AFib Anatomy and Physiology
Across
- 9. The body triggers a series of reactions called ___ to stop bleeding
- 11. The space within and artery or vein
- 12. Clot within a blood vessel that may cause infarction
- 14. Play a crucial role in normal blood clotting
- 15. Another word for blood clotting
- 16. Acute event related to the impairment of blood flow to the brain for more than 24 hours
- 17. The first step in the coagulation cascade
- 18. At factor Xa the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways come together to begin the
- 19. If you love Justin Bieber’s music you might suffer from what ailment?
- 20. The name of Snookie’s offspring
Down
- 1. Risk factors for forming a spontaneous thrombus
- 2. When the ___ contract, blood is pushed into circulation
- 3. The volume of blood ejected by the heart in a specific time period
- 4. Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart toward other organs
- 5. In the cardiac cycle, the contraction of the heart muscle
- 6. The first step in platelet plug formation
- 7. Supplies tissues of the heart with oxygenated blood and removes carbon dioxide
- 8. A clot transported by the blood
- 10. Stagnation of blood
- 13. Deposit of lipid-laden foam cells on artery wall seen in cardiovascular disease