containing the heart
  5. This membrane lines the 4 heart chambers
  6. These medications relax smooth muscle in arterial walls
  7. Vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  8. This ventricle pumps blood to the aorta
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  1. Incompetent valves can lead to these types of veins
  2. These microscopic vessels allow nutrient and gas exchange
  3. Also known as the pacemaker of the heart
  4. This valve is between the right atrium and right ventricle
  5. These medications lower cholesterol

13 Clues: The sac containing the heart • These medications lower cholesterol • The contraction phase of the heartbeat • This ventricle pumps blood to the aorta • Also known as the pacemaker of the heart • This membrane lines the 4 heart chambers • Vessels that carry blood away from the heart • These arteries supply blood to the myocardium • ...

UFLI Lesson 88 - Vowel Teams Review 2024-04-28

UFLI Lesson 88 - Vowel Teams Review crossword puzzle
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  1. When someone isn't nice, they're ________. (vowel team ea)
  2. Grows underwater. (vowel team ea and ee)
  3. The opposite of day. (vowel team igh)
  4. If you're not with us you're __________ us.(heart word)
  5. A cheerful colour. (vowel team ow)
  6. One of the magic words. (vowel team ea)
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  1. When something belongs to you, you ______ it. (vowel team ow)
  2. The number of bears in the story of Goldilocks. (vowel team ee)
  3. Another word for the middle (vowel team ee)
  4. Popular game ____________ Us. (heart word)
  5. The day before tomorrow. (heart word)
  6. What trains run on.
  7. The opposite of below. (heart word)

13 Clues: What trains run on. • A cheerful colour. (vowel team ow) • The opposite of below. (heart word) • The opposite of day. (vowel team igh) • The day before tomorrow. (heart word) • One of the magic words. (vowel team ea) • Grows underwater. (vowel team ea and ee) • Popular game ____________ Us. (heart word) • Another word for the middle (vowel team ee) • ...

The Circulatory System 2022-05-19

The Circulatory System crossword puzzle
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  1. delivers oxygen and nutrients to cells and takes away wastes
  2. small pieces of tissue which keep blood flowing in the right direction
  3. heart’s innermost layer
  4. the thickest layer of the artery
  5. a condition that occurs when levels of cholesterol in your blood are elevated
  6. heart wall’s outer layer
  7. carries blood away from the heart
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  1. the smallest arteries which move blood from muscular arteries to the capillaries
  2. the blood moves back to the heart through these
  3. an abnormal growth of tissue in the heart
  4. the middle and muscular layer of the heart

11 Clues: heart’s innermost layer • heart wall’s outer layer • the thickest layer of the artery • carries blood away from the heart • an abnormal growth of tissue in the heart • the middle and muscular layer of the heart • the blood moves back to the heart through these • delivers oxygen and nutrients to cells and takes away wastes • ...

Health Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2022-02-03

Health Vocab Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The action you're doing
  2. improve physical fitness
  3. stretching
  4. ability to do something over and over for an extended period of time without getting tired
  5. heart rate is the speed of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute.
  6. aerobic exercise
  7. how many times a week do you workout
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  1. It is the level at which your heart is beating with moderate to high intensity
  2. gradually increase
  3. how long you workout
  4. how low or high your workout

11 Clues: stretching • aerobic exercise • gradually increase • how long you workout • The action you're doing • improve physical fitness • how low or high your workout • how many times a week do you workout • It is the level at which your heart is beating with moderate to high intensity • ability to do something over and over for an extended period of time without getting tired • ...

Celebrate Cardiac Rehab Week! 2022-02-11

Celebrate Cardiac Rehab Week! crossword puzzle
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  1. How many chambers does the heart have?
  2. A common intervention for heart disease
  3. How many minutes of exercise is recommended per week?
  4. What type of exercise is good for your heart?
  5. Patients should limit this ingredient in their diet.
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  1. An important component of your exercise routine that builds muscle mass
  2. A medical term for high blood pressure
  3. Which animals heart weighs 150 lbs
  4. This berry is considered a super food.
  5. A risk factor for heart disease that is common with in a job.
  6. An abbreviation for " Good" cholesterol

11 Clues: Which animals heart weighs 150 lbs • A medical term for high blood pressure • How many chambers does the heart have? • This berry is considered a super food. • A common intervention for heart disease • An abbreviation for " Good" cholesterol • What type of exercise is good for your heart? • Patients should limit this ingredient in their diet. • ...

Celebrate Cardiac Rehab Week! 2022-02-11

Celebrate Cardiac Rehab Week! crossword puzzle
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  1. An important component of your exercise routine that builds muscle mass
  2. Which animals heart weighs 1500 lbs
  3. How many minutes of exercise is recommended per week?
  4. A risk factor for heart disease that is common with in a job.
Down
  1. Patients should limit this ingredient in their diet.
  2. What type of exercise is good for your heart?
  3. This berry is considered a super food.
  4. A medical term for high blood pressure
  5. An abbreviation for " Good" cholesterol
  6. A common intervention for heart disease
  7. How many chambers does the heart have?

11 Clues: Which animals heart weighs 1500 lbs • This berry is considered a super food. • A medical term for high blood pressure • How many chambers does the heart have? • An abbreviation for " Good" cholesterol • A common intervention for heart disease • What type of exercise is good for your heart? • Patients should limit this ingredient in their diet. • ...

VL20 2022-04-10

VL20 crossword puzzle
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  1. richard the first
  2. to deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit
  3. harmony
  4. having heart shaped outline
  5. potable wind instrument
  6. involving heart and blood vessels
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  1. the essence
  2. accord
  3. heart shaped outline
  4. friendly
  5. bravery

11 Clues: accord • harmony • bravery • friendly • the essence • richard the first • heart shaped outline • potable wind instrument • having heart shaped outline • involving heart and blood vessels • to deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit

Heart Healthy Nutrition 2021-01-28

Heart Healthy Nutrition crossword puzzle
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  1. The term for healthy fats (hint: found in seafood, nuts, seeds, avocados and oils)
  2. Choose low-fat or ___ dairy products
  3. Cut back on beverages and foods with ___ sugars
  4. Look for products that say 100% ____
  5. ___ is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids which decreases risks of heart failure
  6. Get more ___ by eating vegetables, fruits, beans and whole grains
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  1. P___-based foods are protective against heart disease because they're high in nitrates, antioxidants, fiber and potassium
  2. #1 killer in the United States
  3. Term used for foods that are rich in vitamins, minerals and other nutrients important for health, without too much saturated fat, added sugars and sodium
  4. The term for unhealthy fats (hint: found in processed and fried foods)
  5. This group of fruit helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease
  6. Processed foods tend to be high in ___
  7. When it comes to your heart, what you eat ___

13 Clues: #1 killer in the United States • Choose low-fat or ___ dairy products • Look for products that say 100% ____ • Processed foods tend to be high in ___ • When it comes to your heart, what you eat ___ • Cut back on beverages and foods with ___ sugars • Get more ___ by eating vegetables, fruits, beans and whole grains • ...

Heart Electrical Activity 2020-09-18

Heart Electrical Activity crossword puzzle
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  1. extension of AV node, carries impulses from atria to ventricles
  2. pathway carrying impulse from right atrium to left
  3. irregular heartbeat
  4. pathway carrying impulse from SA node to AV node
  5. slow heartbeat
  6. primary body system where heart electrical activity occurs
  7. slows down impulse to allow atria to empty blood into ventricles
  8. system that creates heart contractions with cardiac muscles
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  1. pacemaker of the heart
  2. system that pumps oxygen rich blood throughout the body
  3. rapid heartbeat
  4. system that brings in oxygen for the heart to supply the body
  5. fibers that make up the terminal branches of the right and left branches of the AV bundle

13 Clues: slow heartbeat • rapid heartbeat • irregular heartbeat • pacemaker of the heart • pathway carrying impulse from SA node to AV node • pathway carrying impulse from right atrium to left • system that pumps oxygen rich blood throughout the body • primary body system where heart electrical activity occurs • system that creates heart contractions with cardiac muscles • ...

Heart Of Darkness 2024-02-22

Heart Of Darkness crossword puzzle
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  1. One of the first things observed in the book
  2. What Marlow is going up
  3. Marlow does this a lot when bored
  4. The story Marlow talks about before entering the Congo
  5. What the two girls knitting represent
  6. Blocks the views of danger ahead
  7. The Name of River
  8. Represent Good and Evil
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  1. Heart of evil for Africa
  2. How the sailors felt in the start
  3. When lessening to a conversation without people knowing
  4. Name of the book
  5. Opposite if light, in the title

13 Clues: Name of the book • The Name of River • What Marlow is going up • Represent Good and Evil • Heart of evil for Africa • Opposite if light, in the title • Blocks the views of danger ahead • How the sailors felt in the start • Marlow does this a lot when bored • What the two girls knitting represent • One of the first things observed in the book • ...

The Telltale Heart 2024-02-20

The Telltale Heart crossword puzzle
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  1. A light with a cover and a handle for carrying
  2. Large bird that eats dead animals
  3. Very bad or unpleasant
  4. A very strong feeling of fear
  5. A strong feeling of wanting
  6. Crazy or insane
  7. Worried and afraid about what might happen
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  1. Do as instructed
  2. Place where dead people go in Greek myths
  3. Say something mean, nasty or bad
  4. An object that can tell the state or presence of something
  5. up Rise to the surface and flow out (feelings)
  6. Bad people who do bad things (bad guys)

13 Clues: Crazy or insane • Do as instructed • Very bad or unpleasant • A strong feeling of wanting • A very strong feeling of fear • Say something mean, nasty or bad • Large bird that eats dead animals • Bad people who do bad things (bad guys) • Place where dead people go in Greek myths • Worried and afraid about what might happen • A light with a cover and a handle for carrying • ...

Women's Heart Health 2023-05-14

Women's Heart Health crossword puzzle
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  1. Limit this liquid vice for better heart health
  2. Put your fork down in between bites to _____ your eating and prevent overeating
  3. Choose these grains to increase fiber consumption and slow down digestion
  4. Start your day with this macronutrient instead of a sugary breakfast food to minimize crashes
  5. Focus on a __________of fruits and vegetables to accompany a balanced diet
  6. The AHA recommends limiting added sugar for women to ________ teaspoons per day
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  1. Incorporate ______ protein to cut down on saturated fat intake and increase heart health.
  2. Switch butter for liquid oils high in monounsaturated fat. An example of this oil is?
  3. This beverage wakes you up but also can contain more than your daily limit of added sugar when bought at stores.
  4. Cut down on this mineral to improve blood pressure and reduce swelling
  5. Do this when you feel full, listen to your body and not others.
  6. Check in with yourself when _____ and ponder on if you might actually be thirsty, bored or stressed
  7. Minimize these food products to improve overall heart health

13 Clues: Limit this liquid vice for better heart health • Minimize these food products to improve overall heart health • Do this when you feel full, listen to your body and not others. • Cut down on this mineral to improve blood pressure and reduce swelling • Choose these grains to increase fiber consumption and slow down digestion • ...

Circulatory System 2021-04-04

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
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  1. red liquid that circulates in arteries
  2. carries blood away from heart
  3. controls blood flow
  4. connect arteries and veins
  5. main organ that pumps blood through body
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  1. largest artery in the body
  2. smallest functional unit of an organism
  3. colorless fluid part of blood
  4. rhythmical throbbing of blood going thru arteries
  5. carries blood to the heart
  6. upper two cavities of heart

11 Clues: controls blood flow • largest artery in the body • carries blood to the heart • connect arteries and veins • upper two cavities of heart • carries blood away from heart • colorless fluid part of blood • red liquid that circulates in arteries • smallest functional unit of an organism • main organ that pumps blood through body • rhythmical throbbing of blood going thru arteries

4.2.2.4 Coronary Heart Disease 2022-03-25

4.2.2.4 Coronary Heart Disease crossword puzzle
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  1. This type of replacement heart valve can be taken from bigs or cattle (10)
  2. Someone may need a heart __________if they experience heart failure (9)
  3. Lower levels of this in the blood slows the build up of fatty deposits in the arteries (11)
  4. This type of heart may be used temporarily while a patient waits for a heart transplant (10)
  5. This type of surgery is used to replace blocked coronary arteries with bits of veins from other parts of the body (6)
  6. Coronary heart disease stops this substance getting to the heart tissue (6)
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  1. This type of valve can be made from titanium to replace faulty heart valves (10)
  2. In coronary heart disease, fatty deposits build up on the inside of these arteries (8)
  3. This is prescribed to lower blood cholesterol levels (7)
  4. This metal mesh is placed in arteries to keep them open (6)

10 Clues: This is prescribed to lower blood cholesterol levels (7) • This metal mesh is placed in arteries to keep them open (6) • Someone may need a heart __________if they experience heart failure (9) • This type of replacement heart valve can be taken from bigs or cattle (10) • Coronary heart disease stops this substance getting to the heart tissue (6) • ...

CHD in Infants 2025-06-01

CHD in Infants crossword puzzle
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  1. Doing this during pregnancy increases the risk of congenital heart defects in the baby.
  2. During the first six weeks of ____, the baby's heart begins to form and starts to beat.
  3. Although uncommon, a congenital heart defect can let a blood clot pass through the heart and travel to the brain, causing a
  4. To pump blood through the body, the ____ uses its left and right sides for different tasks.
  5. Atrial septal defect is a ____ between the upper heart chambers, called the atria.
  6. If you have diabetes, good control of your blood ___ can reduce the risk of congenital heart defects.
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  1. An altered connection can cause ____-poor blood to mix with oxygen-rich blood.
  2. A noticeable color the lips, tongue and nails may become.
  3. The lower two chambers of the heart where a hole can be located.
  4. Congenital heart defects appear to run in families, which means they are inherited.

10 Clues: A noticeable color the lips, tongue and nails may become. • The lower two chambers of the heart where a hole can be located. • An altered connection can cause ____-poor blood to mix with oxygen-rich blood. • Atrial septal defect is a ____ between the upper heart chambers, called the atria. • ...

Lillian LeVoir 7th 2022-03-25

Lillian LeVoir 7th crossword puzzle
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  1. away from heart
  2. blood cells fight infection
  3. blood cells carries o2
  4. gland cools body
  5. gland moistens skin and hair
  6. redness swelling and heat
  7. towards the heart
  8. disease causing agents
  9. system skin hair nails
  10. weak or dead strand
  11. destroy pathogen
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  1. outer layer
  2. destroys bacteria
  3. inner layer
  4. spots pathogyne
  5. connects , exganes
  6. clothing of the pathogen
  7. cause scabs
  8. destroys virus

19 Clues: outer layer • inner layer • cause scabs • destroys virus • away from heart • spots pathogyne • gland cools body • destroy pathogen • destroys bacteria • towards the heart • connects , exganes • weak or dead strand • blood cells carries o2 • disease causing agents • system skin hair nails • clothing of the pathogen • redness swelling and heat • blood cells fight infection • ...

Cameron 6th 2022-03-25

Cameron 6th crossword puzzle
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  1. inner layer
  2. "Clothing" of the pathogen
  3. destroy pathogen
  4. spot pathogen
  5. destroys virus
  6. skin, hair, nails
  7. moisten skin and hair
  8. weak or dead strand
  9. outer layer
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  1. fights infection
  2. disease causing agent
  3. destroys bacteria
  4. away from the heart
  5. redness, swelling,heat
  6. cause scabs
  7. connects, exchanges
  8. cools body
  9. carries 02
  10. towards the heart

19 Clues: cools body • carries 02 • inner layer • cause scabs • outer layer • spot pathogen • destroys virus • fights infection • destroy pathogen • destroys bacteria • skin, hair, nails • towards the heart • away from the heart • connects, exchanges • weak or dead strand • disease causing agent • moisten skin and hair • redness, swelling,heat • "Clothing" of the pathogen

Stella6 2022-03-25

Stella6 crossword puzzle
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  1. cools body
  2. moisten skin and hair
  3. spot pathogen
  4. redness,swelling and heat
  5. outer layer
  6. destroys virus
  7. away from heart
  8. connects,exchanges
  9. weak or dead strand
  10. cause scabs
  11. inner layer
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  1. carries o2
  2. disease causing agent
  3. destroys bacteria
  4. skin,hair,nails
  5. towards the heart
  6. destroy pathogen
  7. fight infection
  8. "clothing" of the pathogen

19 Clues: carries o2 • cools body • outer layer • cause scabs • inner layer • spot pathogen • destroys virus • skin,hair,nails • away from heart • fight infection • destroy pathogen • destroys bacteria • towards the heart • connects,exchanges • weak or dead strand • moisten skin and hair • disease causing agent • redness,swelling and heat • "clothing" of the pathogen

Ava 5 2023-04-04

Ava 5 crossword puzzle
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  1. fight infection
  2. Clothing of the pathogen
  3. week or dead strand
  4. Redness, swelling and heat
  5. disease causing agent
  6. away from the heart
  7. Carries 02
  8. destroys bactirea
  9. destroys virus
  10. Towards the heart
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  1. outer layer
  2. causes scabs
  3. Connects,exchanges
  4. Body system made up of skin hair and nails
  5. cools body
  6. spot pathogen
  7. Destroy pathogen
  8. mositen skin and hair
  9. inner layer

19 Clues: cools body • Carries 02 • outer layer • inner layer • causes scabs • spot pathogen • destroys virus • fight infection • Destroy pathogen • destroys bactirea • Towards the heart • Connects,exchanges • week or dead strand • away from the heart • disease causing agent • mositen skin and hair • Clothing of the pathogen • Redness, swelling and heat • Body system made up of skin hair and nails

Rayna's Crossword Labs 2023-04-04

Rayna's Crossword Labs crossword puzzle
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  1. system- skin, hair, nails
  2. "clothing' of the pathogen
  3. towards heart
  4. away from the heart
  5. destroys virus
  6. cause scabs
  7. outer layer
  8. redness, swelling, and heat
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  1. inner layer
  2. connects, exchanges
  3. destroys bacteria
  4. weak or dead strands
  5. destroy pathogen
  6. gland- moisten skin and hair
  7. blood Cell- fighting infection
  8. spot pathogen
  9. gland- cools skin
  10. disease causing agent
  11. blood cell- carries O2

19 Clues: inner layer • cause scabs • outer layer • towards heart • spot pathogen • destroys virus • destroy pathogen • destroys bacteria • gland- cools skin • connects, exchanges • away from the heart • weak or dead strands • disease causing agent • blood cell- carries O2 • system- skin, hair, nails • "clothing' of the pathogen • redness, swelling, and heat • gland- moisten skin and hair • ...

Marissa P 4th 2021-03-30

Marissa P 4th crossword puzzle
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  1. skin hair and nails
  2. carries oxygen
  3. toward the heart
  4. spots pathogen
  5. inner layer
  6. moisten skin and hair
  7. destroys pathogen
  8. away from the heart
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  1. disease causing agent (virus, bacteria, fungus, parasites)
  2. "clothing" of the pathogen
  3. outer layer
  4. weak or dead strand
  5. fights infection
  6. destroys bacteria
  7. redness, swelling, heat
  8. connects and exchanges
  9. cools body
  10. destroys virus
  11. causes scabs

19 Clues: cools body • outer layer • inner layer • causes scabs • carries oxygen • spots pathogen • destroys virus • fights infection • toward the heart • destroys bacteria • destroys pathogen • skin hair and nails • weak or dead strand • away from the heart • moisten skin and hair • connects and exchanges • redness, swelling, heat • "clothing" of the pathogen • ...

Cooper7 2024-04-08

Cooper7 crossword puzzle
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  1. connects, ecxanges
  2. away from the heart
  3. disease causing agent
  4. blood cell fight infection
  5. inner layer
  6. reddnes swelling and heat
  7. destroys virus
  8. towards the heart
  9. cause scabs
  10. outer layer
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  1. system skin, hair, nails
  2. weak or dead strand of virus
  3. destroys bacteria
  4. spots pathogen
  5. Gand moistens skin and hair
  6. blood cell carries 02
  7. Gland cools body
  8. destroys pathogen
  9. pathogen marker

19 Clues: inner layer • cause scabs • outer layer • spots pathogen • destroys virus • pathogen marker • Gland cools body • destroys bacteria • destroys pathogen • towards the heart • connects, ecxanges • away from the heart • disease causing agent • blood cell carries 02 • system skin, hair, nails • reddnes swelling and heat • blood cell fight infection • Gand moistens skin and hair • ...

Celebrate Cardiac Rehab Week! 2022-02-11

Celebrate Cardiac Rehab Week! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How many chambers does the heart have?
  2. A common intervention for heart disease
  3. How many minutes of exercise is recommended per week?
  4. What type of exercise is good for your heart?
  5. Patients should limit this ingredient in their diet.
Down
  1. An important component of your exercise routine that builds muscle mass
  2. A medical term for high blood pressure
  3. Which animals heart weighs 150 lbs
  4. This berry is considered a super food.
  5. A risk factor for heart disease that is common with in a job.
  6. An abbreviation for " Good" cholesterol

11 Clues: Which animals heart weighs 150 lbs • A medical term for high blood pressure • How many chambers does the heart have? • This berry is considered a super food. • A common intervention for heart disease • An abbreviation for " Good" cholesterol • What type of exercise is good for your heart? • Patients should limit this ingredient in their diet. • ...

Blood Vessels and The Heart 2019-11-17

Blood Vessels and The Heart crossword puzzle
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  1. Top two chambers of the heart
  2. Blood vessels that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide
  3. Structures found in veins but not in arteries
  4. Bottom two chambers of the heart
  5. Word use to describe oxygen rich blood
  6. A body fluid in human and other animals that contains substances and cells
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  1. Blood vessels that carries blood from the heart
  2. Number of chambers in the heart
  3. Artery that is exception to rule that arteries carry oxygenated
  4. Word use to describe carbon dioxide rich blood
  5. Blood vessels that carries blood to the heart

11 Clues: Top two chambers of the heart • Number of chambers in the heart • Bottom two chambers of the heart • Word use to describe oxygen rich blood • Structures found in veins but not in arteries • Blood vessels that carries blood to the heart • Word use to describe carbon dioxide rich blood • Blood vessels that carries blood from the heart • ...

cardio stuffs 2021-03-02

cardio stuffs crossword puzzle
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  1. Where are the atria located?
  2. Bottom chambers that send out blood
  3. Receiving chambers, blood comes into the heart
  4. How many flaps does the bicuspid valve have?
  5. end of the heart that touches diaphragm
  6. space between heart and lungs
  7. Inflammation of the pericardium that results in the decrease in the serous fluid
  8. Double-walled sac that the heart sits in and contains serous fluid between the layers to prevent friction
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  1. function of cardiovascular system
  2. top part of heart
  3. the largest artery in the body that sends out oxygenated blood to the body

11 Clues: top part of heart • Where are the atria located? • space between heart and lungs • function of cardiovascular system • Bottom chambers that send out blood • end of the heart that touches diaphragm • How many flaps does the bicuspid valve have? • Receiving chambers, blood comes into the heart • the largest artery in the body that sends out oxygenated blood to the body • ...

Celebrate Cardiac Rehab Week! 2022-02-11

Celebrate Cardiac Rehab Week! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How many chambers does the heart have?
  2. A common intervention for heart disease
  3. How many minutes of exercise is recommended per week?
  4. What type of exercise is good for your heart?
  5. Patients should limit this ingredient in their diet.
Down
  1. An important component of your exercise routine that builds muscle mass
  2. A medical term for high blood pressure
  3. Which animals heart weighs 150 lbs
  4. This berry is considered a super food.
  5. A risk factor for heart disease that is common with in a job.
  6. An abbreviation for " Good" cholesterol

11 Clues: Which animals heart weighs 150 lbs • A medical term for high blood pressure • How many chambers does the heart have? • This berry is considered a super food. • A common intervention for heart disease • An abbreviation for " Good" cholesterol • What type of exercise is good for your heart? • Patients should limit this ingredient in their diet. • ...

SD43 Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2013-12-13

SD43 Don't Go Breaking My Heart crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the contraction of your heart called in your BP?
  2. What is the shot given to pregnant Rh negative mothers?
  3. What is the active plasma protein that seals your body?
  4. What cells stick to the fibrin?
  5. The chordae tendineae are attached to papillary muscle and what?
  6. What chamber receives blue blood from your arms called?
  7. What is the nerve that connects the brain to your heart?
  8. What vessel in the umbilical cord carries RED blood?
  9. What is 45% of your blood?
  10. Where is red blood cells made?
  11. What is 55% of your blood?
  12. What blood vessels feed your arms?
  13. What is the inactive plasma protein that seals your body?
  14. What chamber pumps blood to your lungs?
  15. What is the common name for immunoglobulin?
  16. What blood vessels feed your liver?
  17. What chamber pumps blood to your big toe?
  18. What blood vessels feed your legs?
  19. What divides the left from the right heart?
  20. What is the other name for WBCs?
  21. What blood type lacks Ag completely?
  22. What is in the drop to test your blood type?
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  1. What is the relaxed heart called in your BP?
  2. What are the units for BP?
  3. What blood vessels feed your kidney?
  4. What is "artery" in latin?
  5. What is the plaque moving in a blood vessel called?
  6. What cells make and release Ig?
  7. What is the valve between the atria and ventricle called?
  8. What is the hole in your heart called?
  9. What valve prevents back flow of blood into your right ventricle?
  10. What blood vessels feed your chest?
  11. What artery carries deoxygenated blood?
  12. What blood vessels feed your intestines?
  13. What organ recycles RBC's cells after 120 days?
  14. What blood vessels feed your heart?
  15. What is the best blood type according to your crazy teacher????
  16. What is the other name for RBC's?
  17. What is the rarest blood type in the world currently?
  18. What blood vessels have valves?
  19. What is the other name for platelets?
  20. When centrifuged what is the white layer called?
  21. What artery feeds your brain oxygenated blood?
  22. What is an added sound to your heart beat called?
  23. What blood type is the universal recipient?

45 Clues: What are the units for BP? • What is "artery" in latin? • What is 45% of your blood? • What is 55% of your blood? • Where is red blood cells made? • What cells make and release Ig? • What cells stick to the fibrin? • What blood vessels have valves? • What is the other name for WBCs? • What is the other name for RBC's? • What blood vessels feed your arms? • ...

SD43 Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2013-12-13

SD43 Don't Go Breaking My Heart crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the rarest blood type in the world currently?
  2. What is in the drop to test your blood type?
  3. What are the units for BP?
  4. What blood vessels feed your kidney?
  5. What blood vessels feed your heart?
  6. What cells stick to the fibrin?
  7. What organ recycles RBC's cells after 120 days?
  8. What chamber pumps blood to your big toe?
  9. What blood type lacks Ag completely?
  10. What is the shot given to pregnant Rh negative mothers?
  11. What blood vessels feed your chest?
  12. What chamber pumps blood to your lungs?
  13. When centrifuged what is the white layer called?
  14. What valve prevents back flow of blood into your right ventricle?
  15. What is the other name for platelets?
  16. What is the hole in your heart called?
  17. What cells make and release Ig?
  18. What is the valve between the atria and ventricle called?
  19. What is the contraction of your heart called in your BP?
  20. What is the nerve that connects the brain to your heart?
  21. What is the inactive plasma protein that seals your body?
Down
  1. What is the best blood type according to your crazy teacher????
  2. What is the other name for RBC's?
  3. What vessel in the umbilical cord carries RED blood?
  4. What is the relaxed heart called in your BP?
  5. What is the plaque moving in a blood vessel called?
  6. What blood vessels feed your intestines?
  7. What is 45% of your blood?
  8. What blood vessels feed your arms?
  9. What artery feeds your brain oxygenated blood?
  10. What blood vessels feed your liver?
  11. What divides the left from the right heart?
  12. What artery carries deoxygenated blood?
  13. What is "artery" in latin?
  14. What is 55% of your blood?
  15. What is the common name for immunoglobulin?
  16. What chamber receives blue blood from your arms called?
  17. Where is red blood cells made?
  18. What is an added sound to your heart beat called?
  19. The chordae tendineae are attached to papillary muscle and what?
  20. What is the other name for WBCs?
  21. What blood vessels feed your legs?
  22. What blood vessels have valves?
  23. What blood type is the universal recipient?
  24. What is the active plasma protein that seals your body?

45 Clues: What are the units for BP? • What is 45% of your blood? • What is "artery" in latin? • What is 55% of your blood? • Where is red blood cells made? • What cells stick to the fibrin? • What cells make and release Ig? • What blood vessels have valves? • What is the other name for WBCs? • What is the other name for RBC's? • What blood vessels feed your arms? • ...

CROSSWORD 2014-05-22

CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. represents the pressure in the aorta and other large arteries during ventricular contraction.
  2. an eye disease caused by increased pressure within the eye.
  3. x-ray image of the aorta
  4. Where is the heart located?
  5. incision into the cornea.
  6. cordlike structure located outside CNS?
  7. hardening of the arteries
  8. fight against pathogenic microorganism.
  9. cloudiness of the lens of the eye.
  10. an x-ray image of a blood vessel.
  11. nerve: transmits impulses from the retina to the brain.
  12. abnormal formation of a blood clot.
  13. The exchange of substance takes place between the blood and the body cells.
  14. first stage of seizure activity?
  15. paralysis that affects all four limbs.
  16. is an abnormally low level of hemoglobin in the blood.
  17. aids in the clotting of blood.
  18. media: inflammation of the middle ear.
  19. tumor made up of nerve cells.
  20. excision of the iris.
  21. ringing, buzzing, or roaring in the ears.
  22. a tumor-like mass formed from blood.
  23. inner layer of the eye.
  24. fainting or passing out?
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  1. anterior transparent part of the sclera.
  2. Excessive discharge from the ear.
  3. occurs when the heart is unable to pump the required amount of blood.
  4. middle layer of the eye.
  5. low blood pressure.
  6. blood condition of white cells.
  7. abnormal accumulation of fluid in the intercellular spaces of the body.
  8. inflammation of the meninges.
  9. pertaining to the mind and body (relationship).
  10. blood tumor that pertains to the area below the dura mater.
  11. removal of an organ, surgical removal of the eyeball.
  12. opening in the center of the iris.
  13. surgical repair of the tympanic membranes
  14. dropping of the eyelid.
  15. excision of the spleen.
  16. outer protective layer of the eye.
  17. the inner lining of the heart, also forms the heart valves.
  18. carries blood from the capillary beds back to the heart.
  19. surgical repair of the nerve.
  20. carries blood away from the heart.
  21. the colored portion of the eye.
  22. represents the pressure during relaxation of the heart.
  23. the destruction of patient’s immune systems, carriers are highly susceptible to infection caused by HIV.
  24. inflammation of a nerve.
  25. located directly behind the pupil.
  26. group of chronic disorders of the CNS?

50 Clues: low blood pressure. • excision of the iris. • dropping of the eyelid. • excision of the spleen. • inner layer of the eye. • middle layer of the eye. • x-ray image of the aorta • inflammation of a nerve. • fainting or passing out? • incision into the cornea. • hardening of the arteries • Where is the heart located? • inflammation of the meninges. • surgical repair of the nerve. • ...

Autonomic Nervous System 2024-11-03

Autonomic Nervous System crossword puzzle
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  1. The sphincters of the urinary system have ______ receptors for SNS stimulation - cause contraction
  2. SNS acts on the ____ receptor on ciliary muscle of iiris to cause relaxation (decreases focus)
  3. ________ reflex - why you may see opposite effect on heart rate than expected when giving a drug
  4. ________ drugs change relaxation of heart
  5. The ______ muscle of the urinary system has beta2 receptors for SNS stimulation - causes relaxation
  6. The autoreceptor for SNS nerves which inhibits NE release uses which receptor type?
  7. Where the sympathetic nervous system directly stimulates via release of ACh to NN receptors (no pre-ganglionic neuron)
  8. The predominant tone at rest of the arteries
  9. M2 receptors are found on the ______ for stimulation via PNS
  10. high level SNS stimulation of b2 receptors on coronary, pulmonary, skeletal, abdominal visceral arteries causes vasodilation because of the release of ______ into blood from adrenal gland
  11. low level SNS stimulation of a1 receptors on coronary, pulmonary, skeletal, abdominal visceral arteries causes ________
  12. ________ drugs change force/contractility of heart
  13. ________ contraction occurs to increase hematocrit in lots of species when a1 is stimulated by SNS
  14. b1 receptors are responsible for activating the _______ system in the kidney when SNS stimualted
  15. type of SNS receptors on heart
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  1. The predominant tone at rest of most body systems (other than vasculature)
  2. cholinergic neurotransmission is turned off via metabolism of ACh by the enzyme _________
  3. what happens when the b2 receptors are stimulated by SNS in lungs
  4. True or Fals - GIT motility response to all receptors except M2
  5. ________ drugs change speed of conduction
  6. True or Fals - skin and mucosa arteries have b2 receptors and can vasodilate when high SNS stimulation
  7. alpha and beta receptors are _______
  8. muscarinic and nicotinic receptors are ______
  9. Which nervous system goes directly to the SA node and not the myocardium
  10. all glands of the head & skin have _____ receptors for SNS stimulation
  11. when Symp activated, acts on a1 receptor to stimulate _______ of the radial muscle in the iris (lets more light in)
  12. The PNS stimulates _______ receptors in the entire body except for the heart
  13. When GIT is stimulated by SNS at the a2 receptors there is inhibition of ______ and decrease of motility
  14. Which nervous system acts all over the myocardium + the SA node
  15. Adrenergic neurotransmission is turned off via _____
  16. ________ drugs change heart rate
  17. When GIT is stimulated by SNS at the a1 receptors there is an ________ tone of sphincters and decrease of motility

32 Clues: type of SNS receptors on heart • ________ drugs change heart rate • alpha and beta receptors are _______ • ________ drugs change speed of conduction • ________ drugs change relaxation of heart • The predominant tone at rest of the arteries • muscarinic and nicotinic receptors are ______ • ________ drugs change force/contractility of heart • ...

Kylie 2015-02-19

Kylie crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In a circular motion
  2. A tube that carries blood to the heart
  3. The 2 lower chambers of your heart
  4. Carries blood away from the heart
Down
  1. To continue against all odds
  2. The upper chambers of your heart
  3. Out of 100
  4. The smallest blood vessel in the body
  5. A part to whole relationship
  6. A part of your heart to keep the bloodstream

10 Clues: Out of 100 • In a circular motion • To continue against all odds • A part to whole relationship • The upper chambers of your heart • Carries blood away from the heart • The 2 lower chambers of your heart • The smallest blood vessel in the body • A tube that carries blood to the heart • A part of your heart to keep the bloodstream

Circulatory System Puzzle 2020-09-28

Circulatory System Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cartilage in between the nostrils
  2. Delivers blood from the heart
  3. Carry blood to the heart
  4. Pumps blood to the entire body
  5. The heart relaxes and fills with blood
Down
  1. Form clots to stop or prevent bleeding
  2. Another name for high blood pressure
  3. Sends blood back to the heart from the lower body
  4. A main artery
  5. Prevent blood from flowing backwards

10 Clues: A main artery • Carry blood to the heart • Delivers blood from the heart • Pumps blood to the entire body • Cartilage in between the nostrils • Another name for high blood pressure • Prevent blood from flowing backwards • Form clots to stop or prevent bleeding • The heart relaxes and fills with blood • Sends blood back to the heart from the lower body

Circulatory System 2023-11-29

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Carries oxygen
  2. How many times your heart beats per minute
  3. Fights injuries and infections
  4. Carries blood away from the heart
  5. Minerals and Vitamins in the blood
Down
  1. Exercise for your heart for a long time
  2. Carries blood to the heart
  3. Pumps blood through entire body
  4. Keeps the blood flowing the right way
  5. A red substance in the entire body

10 Clues: Carries oxygen • Carries blood to the heart • Fights injuries and infections • Pumps blood through entire body • Carries blood away from the heart • A red substance in the entire body • Minerals and Vitamins in the blood • Keeps the blood flowing the right way • Exercise for your heart for a long time • How many times your heart beats per minute

Circulatory system 2024-09-24

Circulatory system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______other word for heart beats per second
  2. a muscular organ about the size of your fist
  3. a tube that tranport blood
  4. we need oxygen,_________ and water
Down
  1. a system that transport water,oxygen and digestedfoodheart
  2. heart rate depends on age and_____
  3. ____________and waste materials are removed
  4. heart rate depends on health and_____
  5. a red substance
  6. a sound when your heart beats

10 Clues: a red substance • a tube that tranport blood • a sound when your heart beats • heart rate depends on age and_____ • we need oxygen,_________ and water • heart rate depends on health and_____ • ____________and waste materials are removed • ______other word for heart beats per second • a muscular organ about the size of your fist • ...

Science Vocab Words 2022-12-15

Science Vocab Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Blood toward the heart
  2. Connects veins and arteries together
  3. Pumps the blood
  4. The name of the main system
  5. Allows blood to flow in a certain direction
  6. Circulatory ______
Down
  1. Sends blood to the rest of the body then to the heart
  2. Help blood acquire oxygen and carbon dioxide
  3. Blood away from the heart
  4. Sends blood to the heart and back

10 Clues: Pumps the blood • Circulatory ______ • Blood toward the heart • Blood away from the heart • The name of the main system • Sends blood to the heart and back • Connects veins and arteries together • Allows blood to flow in a certain direction • Help blood acquire oxygen and carbon dioxide • Sends blood to the rest of the body then to the heart

Venky 2023-11-30

Venky crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Purpose of nitroglycerin in treating myocardial infarction?
  2. Commonly involved artery in a myocardial infarction?
  3. Imaging technique to visualize blood flow in coronary arteries?
  4. Organ primarily affected by myocardial infarction?
  5. cardiac workload How high blood pressure contributes to myocardial infarction?
  6. Main cause of myocardial infarction?
  7. Type of heart tissue damage during a myocardial infarction?
  8. How cholesterol contributes to the development of atherosclerosis?
Down
  1. Common term for the medical procedure to open blocked coronary arteries?
  2. Enzyme commonly elevated in blood tests after a heart attack?
  3. Symptom often associated with myocardial infarction?
  4. Another term for a heart attack?
  5. Lifestyle modification to help prevent myocardial infarction?
  6. Lifestyle factor contributing to the risk of myocardial infarction?

14 Clues: Another term for a heart attack? • Main cause of myocardial infarction? • Organ primarily affected by myocardial infarction? • Commonly involved artery in a myocardial infarction? • Symptom often associated with myocardial infarction? • Purpose of nitroglycerin in treating myocardial infarction? • Type of heart tissue damage during a myocardial infarction? • ...

Circulatory System Crossword 2022-10-03

Circulatory System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The action of the heart.
  2. We have about 5 litres of this in our body.
  3. These tubes carry blood with oxygen to our body.
  4. We only change one thing in an experiment.
  5. The tubes that carry blood around our body.
  6. The organs that give oygenate our blood.
  7. This is like a guess we make before an experiment.
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  1. This tells us how fast our heart is beating.
  2. The answers from our experiment.
  3. Something we can do to increase our pulse rate.
  4. Transported to our body by the blood.
  5. These tubes carry blood back to the heart.
  6. We write this after an experiment.
  7. The organ that pumps the blood around the body.

14 Clues: The action of the heart. • The answers from our experiment. • We write this after an experiment. • Transported to our body by the blood. • The organs that give oygenate our blood. • We only change one thing in an experiment. • These tubes carry blood back to the heart. • We have about 5 litres of this in our body. • The tubes that carry blood around our body. • ...

the body 2025-06-17

the body crossword puzzle
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  1. a strong flexible tissue that hold bones together at the joint
  2. the flap in the heart that keeps
  3. the two lower chambers of
  4. the smallest bloodvessels connecting arteries and veins
  5. the flap in the heart that keepsthe blood flowing in the right direction
  6. blood flowing in the right direction
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  1. the two upper chambers of the heart that receive blood first
  2. tissue that moves body parts
  3. a measure of ur heart rate
  4. helps you smell
  5. a muscular organ that pumps blood to all parts of your body
  6. blood cells, plasma and platelets
  7. a body part that does a specific job within a body system
  8. made up of red and
  9. the liquid that carries nutrients dissolved gasses and other substances

15 Clues: helps you smell • made up of red and • the two lower chambers of • a measure of ur heart rate • tissue that moves body parts • the flap in the heart that keeps • blood cells, plasma and platelets • blood flowing in the right direction • the smallest bloodvessels connecting arteries and veins • a body part that does a specific job within a body system • ...

BIO 2022-02-22

BIO crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Something happens when the artery that supplies blood to heart muscles is blocked.
  2. A tiny pipe which substances are able to pass in and out of the blood.
  3. A pipe carry blood away from the heart to the body
  4. A gate ensures a one-way floor of blood
  5. A red pigment in RBC
  6. the frequency of your heart beats per minute.
  7. Something happens when the blood supply to your brain is blocked
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  1. A yellowish liquid made up 55% of your blood
  2. A cell destroy microorganisms that cause infectious disease
  3. Deficiency in the number or quality of red blood cells
  4. A pipe carry blood to the heart from the body
  5. A cell stop bleeding
  6. Molecules move from high concentration to low concentration
  7. A substance made up of fat, cholesterol, blood cells and other substances.
  8. A red biconcave cell transport O2
  9. A material made your RBC

16 Clues: A cell stop bleeding • A red pigment in RBC • A material made your RBC • A red biconcave cell transport O2 • A gate ensures a one-way floor of blood • A yellowish liquid made up 55% of your blood • A pipe carry blood to the heart from the body • the frequency of your heart beats per minute. • A pipe carry blood away from the heart to the body • ...

Circulatory System 2023-04-17

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Makes RBC, WBC, and platelets
  2. Lower two chambers of the heart
  3. Occurs when the arteries build up on fat, leading to serious blood pressure and a potential cardiac arrest
  4. Occurs when the arteries’s inner walls swell, which could lead to the serious possibility of a stroke
  5. Responsible for signaling the atria to contract and is found in the upper atrium
  6. Necessary for blood clotting and is disc shaped
  7. Slow heartbeat
  8. A dislodged blood clot that causes a blockage
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  1. Blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
  2. Smallest blood vessel that carries both oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
  3. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  4. Plasma protein that produces antibodies
  5. Fast heartbeat
  6. Divides heart into oxygenated and deoxygenated sides
  7. Other name for white blood cell
  8. Found in the upper septum and is triggered by the SA-Node

16 Clues: Fast heartbeat • Slow heartbeat • Makes RBC, WBC, and platelets • Lower two chambers of the heart • Other name for white blood cell • Plasma protein that produces antibodies • A dislodged blood clot that causes a blockage • Necessary for blood clotting and is disc shaped • Blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart • Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart • ...

Vital Signs 2025-02-23

Vital Signs crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pressure force exerted by blood against the arterial walls when heart contracts or relaxes
  2. measurement of blood pressure when heart is at rest; constant pressure in arteries
  3. low body temperature below 95 degrees
  4. balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body
  5. instrument used for listening to internal body sounds
  6. Oximeters a medical device that measures the amount of oxygen in a person's blood
  7. absence of respirations
  8. pulse rate over 100 bpm
  9. instrument calibrated for measuring blood pressure in millimeters of mercury
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  1. a device that measures temperature
  2. pressure of the blood felt against the wall of an artery as the heart contracts and relaxes
  3. difficult or labored breathing
  4. Glucose Meters a small, portable device that measures the amount of glucose in your blood
  5. number per minute; as with pulse and respirations
  6. irregular or abnormal rhythm caused by a defect in electrical conduction pattern
  7. measurement of blood pressure when heart is contracting forcing blood in arteries
  8. high blood pressure
  9. difficulty breathing with a high pitched whistling or sighing sound during expiration

18 Clues: high blood pressure • absence of respirations • pulse rate over 100 bpm • difficult or labored breathing • a device that measures temperature • low body temperature below 95 degrees • number per minute; as with pulse and respirations • instrument used for listening to internal body sounds • balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body • ...

Sections 4 & 5 2022-02-05

Sections 4 & 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _____ carry blood back to the heart.
  2. The process of moving blood and the materials it carries through the body.
  3. Blood carries digested food, water, and _____ throughout the body.
  4. The liquid part of blood is called _____.
  5. _____ are tubes that carry blood away from the heart.
  6. The _____ is a pump made of muscles.
Down
  1. Arteries, veins, the heart, capillaries, and blood make up the _____.
  2. Each time the heart _____, blood moves through the body.
  3. Tiny blood vessels called _____ connect the arteries to the veins throughout the body.
  4. There are _____ kinds of blood vessels.
  5. Squids and octopuses have _____ blood.
  6. _____ is a waste gas that leaves your body when you exhale or let air out of your mouth.

12 Clues: _____ carry blood back to the heart. • The _____ is a pump made of muscles. • Squids and octopuses have _____ blood. • There are _____ kinds of blood vessels. • The liquid part of blood is called _____. • _____ are tubes that carry blood away from the heart. • Each time the heart _____, blood moves through the body. • ...

Circulatory system 2023-02-22

Circulatory system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Your blood has a _____ side and a right side
  2. The name of the chambers at the top of the heart
  3. These prevent blood from flowing backwards
  4. Which gas is carried to your cells in the blood?
  5. The name of the chambers at the bottom of the heart
Down
  1. How many chambers does the heart have?
  2. This type of blood vessel carries blood away from your heart
  3. Oxygen and glucose are carried to your cells in the _______
  4. This type of blood vessel has valves and carries blood to the heart
  5. Blood travels through your arteries at a very ______ pressure
  6. Arteries have a very ________ wall
  7. Bood travels through your veins at a very ____ pressure

12 Clues: Arteries have a very ________ wall • How many chambers does the heart have? • These prevent blood from flowing backwards • Your blood has a _____ side and a right side • The name of the chambers at the top of the heart • Which gas is carried to your cells in the blood? • The name of the chambers at the bottom of the heart • ...

poe 2022-11-28

poe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thing that pumps blood
  2. boards on floor
  3. light
  4. fathers offspring
  5. thing to cut body
  6. author
  7. eye description
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  1. their house
  2. law enforcer
  3. murder weapon
  4. heart bumping
  5. someone who lives by you
  6. yell
  7. father
  8. thing that sees

15 Clues: yell • light • father • author • their house • law enforcer • murder weapon • heart bumping • boards on floor • eye description • thing that sees • fathers offspring • thing to cut body • thing that pumps blood • someone who lives by you

2025 Physiology Xmas Quiz! 2025-12-01

2025 Physiology Xmas Quiz! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The body being unable to regulate body temperature and being too hot
  2. The relaxation phase of the heart
  3. The final stage of the aerobic energy system
  4. The stress hormone
  5. The volume of air inspired/expired per minute
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  1. The volume of blood pumped out of the heart per minute
  2. Training above 2400m
  3. The body losing too much body heat and being extremely cold
  4. The contraction phase of the heart
  5. The heart creates it's own impulse
  6. The capital of Egypt
  7. An increase in the number of capillaries
  8. The hormone responsible for HGH release and muscle growth

13 Clues: The stress hormone • Training above 2400m • The capital of Egypt • The relaxation phase of the heart • The contraction phase of the heart • The heart creates it's own impulse • An increase in the number of capillaries • The final stage of the aerobic energy system • The volume of air inspired/expired per minute • The volume of blood pumped out of the heart per minute • ...

Vessels 2023-10-20

Vessels crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a rapid resting heart rate over 100 beats/min
  2. indicate a slow resting heart or pulse rate under 50 beats/min.
  3. distribute blood to various parts of the body.
  4. is the ability of a tissue to automatically adjust its blood flow to match its metabolic demands
  5. are the receptors which monitor movements of joints and muscles.
  6. A blood clot within a blood vessel that limits the flow of blood.
  7. Bleeding from a blood vessel which can be caused by injury, disease, or medication.
  8. have thinner walls near the capillary end and thicker walls as they progress toward the heart.
  9. drain blood away from various parts of the body
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  1. is the decrease in the diameter of the blood vessel lumen.
  2. are microscopic blood vessels that connect arterioles to venules.
  3. thin layer of cells that lines the inner surface of blood vessels.
  4. is a balloon-shaped sac formed by a thin, weak area of an artery or vein's wall that grows outward.
  5. A very small blood vessel that branches off from your artery and carry blood away from your heart to your tissues and organs.
  6. is the alternate expansion and elastic recoil of an artery with each heartbeat.
  7. is a center in the medulla oblongata that helps regulate heart rate and stroke volume.
  8. refers to the high blood pressure.
  9. the widening of blood Vessels, resulting in an increased blood flow.

18 Clues: refers to the high blood pressure. • distribute blood to various parts of the body. • drain blood away from various parts of the body • is a rapid resting heart rate over 100 beats/min • is the decrease in the diameter of the blood vessel lumen. • indicate a slow resting heart or pulse rate under 50 beats/min. • ...

Dawson 101 Review 2023-09-25

Dawson 101 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The number of hours of rest for each muscle group worked.
  2. To achieve aerobic fitness, the range of your target heart rate is ______ to 85% of your maximum heart rate.
  3. This health-related fitness component is defined as the ability of your muscles to exert a maximum force. (2 words)
  4. Do this before all weight training sessions. (2 words)
  5. Exercise ________ muscle groups at the beginning of your workout.
  6. This type of muscular fitness is trained with high reps, low weights.
  7. After these many weeks, change your exercise program.
  8. A waiter holding up a tray of plates over a lengthy period is an example of muscular __________.
  9. Cardiovascular exercise is recommended this many days per week at the minimum.
  10. An example of a well-balanced exercise program includes eating well, swimming regularly, resistance training, and ____________.
  11. When muscles increase in size.
  12. The intensity of a stretch is reached when this measure of tension is felt.
  13. Cardiovascular endurance is the ability of your heart and lungs to deliver this to the rest of the body when needed.
  14. Cardiovascular exercise lowers this type of heart rate.
  15. The pectoralis major is also known as the __________.
  16. The main energy system used for activity greater than 2 minutes is the ______ system.
  17. The minimum number of repetitions toward training muscular endurance.
  18. Deciding to sign up for an art class after school helps to develop this dimension of wellness.
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  1. By starting a running program, one would improve this aspect of fitness. (2 words)
  2. Sleeping 8-10 hours every night improves your _________ wellness.
  3. This training acronym includes the time and type of activity that you should choose.
  4. Dips work on this muscle group.
  5. The “F” in the FITT principle.
  6. Being flexible decreases your chances of pain in this part of your back.
  7. Training muscular fitness helps to maintain this in your bones.
  8. The formula to calculate your maximum heart rate is 220 - _______?
  9. These are prevented by having good flexibility.
  10. Do this after all weight training sessions.
  11. When exerting a force should someone inhale or exhale?
  12. Your risk of this disease as well as some cancers, strokes, depression, high blood pressure, obesity, and premature death can be reduced by being active.
  13. Physical activity can lower your _____ heart rate.
  14. Once you have calculated your target heart rate for one minute, you can divide by this number to calculate your target heart rate for 15 seconds.
  15. Training in a way that is relevant and appropriate to a sport or fitness goals is applying this principle of training.
  16. On the Borg scale, moderate exercise is described as breathing faster and being able to do this during the activity.
  17. Holding a stretch in position for 15-30 seconds is called _______ stretching.

35 Clues: The “F” in the FITT principle. • When muscles increase in size. • Dips work on this muscle group. • Do this after all weight training sessions. • These are prevented by having good flexibility. • Physical activity can lower your _____ heart rate. • After these many weeks, change your exercise program. • The pectoralis major is also known as the __________. • ...

Sections 4 & 5 2022-02-05

Sections 4 & 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _____ carry blood back to the heart.
  2. The process of moving blood and the materials it carries through the body.
  3. Blood carries digested food, water, and _____ throughout the body.
  4. The liquid part of blood is called _____.
  5. _____ are tubes that carry blood away from the heart.
  6. The _____ is a pump made of muscles.
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  1. Arteries, veins, the heart, capillaries, and blood make up the _____.
  2. Each time the heart _____, blood moves through the body.
  3. Tiny blood vessels called _____ connect the arteries to the veins throughout the body.
  4. There are _____ kinds of blood vessels.
  5. Squids and octopuses have _____ blood.
  6. _____ is a waste gas that leaves your body when you exhale or let air out of your mouth.

12 Clues: _____ carry blood back to the heart. • The _____ is a pump made of muscles. • Squids and octopuses have _____ blood. • There are _____ kinds of blood vessels. • The liquid part of blood is called _____. • _____ are tubes that carry blood away from the heart. • Each time the heart _____, blood moves through the body. • ...

Heart Cross Word. 2017-03-29

Heart Cross Word. crossword puzzle
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  1. Returns blood to the heart.
  2. The name of the largest artery in the body is known as.
  3. What is pumped through the body to deliver food and oxygen while removing waste.
  4. What is known as the upper chamber of the heart.
  5. Oxygen carriers in the blood are called.
  6. The valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle.
  7. What is the size of your heart.
  8. Classified as a muscle that pumps the blood is called.
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  1. The artery that brings blood to the brain.
  2. Tiny vessels between the smallest arteries and veins.
  3. The valve between the left ventricle and the aorta.
  4. Controls the flow of the blood through the heart.

12 Clues: Returns blood to the heart. • What is the size of your heart. • Oxygen carriers in the blood are called. • The artery that brings blood to the brain. • What is known as the upper chamber of the heart. • Controls the flow of the blood through the heart. • The valve between the left ventricle and the aorta. • Tiny vessels between the smallest arteries and veins. • ...

Infective endocarditis 2014-03-30

Infective endocarditis crossword puzzle
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  1. Twice as common in _______ of any age
  2. Is the ultrasound of the heart
  3. A classification that onset in days to weeks
  4. Infective endocarditis was used to called _______endocarditis
  5. Is blood sterile?
  6. A classification that has a slower progression
  7. _________lesions are red spots on the palms/soles
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  1. Certain _______condition can put you at higher risk for developing IE.
  2. The inner lining of the heart which contact with the blood
  3. Inflammation of the endocardium layer of the heart
  4. When bacteria enters bloodstream
  5. A good way to prevent infective endocarditis
  6. Patient with infective endocarditis often have a _______BP than normal
  7. The most common infective agent
  8. _________is done when antibiotics are not effective or harder to treat when the infection spreads to other parts of the heart

15 Clues: Is blood sterile? • Is the ultrasound of the heart • The most common infective agent • When bacteria enters bloodstream • Twice as common in _______ of any age • A good way to prevent infective endocarditis • A classification that onset in days to weeks • A classification that has a slower progression • _________lesions are red spots on the palms/soles • ...

Cardiovascular System Crossword 2023-11-17

Cardiovascular System Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A benign tumor with cells embedded in soft mucoid stromal tissue.
  2. a blood clot formed and blocks one or more veins, usually in the legs.
  3. Slower heart beat than 60 beats per minute.
  4. an abnormal heart rhythm.
  5. A phlebotomist is trained to do this.
  6. An inflammatory disease caused by inadequate treatment of a streptococcal infection.
  7. extreme form of hypoxia.
  8. Removal of excess fluid from the pericardial space.
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  1. Faster heart beat than 100 beats per minute.
  2. Inadequate oxygen in tissues.
  3. heart fails in its pumping action
  4. diminished oxygen content of the blood result to bluish discoloration of the skin
  5. collections of plaque that protrude into the opening of an artery, weakening the muscle lining.
  6. A balloon-tipped catheter dilates a cardiac valve.
  7. to start an intravenous infusion.

15 Clues: extreme form of hypoxia. • an abnormal heart rhythm. • Inadequate oxygen in tissues. • heart fails in its pumping action • to start an intravenous infusion. • A phlebotomist is trained to do this. • Slower heart beat than 60 beats per minute. • Faster heart beat than 100 beats per minute. • A balloon-tipped catheter dilates a cardiac valve. • ...

Cardiovascular Crossword 2017-03-09

Cardiovascular Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. cells that help form blood clots to stop bleeding
  2. two upper chambers known as the
  3. the cycle that involves filling the heart with blood
  4. during exposure to cold environments, heat loss escapes through the skin
  5. two lower chambers known as the
  6. is the amount of blood pumped out of the heart per minute
  7. form a major part of the immune system
  8. develops when the body gains more heat than it loses.
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  1. carry oxygen to working muscles and other cells and remove carbon dioxide
  2. literally means 'same state'
  3. clear yellowish fluid that carriers nutrients
  4. heart is referred to as a.....
  5. a widening or opening of the blood vessels
  6. reduces blood flow to tissues
  7. make up the vascular network through which all blood flows to all parts of the body
  8. is a measure of how much blood is squeezed out of the heart into the aorta

16 Clues: literally means 'same state' • reduces blood flow to tissues • heart is referred to as a..... • two upper chambers known as the • two lower chambers known as the • form a major part of the immune system • a widening or opening of the blood vessels • clear yellowish fluid that carriers nutrients • cells that help form blood clots to stop bleeding • ...

Lung structure, Breathing and Respiration 2023-11-14

Lung structure, Breathing and Respiration crossword puzzle
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  1. A measure of the speed of heart beats (5,4)
  2. Type of respiration carried out without oxygen (9)
  3. Tiny air sacs where gas is exchanged in the lungs (7)
  4. A chemical reaction between glucose and oxygen to release energy in cells (11)
  5. A time when plants respire only (5)
  6. The feeling of a heart beat (5)
  7. A simple sugar (7)
  8. Muscular sheet which contracts to inhale (9)
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  1. Type of respiration with an excess of oxygen (7)
  2. Tubes leading from the trachea to each lung (7)
  3. Organ which pumps blood around the body (5)
  4. The tube carrying air to the lungs (7)
  5. Activity which raises your heart rate (8)
  6. Organ responsible to gas exchange with the blood (4)
  7. A second organ used to breath and smell (4)
  8. The part of red blood cells which binds to oxygen (11)

16 Clues: A simple sugar (7) • The feeling of a heart beat (5) • A time when plants respire only (5) • The tube carrying air to the lungs (7) • Activity which raises your heart rate (8) • A measure of the speed of heart beats (5,4) • Organ which pumps blood around the body (5) • A second organ used to breath and smell (4) • Muscular sheet which contracts to inhale (9) • ...

Unit 7: Computers & Technology 2023-12-04

Unit 7: Computers & Technology crossword puzzle
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  1. True or False it is okay to share your passwords with coworkers
  2. prints a strip reflecting a heart rhythm
  3. photo light therapy used to cure jaundice in infants
  4. Those with this device cannot get an MRI
  5. Info used from research put in a large database
  6. Scan commonly used to check for the spread of cancer
  7. Uses sound waves to provide a visual of heart & its function
  8. surgeons use to operate on small areas avoiding disturbing healthy tissues
  9. monitors heart rate of fetus
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  1. This protects patients personal information
  2. used to monitor a patients heart function while on treadmill
  3. Scan commonly used to find tumors and bleeding
  4. where patients can schedule appts, view medications and lab results
  5. Where you find a patient DOB, medical history and labs
  6. Used to decrease tumor size or treat cancer
  7. means of sending/receiving information

16 Clues: monitors heart rate of fetus • means of sending/receiving information • prints a strip reflecting a heart rhythm • Those with this device cannot get an MRI • This protects patients personal information • Used to decrease tumor size or treat cancer • Scan commonly used to find tumors and bleeding • Info used from research put in a large database • ...

Surgery 2023-09-26

Surgery crossword puzzle
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  1. Gold std for diagnosis of ischemic heart disease
  2. Gold standard for diagnosis of valvular disease
  3. Failure of valve opening/narrowing of valve
  4. Structure b/n two compartments of heart
  5. Mitral stenosis is a _
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  1. Instrument used to get back sinus rhythm in case of MI
  2. Medical speciality dealing with invasive methods of exploraton of the body and repair of damaged organs.
  3. Backflow of blood
  4. Absent P-waves on ECG indicates this kind of rhythm
  5. valves are surgically replaced by _ valves in case of stenosis.
  6. Type of heart surgery in which a new passage is created for blood as main artery is occluded
  7. Type of heart surgery where heart is cut open.

12 Clues: Backflow of blood • Mitral stenosis is a _ • Structure b/n two compartments of heart • Failure of valve opening/narrowing of valve • Type of heart surgery where heart is cut open. • Gold standard for diagnosis of valvular disease • Gold std for diagnosis of ischemic heart disease • Absent P-waves on ECG indicates this kind of rhythm • ...

Circulatory System 2023-04-17

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
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  1. Necessary for blood clotting and is disc shaped
  2. Occurs when the arteries’s inner walls swell, which could lead to the serious possibility of a stroke
  3. Marrow: Produces RBC, WBC, and platelets
  4. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  5. Slow heartbeat
  6. Responsible for signaling the atria to contract and is found in the upper atrium
  7. Found in the upper septum and is triggered by the SA-Node
  8. Other name for white blood cell
  9. Divides heart into oxygenated and deoxygenated sides
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  1. A dislodged blood clot that causes a blockage
  2. Occurs when the arteries build up on fat, leading to serious blood pressure and a potential cardiac arrest
  3. Fast heartbeat
  4. Smallest blood vessel that carries both oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
  5. Blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
  6. Plasma protein that produces antibodies
  7. Lower two chambers of the heart

16 Clues: Fast heartbeat • Slow heartbeat • Lower two chambers of the heart • Other name for white blood cell • Plasma protein that produces antibodies • Marrow: Produces RBC, WBC, and platelets • A dislodged blood clot that causes a blockage • Necessary for blood clotting and is disc shaped • Blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart • ...

Cardiovascular System and Respiratory System 2013-11-05

Cardiovascular System and Respiratory System crossword puzzle
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  1. Made from fatty foods that we eat. There are two types of it.
  2. An effect of regular exercise on the Cardiovascular system is Cardiac ........?
  3. Allows us to chew and breathe at the same time.
  4. Oxygen attatches to this in a red blood cell.
  5. Flap at the back of our throat, which closes when we swallow food to stop it going down the trachea.
  6. Smallest type of blood vessel, found in hands and toes.
  7. cage Protects the organs such as the lungs.
  8. Deoxygenated blood returns to the heart through this.
  9. Thin walled, spongy sacs that fill when we breathe.
  10. Take blood TO the heart.
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  1. Contracts downwards to allow space for chest to expand.
  2. Scientific name for the windpipe.
  3. We exhale to get rid of this.
  4. The main artery.
  5. volume The amount of blood ejected from the heart per beat.
  6. Take blood AWAY from the heart.

16 Clues: The main artery. • Take blood TO the heart. • We exhale to get rid of this. • Take blood AWAY from the heart. • Scientific name for the windpipe. • cage Protects the organs such as the lungs. • Oxygen attatches to this in a red blood cell. • Allows us to chew and breathe at the same time. • Thin walled, spongy sacs that fill when we breathe. • ...

BIO 2022-02-22

BIO crossword puzzle
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  1. Deficiency in the number or quality of red blood cells
  2. Molecules move from high concentration to low concentration
  3. A yellowish liquid made up 55% of your blood
  4. Something happens when the blood supply to your brain is blocked
  5. Something happens when the artery that supplies blood to heart muscles is blocked.
  6. A tiny pipe which substances are able to pass in and out of the blood.
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  1. A pipe carry blood away from the heart to the body
  2. A material made your RBC
  3. A substance made up of fat, cholesterol, blood cells and other substances.
  4. A pipe carry blood to the heart from the body
  5. A cell stop bleeding
  6. A cell destroy microorganisms that cause infectious disease
  7. A gate ensures a one-way floor of blood
  8. the frequency of your heart beats per minute.
  9. A red pigment in RBC
  10. A red biconcave cell transport O2

16 Clues: A cell stop bleeding • A red pigment in RBC • A material made your RBC • A red biconcave cell transport O2 • A gate ensures a one-way floor of blood • A yellowish liquid made up 55% of your blood • A pipe carry blood to the heart from the body • the frequency of your heart beats per minute. • A pipe carry blood away from the heart to the body • ...

BRAIN 2024-02-27

BRAIN crossword puzzle
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  1. When did Phrenology lose its credibility
  2. 3300 years ago was thought to have the functions of feelings, thoughts, and behaviour
  3. A suspicion or idea that certain things are true based on evidence
  4. What is he study of the relationship between the skulls surface features and personality/behavioral chararistics
  5. ____ vs body debate
  6. Statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual
  7. What part of the brain was found behind the eyes in phrenology
  8. The theory that the mind and body are seperate
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  1. Created the heart side of the Brain vs Heart debate
  2. Surgical removal of brain tissue
  3. The time when psychology was founded through systematic research
  4. People who created theories
  5. Created the brain side of the Brain VS Heart debate
  6. The thing in your head
  7. The theory that the mind and body are conjoined
  8. Mind vs _____ debate

16 Clues: ____ vs body debate • Mind vs _____ debate • The thing in your head • People who created theories • Surgical removal of brain tissue • When did Phrenology lose its credibility • The theory that the mind and body are seperate • The theory that the mind and body are conjoined • Created the heart side of the Brain vs Heart debate • ...

Circulatory System 2021-04-04

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. red liquid that circulates in arteries
  2. carries blood away from heart
  3. controls blood flow
  4. connect arteries and veins
  5. main organ that pumps blood through body
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  1. largest artery in the body
  2. smallest functional unit of an organism
  3. colorless fluid part of blood
  4. rhythmical throbbing of blood going thru arteries
  5. carries blood to the heart
  6. upper two cavities of heart

11 Clues: controls blood flow • largest artery in the body • carries blood to the heart • connect arteries and veins • upper two cavities of heart • carries blood away from heart • colorless fluid part of blood • red liquid that circulates in arteries • smallest functional unit of an organism • main organ that pumps blood through body • rhythmical throbbing of blood going thru arteries

Circulatory vocabulary 2021-12-02

Circulatory vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. they take blood away from the heart
  2. pumps blood
  3. help make blood clots
  4. is pumped to the lungs and back to the heart
  5. carries blood to the heart
  6. brings nutrients to cells
  7. carry oxygen from our lungs to the rest of our bodies
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  1. smoking could cause
  2. fight infections
  3. connects veins and artery
  4. puts oxygen in our bloodstream

11 Clues: pumps blood • fight infections • smoking could cause • help make blood clots • connects veins and artery • brings nutrients to cells • carries blood to the heart • puts oxygen in our bloodstream • they take blood away from the heart • is pumped to the lungs and back to the heart • carry oxygen from our lungs to the rest of our bodies

Sully 6 2023-04-04

Sully 6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. destroy virus
  2. away from the heart
  3. redness,sweeling and heat
  4. disease causing agent
  5. destroy pathogen
  6. inner layer
  7. connects,exchanges
  8. spot pathogen
  9. gland moisten skin and hair
  10. cause scabs
  11. weak or dead strand
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  1. glands cools body
  2. body system like skin, hair, and nails
  3. fight infection
  4. towards the heart
  5. destroy bacteria
  6. outer layer
  7. carries o2
  8. clothing of the pathogen

19 Clues: carries o2 • outer layer • inner layer • cause scabs • destroy virus • spot pathogen • fight infection • destroy bacteria • destroy pathogen • glands cools body • towards the heart • connects,exchanges • away from the heart • weak or dead strand • disease causing agent • clothing of the pathogen • redness,sweeling and heat • gland moisten skin and hair • body system like skin, hair, and nails

bailee7 2022-03-25

bailee7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. clothing of patogen
  2. skin,hair,nails
  3. destroys virus
  4. inner layer
  5. moisten skin and hair
  6. weak or dead strand
  7. spot pathogen
  8. cause scabs
  9. fight infection
Down
  1. kills bacteria
  2. cools body
  3. away from heart
  4. towards the heart
  5. carries o2
  6. redness,swelling and heat
  7. destroy pathogen
  8. connects exchanges
  9. causes disease
  10. outer layer

19 Clues: cools body • carries o2 • inner layer • cause scabs • outer layer • spot pathogen • kills bacteria • destroys virus • causes disease • away from heart • skin,hair,nails • fight infection • destroy pathogen • towards the heart • connects exchanges • clothing of patogen • weak or dead strand • moisten skin and hair • redness,swelling and heat

Emma P6 2022-03-25

Emma P6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. destroys pathogen
  2. Destroys virus
  3. cools body
  4. destroys bacteria
  5. Skin,Hair,Nails
  6. towards the heart
  7. Connects exchanges
  8. outer layer
  9. Spots pathogen
Down
  1. carries o2
  2. inner layer
  3. Fights infection
  4. redness swelling and heat
  5. disease causing agent
  6. weak or dead strand
  7. moisten skin,hair
  8. away from heart
  9. cause scabs
  10. clothing of the pathogen

19 Clues: carries o2 • cools body • inner layer • cause scabs • outer layer • Destroys virus • Spots pathogen • Skin,Hair,Nails • away from heart • Fights infection • destroys pathogen • destroys bacteria • towards the heart • moisten skin,hair • Connects exchanges • weak or dead strand • disease causing agent • clothing of the pathogen • redness swelling and heat

Abigail Johnston Unit 4 2018-04-11

Abigail Johnston Unit 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The initial flow of charge
  2. When the charges return to the resting state
  3. Taken by placing fingers on the carotid artery
  4. Delivery of oxygen rich blood to the body and deoxygenated blood returning to the heart
  5. The longest phase when blood is filling the atria
  6. Uses x-ray and dyes to look at the blood flow through certain blood vessels
  7. The movement of blood between the lungs and heart
  8. Narrows the lumen of blood vessels and causes pressure to rise
Down
  1. The natural pacemaker of the heart
  2. The middle layer of blood vessels mostly made of smooth muscle
  3. Shows ventricular activation when the ventricles contract
  4. A procedure that uses a "balloon" to open partially blocked blood vessels
  5. Expands the lumen of blood vessels and causes pressure to lower
  6. The outermost layer of blood vessels mostly made of connective tissue
  7. Delays spreading the electrical impulses for 0.1 seconds
  8. Represents the start of diastole
  9. Shows the relaxation of the ventricles
  10. The innermost layer of blood vessels mostly made of epithelial cells
  11. The phase when blood is sent out of the heart
  12. Taken by placing fingers on the radial artery

20 Clues: The initial flow of charge • Represents the start of diastole • The natural pacemaker of the heart • Shows the relaxation of the ventricles • When the charges return to the resting state • The phase when blood is sent out of the heart • Taken by placing fingers on the radial artery • Taken by placing fingers on the carotid artery • ...

Fitness Crossword 2022-02-04

Fitness Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. bursts of intense heart rate with rests in between
  2. Which of the five health-related components of fitness measures its intensity by the target heart rate zone
  3. Type of exercise raises your heart rate way up for short bursts of time
  4. What the i in fitt stands for
  5. Min.# of times a week that a person should have activity
  6. What the second T is fitt stands for
  7. What the F in fitt stands for
  8. Time = how ___
  9. Second part of a workout
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  1. Performing certain exercises in order for a person to improve a certain component of fitness
  2. A gradual increase in how hard or how often you workout
  3. What the first T in fitt stands for
  4. You want your heart rate to be in the ____ during cardiovascular exercise
  5. Frequency = how ___
  6. First part of a workout
  7. Weight lifting, push ups, sit ups
  8. Intesity = how ___
  9. Third part of a workout
  10. type of activity that you have to take breaks because your oxygen intake can’t keep up with the demand
  11. Activities that are rhythmic, repetitive movements done for 20-30 minutes or longer with a consistent heart rate in the Target Zone
  12. increases your reach, prevents muscles from shortening, reduces chance of injury, helps relieve muscle soreness

21 Clues: Time = how ___ • Intesity = how ___ • Frequency = how ___ • First part of a workout • Third part of a workout • Second part of a workout • What the i in fitt stands for • What the F in fitt stands for • Weight lifting, push ups, sit ups • What the first T in fitt stands for • What the second T is fitt stands for • bursts of intense heart rate with rests in between • ...

Year in Review Part 2 2012-05-07

Year in Review Part 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. First step of heart filling with blood, the ______ relaxes letting blood into it
  2. Main organ of the respiratory system
  3. Type of digestion caused by chemicals
  4. Carry blood towards the heart
  5. Type of digestion caused by chewing
  6. Heart disease where fatty deposits build up on artery walls
  7. Muscle beneath lungs that expands/contracts
  8. When the atria contracts blood is forced into the ________
  9. Pulls on bones causing movement
  10. Blood is always this color no matter what!
  11. Disease of the lungs where the bronchial tubes are irritated
  12. Another name for high blood pressure
  13. Universal Donor
  14. Speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction
  15. Part of blood that carries Oxygen to cells and removes CO2
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  1. Disease of the lungs where bronchial tubes contract quickly
  2. Part of blood that helps with clotting
  3. We inhale _____
  4. Part of blood that fights infection
  5. Carries air into each lung
  6. Protects all organs and other systems as well as give support to the body
  7. Universal Reciepient
  8. We exhale _________
  9. Carry blood away from the heart
  10. Process that breaks down food into smaller molecules so that they can be absorbed by the blood

25 Clues: We inhale _____ • Universal Donor • We exhale _________ • Universal Reciepient • Carries air into each lung • Carry blood towards the heart • Pulls on bones causing movement • Carry blood away from the heart • Part of blood that fights infection • Type of digestion caused by chewing • Main organ of the respiratory system • Another name for high blood pressure • ...

Animal Structure and Function 2023-03-27

Animal Structure and Function crossword puzzle
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  1. Animals that are fed upon by predators
  2. a strategy used where organism lies in wait for prey
  3. skeleton inside the body
  4. sends blood out of the heart to the body
  5. Animals that feed primarily on plants.
  6. vessel that carries blood toward the heart
  7. tiny openings along side of body in insects
  8. receives blood from the body
  9. rigid covering that supports an animal from outside the body
  10. Feeding a strategy used where an organism filters the surrounding environment to capture prey
  11. Animals that get most or all of their energy from eating other animals
  12. ridding the body of waste products
  13. support system in most animals
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  1. body temperature controlled internally
  2. cells found in both animal nerves and brain
  3. Animals that prey upon organisms
  4. connects veins to arteries
  5. muscle used for pumping blood around the body
  6. to keep inter processes stable
  7. body temperature controlled externally from environmental influence
  8. how an organism moves from one place to another
  9. Animals that feed on both plants and animals
  10. tissue in fish and most vertebrate used for breathing
  11. vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  12. a strategy where organism feeds on dead and decaying matter

25 Clues: skeleton inside the body • connects veins to arteries • receives blood from the body • to keep inter processes stable • support system in most animals • Animals that prey upon organisms • ridding the body of waste products • Animals that are fed upon by predators • body temperature controlled internally • Animals that feed primarily on plants. • ...

Human body systems 2022-09-29

Human body systems crossword puzzle
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  1. A group of organs working together
  2. gives structure to your nose ears etc.
  3. A group of systems
  4. protects the brain
  5. carrys blood away from heart
  6. largest organs of the body
  7. the kneecap
  8. provides protection and allows movement
  9. protects and maintains
  10. filter blood and create urnine as a waste product
  11. larges organ in the circulatory system
  12. maain part of the respiratory system
  13. defends body aganist an infection etc.
  14. having emotion
  15. A group of cells
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  1. It drains fluid that has leaked
  2. helps u breathe
  3. a cord of flexible tissue similar o rope
  4. carrys blood towards the heart
  5. largest organ of nervous system
  6. the holow tube inside the neck
  7. made of blood vessels and circualtes blood around the body
  8. helps you pick up things
  9. breaks down food
  10. removes wate from body
  11. largest solid organ in the body
  12. produces children
  13. Basic structure of life
  14. elastic tissure around your joints
  15. galnds and organs
  16. Bones that protect the lungs and heart
  17. supplies body organs with oxygen
  18. The part of the nervous system thats helps u breathe

33 Clues: the kneecap • having emotion • helps u breathe • breaks down food • A group of cells • produces children • galnds and organs • A group of systems • protects the brain • removes wate from body • protects and maintains • Basic structure of life • helps you pick up things • largest organs of the body • carrys blood away from heart • carrys blood towards the heart • the holow tube inside the neck • ...

Cardiovascular Embryology 2017-02-28

Cardiovascular Embryology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A septum that closes the IV foramen
  2. Enlargement of a tissue or organ
  3. A heart field that contributes to part of the right ventricle and the outflow tract
  4. A septum that forms the valve of foramen ovale
  5. Acellular gelatinous matrix secreted by the myocardium
  6. Abnormal right-sided location or origin of a normally left-sided structure
  7. A foramen located at the free edge of the muscular IV septum
  8. Endocardial tissue that partitions the atria from the ventricles
  9. A horseshoe-shaped heart field composed of cardiac progenitor cells
  10. Valves that develop from three swellings around the outflow tracts
  11. Derived from the third aortic arch
  12. Underdevelopment of a tissue or organ
  13. A duct that shunts blood from the umbilical vein to the IVC
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  1. A spiraling septum that grows within the truncus arteriosus
  2. An abnormal absence or complete occlusion of an opening or lumen
  3. Second septum to grow from the roof of the primitive atrium
  4. An abnormal narrowing of a canal or orifice
  5. Thoracic ventral body wall defect causing the heart to lie outside the mediastinum
  6. The internal endothelial lining of the heart tube
  7. A duct that shunts blood from the pulmonary trunk to the aorta

20 Clues: Enlargement of a tissue or organ • Derived from the third aortic arch • A septum that closes the IV foramen • Underdevelopment of a tissue or organ • An abnormal narrowing of a canal or orifice • A septum that forms the valve of foramen ovale • The internal endothelial lining of the heart tube • Acellular gelatinous matrix secreted by the myocardium • ...

Health Crossword 2021-02-26

Health Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Heart Rate →your heart rate when you are resting
  2. cramps: Partial Muscles spasms
  3. Unit of energy in food
  4. WithOUT Oxygen
  5. strength- Maximum amount of force your body can exert through a particular muscle
  6. Endurance- How much your heart and breathing ability can endure over a period of time
  7. Rate - is measured in BPM
  8. Cramps: Cramps caused by dehydration + lack of muscle
  9. when your body loses body heat faster than your body can make it casting dangerously low body temperatures
  10. Range of Motion around a joint
  11. exhaustion: Body overheating
  12. Plan- Commit that you will follow through with this
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  1. is where you can most feel BPM
  2. With Oxygen
  3. How much energy is needed to live
  4. excess tension of a muscle
  5. Composition- Percentage of Body Fat to lean muscle tissue
  6. contract and move
  7. of growing into a more advanced state
  8. Twist/turn/tear Ligaments in a joint that can cause swelling, bruising, and pain
  9. - strongest muscle in the body
  10. Train- Train in more than 1 element
  11. COntract and hold
  12. injury to body tissues caused by exposure to extreme cold
  13. I. T- Frequency, Intensity, Time
  14. Fitness- refers to the ability of your body systems to perform daily tasks

26 Clues: With Oxygen • WithOUT Oxygen • contract and move • COntract and hold • Unit of energy in food • excess tension of a muscle • exhaustion: Body overheating • is where you can most feel BPM • cramps: Partial Muscles spasms • - strongest muscle in the body • Range of Motion around a joint • I. T- Frequency, Intensity, Time • How much energy is needed to live • ...

Respiratory and Circulatory 2022-11-28

Respiratory and Circulatory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. which blood cell attacks invading pathogens?
  2. serves as a transport system providing nutrients for cells and also carries chemical messages
  3. type of cancer that often begins in a lymph node
  4. also known as the windpipe
  5. the waste product that we breathe out
  6. the tiniest blood vessels
  7. happens when a blood vessel in the brain becomes blocked or bursts
  8. small, bean-shaped organs that remove pathogens and dead cells
  9. organ that pumps blood around your body
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  1. this carries gases, nutrients and wastes through the body
  2. tubes that blood travels through
  3. the circulation of blood helps your body maintain this
  4. system that works with the circulatory system to move fluids around your body
  5. part of blood that helps blood clump up so you stop bleeding
  6. condition in which airways are narrowed and it is hard to breathe
  7. without this brain cells die, we also breathe this in
  8. carries blood back to the heart
  9. carries blood AWAY from the heart
  10. soft tissue inside bones where blood cells are produced
  11. system that includes the heart, blood and blood vessels
  12. the fluid part of blood
  13. small lymphatic organs at the back of your throat that defend the body against infection

22 Clues: the fluid part of blood • the tiniest blood vessels • also known as the windpipe • carries blood back to the heart • tubes that blood travels through • carries blood AWAY from the heart • the waste product that we breathe out • organ that pumps blood around your body • which blood cell attacks invading pathogens? • type of cancer that often begins in a lymph node • ...

Body Systems 2017-10-16

Body Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. removes heat when it evaporates
  2. seeing, hearing, tasting, and smelling are all interpreted here
  3. system that sends messages like pain through the body
  4. where most of our energy comes from
  5. what happens to your breathing and heart rate after exercise
  6. like bone, these also give our body structure, and allow us to move
  7. system that breaks down food into nutrients
  8. absorbs water into the blood stream
  9. system that stores calcium to make new bone tissues
  10. controls sugar levels in your blood and releases chemicals that break down food into your small intestine
  11. protects the skin from dangerous rays from the sun in Florida
  12. allow sweat to leave your body
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  1. pumps blood
  2. the type of muscle that makes up the heart
  3. the type of muscle that moves the body
  4. support and protect
  5. supply oxygen to the blood that the heart pumps throughout the body
  6. most of the digestion is done here; it is the last stop in the digestive system
  7. system that carries nutrients and oxygen throughout the body
  8. remove waste from the blood
  9. washed off when we wash our hands
  10. the type of muscle in our blood vessels and stomach

22 Clues: pumps blood • support and protect • remove waste from the blood • allow sweat to leave your body • removes heat when it evaporates • washed off when we wash our hands • where most of our energy comes from • absorbs water into the blood stream • the type of muscle that moves the body • the type of muscle that makes up the heart • system that breaks down food into nutrients • ...

Body Systems Overview 2023-05-16

Body Systems Overview crossword puzzle
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  1. system that filters blood, includes kidneys
  2. tube that passes food from mouth to stomach
  3. gas that we inhale
  4. system that breaks down of food into nutrients
  5. bones that protect the brain
  6. system that allows commication between body parts
  7. carry blood away from the heart
  8. system transports nutrients and oxygen to body
  9. largest artery leaving the heart with oxygenated blood
  10. part of the respiratory system where gas is exchanges
  11. specialized nerve cell
  12. bones that protect the spinal cord
  13. system that allows movement
  14. air sacs in the lungs
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  1. part of brain; controls involuntary muscles such as heart and diaphragm
  2. system provides structure, support and protection
  3. upper thigh bone
  4. stretchy material that connects bones to bones
  5. lower chambers of the heart
  6. main organ that filters blood
  7. system in which oxygen is inhaled
  8. type of neuron the sends impulse from brain to muscles
  9. largest part of the brain, controls thinking, memory
  10. another name for windpipe
  11. longest portion of the digestive system stretchy material connects bones to other bones
  12. control center of the body
  13. waste from kidneys
  14. vessels between arteries and veins

28 Clues: upper thigh bone • gas that we inhale • waste from kidneys • air sacs in the lungs • specialized nerve cell • another name for windpipe • control center of the body • lower chambers of the heart • system that allows movement • bones that protect the brain • main organ that filters blood • carry blood away from the heart • system in which oxygen is inhaled • ...

FUN 2024-03-01

FUN crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the official departure of a person from a health care setting
  2. moving the person to another healthcare setting
  3. the woman lies on her back with the hips at the edge of the table
  4. a device for measuring blood glucose
  5. is the period of heart muscle relaxation
  6. rate the number of heartbeats or pulses in 1 minute
  7. hygiene the practices that promote healthy tissues and structures of the mouth; mouth care
  8. is the pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts
  9. without a fever
  10. a removable replacement for missing teeth
  11. signs temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure; pulse oximetry and pain are included in some agencies
  12. a lighted instrument used to examine the external ear
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  1. fork an instrument vibrated to test hearing
  2. is the cleanliness practices that promote health and prevent disease
  3. breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an object into the lungs
  4. rapid heart rate
  5. a lighted instrument used to examine the internal eye structures
  6. slow heart rate
  7. deficit the difference between the apical and radial pulse rates
  8. is a thin film that sticks to the teeth; it contains saliva, microbes, and other substances
  9. official entry of a person into a healthcare setting
  10. hardened plaque

22 Clues: slow heart rate • without a fever • hardened plaque • rapid heart rate • a device for measuring blood glucose • is the period of heart muscle relaxation • a removable replacement for missing teeth • fork an instrument vibrated to test hearing • moving the person to another healthcare setting • rate the number of heartbeats or pulses in 1 minute • ...

Medical terms 2025-09-12

Medical terms crossword puzzle
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  1. An abnormal mass of tissue.
  2. Surgical removal of the appendix
  3. Study of the kidney
  4. A general term for any disease, damage, or trauma that affects the brain
  5. Inflammation of the pancreas.
  6. Low blood pressure
  7. Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart chambers and valves.
  8. Disease of the heart muscle.
  9. The removal and examination of tissue from a living body.
  10. Inflammation of the skin
  11. An abnormally rapid heart rate
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  1. Cancerous; very virulent or infectious.
  2. Study of the nerves
  3. Surgical removal of a lung.
  4. Nerve pain
  5. High blood sugar
  6. Inflammation of the nose
  7. Study of the lungs
  8. Inflammation of the stomach and intestines, typically caused by a viral or bacterial infection
  9. A procedure used to examine internal parts of the body using a flexible tube with a camera.
  10. Surgical removal of the stomach
  11. Study of the heart
  12. Inflammation of the liver
  13. A disease or condition that arises spontaneously or from an unknown cause.
  14. Surgical removal of a part of the skull.
  15. Inflammation of the bone
  16. A solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues.

27 Clues: Nerve pain • High blood sugar • Study of the lungs • Study of the heart • Low blood pressure • Study of the nerves • Study of the kidney • Inflammation of the nose • Inflammation of the bone • Inflammation of the skin • Inflammation of the liver • Surgical removal of a lung. • An abnormal mass of tissue. • Disease of the heart muscle. • Inflammation of the pancreas. • ...

Systems of the Body 2025-05-05

Systems of the Body crossword puzzle
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  1. System that includes the heart and blood vessels
  2. Connects bone to bone
  3. System responsible for hormone production
  4. The system that processes sensory information
  5. Muscle type found only in the heart
  6. Body’s largest organ; outer protective layer
  7. Organ in females where a fetus develops
  8. Muscle that helps with breathing by expanding the lungs
  9. System that provides support and structure
  10. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes, often with coughing and mucus
  11. Bone disease that causes bones to become weak and brittle
  12. System that helps in the exchange of gases
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  1. System that helps fight infections
  2. Absorbs nutrients from digested food
  3. Attack Also called myocardial infarction; occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked
  4. System that allows movement and stability
  5. Common skin condition involving clogged pores
  6. Tube that carries food from mouth to stomach
  7. Autoimmune reaction to gluten
  8. Longest bone in the human body
  9. System related to waste elimination
  10. Lou Gehrig’s disease; affects nerve cells and weakens muscles
  11. Disease where the body can’t properly regulate blood sugar
  12. System that protects the body from external damage
  13. Controls thoughts, emotions, and body functions

25 Clues: Connects bone to bone • Autoimmune reaction to gluten • Longest bone in the human body • System that helps fight infections • Muscle type found only in the heart • System related to waste elimination • Absorbs nutrients from digested food • Organ in females where a fetus develops • System that allows movement and stability • System responsible for hormone production • ...

Med-Surg 1: Cardiovascular 2024-10-11

Med-Surg 1: Cardiovascular crossword puzzle
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  1. diuretics can make one ______ when they stand up
  2. what sputum may look like with left sided heart failure
  3. AKA heart attack- morphine, oxygen, nitro, aspirin, and cath lab STAT
  4. a patient with Raynaud's should practice meditation to relieve ____
  5. abbreviation for dysrhythmia that is rapid, chaotic, and irregular
  6. previous stroke, smoking, and family history may lead to this asymptomatic aorta issue (abbreviation)
  7. procedure that delivers shock to fix afib or aflutter
  8. patients with MI or stent placement at risk for this dysthymia
  9. walls of the pericardium are _____ with pericarditis
  10. bacterial infection of part of the heart, do a blood culture to diagnose
  11. respiratory failure can cause respiratory _______
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  1. usually caused by atherosclerosis: peripheral ______ disease
  2. procedure used when one is in vfib or vtach
  3. procedure for to remove fluid from pericardial effusion
  4. word to describe pale appearance of leg with PAD
  5. anxious patient hyperventilating is likely in _____ alkalosis
  6. nursing care planning for peripheral _____ disease includes compression, exercise, and leg elevation
  7. when the ventricle walls thicken, leading to inadequate blood refilling of left ventricle (Hypertrophic _______)
  8. nausea & vomiting can cause metabolic ______
  9. first line medication for hypertension
  10. patients with heart failure should be on a low ____ diet

21 Clues: first line medication for hypertension • procedure used when one is in vfib or vtach • nausea & vomiting can cause metabolic ______ • diuretics can make one ______ when they stand up • word to describe pale appearance of leg with PAD • respiratory failure can cause respiratory _______ • walls of the pericardium are _____ with pericarditis • ...

Medical terms and terminology 2025-05-05

Medical terms and terminology crossword puzzle
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  1. Body’s response to injury or infection
  2. Authorized instructions for medication use
  3. Study of hormones and endocrine glands
  4. Likely outcome of a disease
  5. Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels
  6. Identification of a disease
  7. Sudden and severe condition
  8. Body’s defense against disease
  9. Abnormally fast heart rate
  10. Study of body structure
  11. Study of blood and its disorders
  12. Use of imaging to diagnose diseases
  13. Removal of tissue for diagnostic examination
  14. Branch of medicine dealing with bones and joints
  15. Study of the digestive system
  16. High blood pressure
  17. Study and treatment of cancer
  18. Drug used to treat bacterial infections
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  1. Visual examination inside the body with a scope
  2. Study of the nervous system
  3. Process of breathing
  4. Chemical processes that maintain life
  5. Study of kidney function and diseases
  6. Medical field focused on mental health
  7. Study of skin and related diseases
  8. Abnormal heart rhythm
  9. Inadequate blood supply to organs or tissues
  10. Process of stopping bleeding
  11. Substance that stimulates immune protection
  12. Loss of sensation for medical purposes
  13. Invasion of the body by harmful microorganisms
  14. Clinical measurements of body function
  15. Muscular tissue of the heart
  16. Long-lasting or persistent condition

34 Clues: High blood pressure • Process of breathing • Abnormal heart rhythm • Study of body structure • Abnormally fast heart rate • Study of the nervous system • Likely outcome of a disease • Identification of a disease • Sudden and severe condition • Process of stopping bleeding • Muscular tissue of the heart • Study of the digestive system • Study and treatment of cancer • ...

Circulatory Story 2025-11-12

Circulatory Story crossword puzzle
Across
  1. separates the left and right sides of the heart
  2. a word that refers to the lungs
  3. blood vessels that carries blood toward the heart
  4. white blood cell that surrounds and engulfs invaders
  5. the body's largest artery
  6. a fatty substance that can build up in blood vessels
  7. liquid part of blood
  8. natural covering that is formed by the body after an injury
  9. sickness brought on by virus or bacteria or fungi
  10. dioxide a gas that is released by body blood cells and exhaled from the body
  11. a one way door that keeps blood traveling in the right direction
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  1. a protective sac that encloses the heart
  2. an organ located in the chest that exchanges carbon dioxide for oxygen
  3. protein found in red blood cells and transports or carries oxygen
  4. a yellowish substance that can form after a foreign object enters the body.
  5. blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  6. helps clot the blood
  7. node the heart's natural pacemaker
  8. a state of being able to prevent getting a disease or virus
  9. a chemical element found in air and inhaled into the lungs

20 Clues: liquid part of blood • helps clot the blood • the body's largest artery • a word that refers to the lungs • node the heart's natural pacemaker • a protective sac that encloses the heart • separates the left and right sides of the heart • blood vessels that carries blood toward the heart • sickness brought on by virus or bacteria or fungi • ...

dysrhythmias 2024-09-11

dysrhythmias crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ventricular depolarization leading to the contraction of the ventricles, lasting 0.04-0.12 seconds
  2. heart rate over 100 bpm, initially increases cardiac output, then decreases it over time
  3. chaotic rhythm with no clear p wave, causing the atria to quiver
  4. impulse from sa node, leading to atrial contraction
  5. the point where the qrs complex transitions to the st segment
  6. techniques such as carotid massage to slow down heart rate during supraventricular tachycardia
  7. time between atrial depolarization and ventricular conduction, lasting 0.12-0.20 seconds
  8. drug used to treat supraventricular tachycardia, helping to reset the rhythm
  9. age, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, stress, nicotine, alcohol, and mi
  10. 140-180 bpm due to repetitive firing of an irritable ventricular ectopic focus
  11. rapid heart rhythms exceeding 100 bpm, increasing myocardial oxygen demand and reducing perfusion
  12. duration from the beginning of the q wave to the end of the t wave
  13. life-threatening rhythms like pvcs, v-tach, and v-fib
  14. asynchronized countershock used to reset ventricular rhythms, primarily for v-fib and v-tach
  15. slight variations in heart rate with breathing, such as increased rate during inspiration
  16. heart rate less than 60 bpm due to excessive vagal stimulation
  17. sharp, tearing, ripping pain in the chest or back
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  1. life-threatening electrical chaos in ventricles, resulting in no cardiac output or pulse
  2. increased irritability of ventricular cells, seen as early qrs complexes followed by a pause
  3. synchronized countershock used to restore normal rhythm during an atrial dysrhythmia
  4. rapid heart rate between 100-280 bpm with invisible p waves, often requiring adenosine or vagal maneuvers
  5. the resting phase, begins at the j point and ends at the start of the t wave
  6. full cardiac arrest with no electrical activity, requiring immediate cpr and epinephrine
  7. two normal beats followed by one premature complex, followed by a pause, repeating the cycle
  8. abnormal impulse generation, often with abnormal p waves, including pac, svt, and afib
  9. fainting or sudden loss of consciousness, commonly seen in both tachycardia and bradycardia
  10. premature atrial contractions, often caused by stress, caffeine, and alcohol
  11. drug used to treat symptomatic bradycardia by increasing the heart rate
  12. alternating normal and premature beats, followed by a pause, repeating the cycle

29 Clues: sharp, tearing, ripping pain in the chest or back • impulse from sa node, leading to atrial contraction • life-threatening rhythms like pvcs, v-tach, and v-fib • the point where the qrs complex transitions to the st segment • heart rate less than 60 bpm due to excessive vagal stimulation • chaotic rhythm with no clear p wave, causing the atria to quiver • ...

cardiac 2021-10-12

cardiac crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thumb side below wrist
  2. has blood flow
  3. hypoxia. confused
  4. contraction
  5. BMP
  6. degree block. 40 to 60 BPM
  7. no blood flow
  8. dub
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  1. relaxed
  2. brisk pulse
  3. below 60 BPM
  4. lub
  5. degree block. 20-40 BMP
  6. murmur. swooshing sound
  7. hypoxia. cyanosis
  8. side heart failure. wet cough
  9. blood vessels. capillaries

17 Clues: lub • BMP • dub • relaxed • brisk pulse • contraction • below 60 BPM • no blood flow • has blood flow • hypoxia. confused • hypoxia. cyanosis • thumb side below wrist • degree block. 20-40 BMP • murmur. swooshing sound • degree block. 40 to 60 BPM • blood vessels. capillaries • side heart failure. wet cough

Cardiovascular Pathologies 2017-05-12

Cardiovascular Pathologies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / This disease is inflammation of the small and medium- sized arteries of the upper and lower extremities.
  2. / Systemic infections may stimulate the overproduction of bacterial toxins, some of which cause vasodilation, leading to septic ---.
  3. / Clinical manifestations include irregular heartbeat, chest pain, shortness of breath, and fainting.
  4. heart failure / 60% of cases are left- sided which causes blood to back up and congest the lungs.
  5. / The most significant early symptom of --- arterial disease is intermittent calf pain that initially subsides with rest but becomes more severe with time and is not relieved by rest.
  6. vein / --- --- thrombosis; inflammation attracts platelets that often aggregate near a venous valve.
  7. / Medications include betablockers, vasodilators, and anticoagulants.
  8. / Less severe --- may benefit from massage and is commonly known as varicose veins.
  9. / --- hypotension is also known commonly as a dizzy spell.
  10. Infarction / Heart attacks are a medical emergency and require immediate intervention.
  11. / Some forms of --- result in adhesion formation between the layers of the pericardial sac, giving the heart a shaggy appearance.
  12. Pectoris / Nitroglycerin tablets may be used to dilate blood vessels.
  13. / --- is the reduction in the quantity of either red blood cells (RBCs) or hemoglobin.
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  1. / Manifestations common to all --- include persistent fatigue with shortness of breath during physical activity, loss of appetite and weight loss, night sweats, and bone pain.
  2. / Manifestation of heart disease that follows RF affecting all heart layers.
  3. / Treat the area over the aneurysm as a local contraindication.
  4. / If a client has had recent surgery, avoid the lower extremities (thighs and legs).
  5. / --- is related to venous stasis.
  6. / --- occurs when pathogens, usually bacteria, enter the bloodstream and attach to defects in the endocardium or heart valves.
  7. / Because --- is most often related to other diseases, be sure to read recommendations for specific diseases such as angina pectoris, coronary artery disease, TIA, stroke, and peripheral arterial disease. Also, caution is advised in the anterior throat area because the carotid arteries may contain undiagnosed fibrous plaque.
  8. / The difference between disease and syndrome is whether or not is primary or secondary to another disease.
  9. / For mild cases, type A ---, the person given a medication by injection or as nose spray to stimulate the release of the missing clotting factor.
  10. / Clients --- that is not controlled with diet, regular exercise, or medication should not receive massage due to the likelihood of unmonitored severe complications.
  11. / This occlusion can cut off blood flow to an organ, causing serious injury or death.
  12. / General term for any weakening or change in the myocardium.
  13. Arrest / The sudden and complete cessation of an effective heartbeat.
  14. / Coronary artery/ heart disease, also called --- heart disease, is the narrowing of arteries that reduces blood flow and creates ischemia, often leading to MI.

27 Clues: / --- is related to venous stasis. • / --- hypotension is also known commonly as a dizzy spell. • / General term for any weakening or change in the myocardium. • / Treat the area over the aneurysm as a local contraindication. • / Medications include betablockers, vasodilators, and anticoagulants. • ...

Cardiovascular Review 2025-01-30

Cardiovascular Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ____ sided heart failure is when blood backflows through the pulmonary vein into the lungs causing respiratory symptoms
  2. Invasive procedure introducing an ultrasound transducer into the esophagus to detect arrhythmias and cardiac structure
  3. Noninvasive cardiac ultrasound with ECG that tests cardiac function
  4. Phase of blood pressure when the ventricles fill in preparation for contraction
  5. A thinner and less elastic wall structure that carries non-oxygenated blood back to the heart
  6. A surgical procedure in which a blood vessel is grafted to an occluded coronary artery so that blood can flow beyond the occlusion (use acronym)
  7. Localized sac or dilation formed at a weak point in the wall of the artery
  8. Type of aneurysm that causes patients to feel their heartbeat in their abdomen when lying down
  9. A protein found in myocardial cells that is released into the bloodstream when damaged
  10. A test that uses exercise or pharmacologic agents to mimic an increase in metabolic demand and identify myocardial ischemia
  11. Force generated by the contracting myocardium
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  1. Phase of blood pressure when the atriums and ventricles contract
  2. Disease process that causes dilation of the ventricles thus decreasing the amount of blood ejected from the ventricle with systole
  3. A medication that dilates veins and arteries, decreases ischemia, and relieves pain
  4. When an abdominal aortic aneurysm _____, the client will often experience severe back or abdominal pain, decreased blood pressure, and a low hematocrit level.
  5. Medication classification whose goal is to remove extracellular fluid by increasing diuresis
  6. Medication classification that decreases blood pressure, heart rate, and contractility of the heart
  7. A balloon-tipped catheter is used to open blocked coronary vessels, increase blood flow, and fix the myocardial ischemia (use acronym)
  8. A vasodilating medication that mimics the effects of exercise during a nuclear stress test
  9. Disease process that causes paleness, coolness, numbness, and decreased peripheral pulse of the lower extremities
  10. Invasive procedure that visualizes the coronary vessels using contrast dye
  11. Percentage of end-diastolic blood volume that is ejected with each heartbeat
  12. Total amount of blood ejected by one of the ventricles in liters per minute
  13. ___ sided heart failure is when blood backflows through the inferior and superior vena cava causing systemic symptoms
  14. A neurohormone that is released by the heart when it is working harder to pump blood secondary to fluid overload on the heart (Use acronym)
  15. A thick-walled structure that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues by smooth muscles contracting and relaxing
  16. Medication classification that decreases plaque formation and lowers low-density lipoprotein (LDL)

27 Clues: Force generated by the contracting myocardium • Phase of blood pressure when the atriums and ventricles contract • Noninvasive cardiac ultrasound with ECG that tests cardiac function • Invasive procedure that visualizes the coronary vessels using contrast dye • Localized sac or dilation formed at a weak point in the wall of the artery • ...

Cardiovascular System Review 2025-01-14

Cardiovascular System Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. root word that means blood (hematoma-collection of blood outside of the vessel)
  2. the chamber that receives unoxygenated blood from the vena cava
  3. prefix that means red (erythropoiesis- production of red blood cells)
  4. smallest blood vessels where the exchange of oxygen takes place
  5. root word meaning aorta
  6. prefix that means white (leukemia- blood cancer caused by a rise in white blood cells that end up crowding the red blood cells and platlets that your body needs in order to be healthy)
  7. another term for heart attack
  8. the valve between the right atrium and ventricle
  9. the arteries that take blood to the lungs
  10. the superior and inferior veins on the right side of the heart
  11. condition of deficiency of red blood cells
  12. the valve between the left ventricle and the aorta
  13. the veins that bring blood back from the lungs
  14. the chamber that pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta
  15. root word that means heart (cardiovascular system)
  16. the main function of the cardiovascular system is
  17. another term for high blood pressure
  18. the valve between the left atrium and ventricle
  19. NOT a formed element of blood, it's a fluid
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  1. root word that means vein or vena cava.
  2. the medical term for red blood cells
  3. the other name for the bicuspid valve
  4. root word meaning fatty plaque (atherosclerosis- disease of the arteries characterized by plaque of fatty material on their inner walls)
  5. the chamber that receives blood from the right atrium and pumps it to the lungs
  6. the medical term for platelets, cells that clot blood
  7. the yellow fluid blood cells swim in
  8. the medical term for white blood cells
  9. combining form meaning artery
  10. the blood vessel that has thin elastic walls with valves to prevent backflow, carries blood TOWARD the heart
  11. the chamber that received oxygenated blood from the lungs then pumps it to the left ventricle
  12. prefix that means blood clot (thrombosis- formation of a blood clot)
  13. the valve between the right ventricle and the lungs
  14. condition of hardening plaque in arteries
  15. the artery that carries blood to the body, biggest artery in the body
  16. prefix that means fast, rapid (tachycardia- rapid heart beat)
  17. symptoms of a myocardial infarction are __________ in males and females
  18. root word that means vein (phlebotomist- draws blood)
  19. suffix that means blood condition (anemia, lack of blood)
  20. the blood vessel with thick walls that transports blood AWAY from the heart
  21. root word that means to encircle (coronary artery disease- narrowing or blockage of the arteries encircling the heart)
  22. prefix that means slow (bradycardia- heart rate that is too slow)

41 Clues: root word meaning aorta • combining form meaning artery • another term for heart attack • the medical term for red blood cells • the yellow fluid blood cells swim in • another term for high blood pressure • the other name for the bicuspid valve • the medical term for white blood cells • root word that means vein or vena cava. • condition of hardening plaque in arteries • ...

WORLD HEART DAY - Nutrition for your Heart 2024-09-24

WORLD HEART DAY - Nutrition for your Heart crossword puzzle
Across
  1. We find the nutrient in vegetables and fruits. It also helps in good bowel. movement.
  2. Our heart is a _______ chambered heart.
  3. Too much of cholesterol in the blood can lead to this condition.
  4. We need 7-8 hours of this to prevent heart diseases.
  5. A nut looking similar to a brain. Loaded with micronutrients and Fiber.
  6. We need a lot of this food in our daily diet to maintain good heart health.
  7. too much of this element in the blood can cause heart attack.
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  1. A pipeline which carries impure blood from lungs to heart.
  2. 30-40 minutes of this act daily helps us feel light and refreshed and keeps us away from diseases.
  3. A good source of fats. we often love to pop them in our mouth during leisure.
  4. Studies have shown that skipping this meal can lead to cardiac arrest.
  5. Used as a salad dressing.

12 Clues: Used as a salad dressing. • Our heart is a _______ chambered heart. • We need 7-8 hours of this to prevent heart diseases. • A pipeline which carries impure blood from lungs to heart. • too much of this element in the blood can cause heart attack. • Too much of cholesterol in the blood can lead to this condition. • ...

Circulatory system 2024-05-23

Circulatory system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. brings oxygen poor blood to body
  2. brings blood oxygen poor blood to heart
  3. pumps blood
  4. bottom chamber of the heart
  5. connects veins to arteries
  6. carry oxygen
Down
  1. helps blood clotting
  2. top chamber of the heart
  3. help fight invaders
  4. liquid like subtance

10 Clues: pumps blood • carry oxygen • help fight invaders • helps blood clotting • liquid like subtance • top chamber of the heart • connects veins to arteries • bottom chamber of the heart • brings oxygen poor blood to body • brings blood oxygen poor blood to heart

Eliana crossword 2024-11-18

Eliana crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mediastinum
  2. barrier
  3. restrain
  4. carries blood away from heart
Down
  1. brings blood toward the heart
  2. heart or the thing you wear on your head
  3. O2 is exchanged with tissues
  4. fluid that transport waste
  5. that broke your chair
  6. it pumps

10 Clues: barrier • restrain • it pumps • mediastinum • that broke your chair • fluid that transport waste • O2 is exchanged with tissues • brings blood toward the heart • carries blood away from heart • heart or the thing you wear on your head

The Holy Family 2022-02-01

The Holy Family crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where the Holy Family lived
  2. the archangel that announced to Mary
  3. when 12, Jesus was found after three days in the
  4. heart of Joseph
  5. Joseph is known for his
  6. Joseph is a patron Saint of a happy
  7. We celebrate Mary's birth on the eighth of
Down
  1. heart of Mary
  2. heart of Jesus
  3. the color mantle attributed to Mary
  4. where Jesus was born
  5. We celebrate Jesus' birth on the twenty-fifth of
  6. Joseph is a model
  7. the Holy Family's flight into
  8. the age Jesus began his ministry
  9. Both Mary and Jesus were born without

16 Clues: heart of Mary • heart of Jesus • heart of Joseph • Joseph is a model • where Jesus was born • Joseph is known for his • where the Holy Family lived • the Holy Family's flight into • the age Jesus began his ministry • the color mantle attributed to Mary • Joseph is a patron Saint of a happy • the archangel that announced to Mary • Both Mary and Jesus were born without • ...

Respiratory and Circulatory system 2023-02-15

Respiratory and Circulatory system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lower part of the heart
  2. mucular organ forming a air passage to the lungs
  3. membrane lined cavity behind the nose
  4. clots blood
  5. organ that pumps our blood
  6. branches off of the bronchi in the lungs
  7. tiny air sacs in the lungs for gas exchange
Down
  1. organ you need for breathing
  2. carrys our oxygen
  3. dioxide waste gas
  4. connects arteries and veins
  5. organ connected to the aortic valve
  6. conveys air to the lungs also known as the windpipe
  7. carries carbon dioxide
  8. major passage to the lungs that divide from the windpipe
  9. upper chambers of the heart

16 Clues: clots blood • carrys our oxygen • dioxide waste gas • carries carbon dioxide • lower part of the heart • organ that pumps our blood • connects arteries and veins • upper chambers of the heart • organ you need for breathing • organ connected to the aortic valve • membrane lined cavity behind the nose • branches off of the bronchi in the lungs • ...

health puzzle project 2021-06-03

health puzzle project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pressure of blood in the circulatory system
  2. go there when sick or in emergency
  3. teeth cleaning
  4. we take to cure disease
  5. use when have fever
  6. for heart checkup
Down
  1. fibrous tissue in a human or animal body
  2. help us breathe
  3. inside our body and veins
  4. doctors check them when sick
  5. organ that contains food
  6. blood vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood to heart and tissues of body.
  7. need in order to breathe
  8. keep us alive and pumps
  9. put in veins to give you substance inbody
  10. send signal to parts of body

16 Clues: teeth cleaning • help us breathe • for heart checkup • use when have fever • keep us alive and pumps • we take to cure disease • organ that contains food • need in order to breathe • inside our body and veins • doctors check them when sick • send signal to parts of body • go there when sick or in emergency • fibrous tissue in a human or animal body • ...

Anatomy 2022-07-21

Anatomy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the strongest part of your body?
  2. Where is your urine stored?
  3. What carries blood to your heart?
  4. What organ do you see out of?
  5. What do you use to think?
  6. What pumps your blood?
  7. What digests your food?
  8. What do you smell out of
  9. Where is food absorbed?
Down
  1. What lets you move your bones?
  2. What carries blood away from your heart?
  3. What filters toxins out of your body?
  4. What organ do you ear out of?
  5. What connects your muscles and your bones
  6. What do you use to eat?
  7. What filters your blood?

16 Clues: What pumps your blood? • What digests your food? • What do you use to eat? • Where is food absorbed? • What do you smell out of • What filters your blood? • What do you use to think? • Where is your urine stored? • What organ do you see out of? • What organ do you ear out of? • What lets you move your bones? • What carries blood to your heart? • What filters toxins out of your body? • ...

Heart-Lung Rhythm 2024-11-07

Heart-Lung Rhythm crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The rhythmic contraction and relaxation of the heart.
  2. The continuous movement of blood through the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries.
  3. A lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out to the lungs or body.
  4. A blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body.
Down
  1. To take air into the lungs and expel it, typically involving inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide.
  2. The smallest blood vessels that facilitate the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nutrients between blood and tissues.
  3. Pertaining to the heart.
  4. A group of cells that work together to perform a specific function, like muscle tissue in the heart.
  5. A blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
  6. The large artery that carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

10 Clues: Pertaining to the heart. • The rhythmic contraction and relaxation of the heart. • A blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood back to the heart. • A lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out to the lungs or body. • A blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body. • ...

All about the heart 2023-12-12

All about the heart crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is the white material around the heart?
  2. What tubes carry blood away from the heart?
  3. What 'V' are the names of the lower chambers of the heart?
  4. What 'V' act like doors to control the flow of blood in the heart?
Down
  1. The movement of blood through the heart and body is called
  2. The organ that pumps blood around the body
  3. How many chambers does the heart have?
  4. What tubes carry blood back to the heart?
  5. What organ does the blood get oxygen from?

9 Clues: How many chambers does the heart have? • What tubes carry blood back to the heart? • The organ that pumps blood around the body • What organ does the blood get oxygen from? • What tubes carry blood away from the heart? • what is the white material around the heart? • The movement of blood through the heart and body is called • ...

Heart Health = Brain Health 2018-01-16

Heart Health = Brain Health crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______ blood pressure increases your risk for heart disease.
  2. Avoid foods high in __________ fats like meats, fried foods, and dairy.
  3. Oranges, a type of ________, are also packed with a flavanoid that lowers blood pressure and reduces artery inflammation.
  4. Researchers say that foods high in _________, such as pastries and candy, increase the risk of heart disease.
  5. Eating bread made with whole ______ reduces the risk of heart disease.
  6. _________ cut oats have a higher fiber content than roll oats.
Down
  1. Foods high in ______, like broccoli, lower your cholesterol and manage your blood sugar levels.
  2. Instead of jogging, slow down and go _________ to improve your heart health.
  3. Taking care of your _______ health reduces your risk of cognitive decline.
  4. ________ are a vegetable rich in Omega 3s, and the main ingredient in guacamole.
  5. ______ wine, like Cabernet, typically contain large amounts of procyanidins, an antioxidant that helps reduce cholesterol and improve arterial health.
  6. Reducing _______, using meditation, can have a positive impact on your heart and brain health.
  7. Eating foods that contain a lot of ______ or sodium, increase your blood pressure.
  8. Omega 3s _______ acids are found in fatty fish and also in some nuts and seeds.

14 Clues: ______ blood pressure increases your risk for heart disease. • _________ cut oats have a higher fiber content than roll oats. • Eating bread made with whole ______ reduces the risk of heart disease. • Avoid foods high in __________ fats like meats, fried foods, and dairy. • Taking care of your _______ health reduces your risk of cognitive decline. • ...

Infective Endocarditis 2024-03-02

Infective Endocarditis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Accumulation of bacteria that infiltrate the sterile thrombi causes fibrin formation at a rapid rate by activating the clotting cascade, forming these lesions on heart valves and surrounding structures.
  2. A common symptom of infective endocarditis, characterized by persistent elevated body temperature.
  3. cultures A technique used to diagnose infective endocarditis requiring venipuncture.
  4. Bacterial genus commonly associated with infective endocarditis.
  5. These painful erythematous ________ nodules are typically identified on the pads of the fingers and toes of a patient with infective endocarditis.
  6. The most common organism causing infective endocarditis in intravenous drug users.
Down
  1. Infection of the inner lining of the heart chambers and valves.
  2. An accumulation of pus within the heart chambers.
  3. The layer of the heart is affected by endocarditis.
  4. The most widely used noninvasive modality for evaluating the heart structures in cases of infective endocarditis.
  5. ___________ is recommended for patients with prosthetic heart valves undergoing dental procedures that involve manipulation of gingival tissue or the periapical region of the teeth or perforation of the oral mucosa
  6. Type of endocarditis characterized by a slow, indolent course.
  7. A valve commonly affected by infective endocarditis.
  8. These nonpainful hemorrhagic lesions that typically appear on the palms and soles of a patient with infective endocarditis are called __________ lesions.

14 Clues: An accumulation of pus within the heart chambers. • The layer of the heart is affected by endocarditis. • A valve commonly affected by infective endocarditis. • Type of endocarditis characterized by a slow, indolent course. • Infection of the inner lining of the heart chambers and valves. • Bacterial genus commonly associated with infective endocarditis. • ...

Circulatory System 2025-05-06

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. platelets
  2. outer/layer
  3. WBCS
  4. away/from/heart
  5. muscle/layer
  6. oxygenated/blood/to/body
Down
  1. bottom/chamber
  2. smallest/vessel
  3. top/chamber
  4. Cava deoxygenated/blood/entry
  5. RBCS
  6. oxygenated/blood/entry
  7. inside/layer
  8. deoxygenated/blood/to/lungs
  9. towards/heart

15 Clues: WBCS • RBCS • platelets • top/chamber • outer/layer • inside/layer • muscle/layer • towards/heart • bottom/chamber • smallest/vessel • away/from/heart • oxygenated/blood/entry • oxygenated/blood/to/body • deoxygenated/blood/to/lungs • Cava deoxygenated/blood/entry

Review of The Circulatory System 2020-08-01

Review of The Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ... allow the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, digested food, and waste products between blood and cells.
  2. There are three types of blood vessels in our body, they are capillaries, ... , and vein.
  3. When the white blood cells multiply abnormally, the person’s condition is ...
  4. Blood is pumped to various parts of our body as a result of the contraction of our heart muscle.
  5. The heart receives blood rich in ... from the lungs.
  6. ... generally carry blood that is rich in oxygen.
Down
  1. Age may affect our heart ...
  2. Our ... rate increases when we are running.
  3. ... is when fatty substances may collect on the inner walls of our arteries and it stiffen.
  4. The heart pumps ... to all parts of the body.
  5. ... generally carry blood that is poor in oxygen.
  6. The heart pumps digested ... to all parts of the body.
  7. Our heart, blood vessels and the blood that flows through them, together, form the ... system.

13 Clues: Age may affect our heart ... • Our ... rate increases when we are running. • The heart pumps ... to all parts of the body. • ... generally carry blood that is poor in oxygen. • ... generally carry blood that is rich in oxygen. • The heart receives blood rich in ... from the lungs. • The heart pumps digested ... to all parts of the body. • ...

Review of The Circulatory System 2020-08-01

Review of The Circulatory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ... allow the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, digested food, and waste products between blood and cells.
  2. There are three types of blood vessels in our body, they are capillaries, ... , and vein.
  3. When the white blood cells multiply abnormally, the person’s condition is ...
  4. Blood is pumped to various parts of our body as a result of the ... of our heart muscle.
  5. The heart receives blood rich in ... from the lungs.
  6. ... generally carry blood that is rich in oxygen.
Down
  1. Age may affect our heart ...
  2. Our ... rate increases when we are running.
  3. ... is when fatty substances may collect on the inner walls of our arteries and it stiffen.
  4. The heart pumps ... to all parts of the body.
  5. ... generally carry blood that is poor in oxygen.
  6. The heart pumps digested ... to all parts of the body.
  7. Our heart, blood vessels and the blood that flows through them, together, form the ... system.

13 Clues: Age may affect our heart ... • Our ... rate increases when we are running. • The heart pumps ... to all parts of the body. • ... generally carry blood that is poor in oxygen. • ... generally carry blood that is rich in oxygen. • The heart receives blood rich in ... from the lungs. • The heart pumps digested ... to all parts of the body. • ...

Naqiya ka Dil 2025-01-27

Naqiya ka Dil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What state helps me pump blood more easily?
  2. Along with fruits, what should Naqiya eat for heart health?
  3. What do I pump to deliver oxygen and nutrients?
  4. What activity keeps me strong and efficient?
  5. What blood vessels carry oxygen-rich blood from me?
  6. Too much of what inflames my arteries?
Down
  1. Which chambers push blood out of the heart?
  2. What simple activity boosts my strength and circulation?
  3. What substance creates plaques in arteries?
  4. What type of food helps keep my arteries clear?
  5. What organ pumps blood throughout the body?
  6. What are the four parts of the heart called?
  7. What helps me recover and maintain a steady rhythm?
  8. What makes my rhythm faster and harder to control?
  9. What gas do I carry to nourish the body’s cells?

15 Clues: Too much of what inflames my arteries? • Which chambers push blood out of the heart? • What substance creates plaques in arteries? • What organ pumps blood throughout the body? • What state helps me pump blood more easily? • What are the four parts of the heart called? • What activity keeps me strong and efficient? • What type of food helps keep my arteries clear? • ...