Introduction to Cardiovascular System 09/10/2024

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Across
  1. 2. Abnormally slow heart rate.
  2. 5. Smallest blood vessel with very thin walls to exchange oxygen, nutrients, and carbon dioxide
  3. 8. Heart valve between the left atrium and left ventricle (6 letters)
  4. 9. Main artery supplying the body with oxygenated blood (5 letters)
  5. 13. Valve that prevents backflow into the right atrium (9 letters)
  6. 15. Device used to listen to heart sounds (11 letters)
  7. 17. Phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart contracts.
  8. 18. High blood pressure (12 letters)
  9. 19. Diagnostic imaging that uses sound waves to create heart images (15 letters)
  10. 21. Upper chambers of the heart (5 letters)
  11. 22. Lifestyle habit linked to cardiovascular disease (7 letters)
Down
  1. 1. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  2. 3. Fatty deposits in arteries, major cause of cardiovascular disease (15 letters)
  3. 4. The electrical test used to measure heart rhythms (3 letters)
  4. 6. Clot that can block arteries and cause a heart attack (8 letters)
  5. 7. Abnormal heart rhythm.
  6. 10. Risk factor associated with high body weight (7 letters)
  7. 11. Sudden loss of brain function due to blocked or burst blood vessel
  8. 12. Artery Blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs (15 letters)
  9. 14. Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart.
  10. 16. Node The "pacemaker" of the heart (12 letters)
  11. 20. Phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart relaxes.