Cardiac Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a heart rhythm that falls outside the accepted norms
  2. 5. One of the two lower chambers of the heart
  3. 6. hardening of blood vessels
  4. 8. Middle layer of wall of the heart, most cardiac muscle located here
  5. 10. valve leading from left ventricle into aorta
  6. 11. a bloodclot that moves and suddenly blocks a blood vessel
  7. 15. phase of heartbeat when ventricles are squeezing
  8. 16. chest pain
  9. 19. measure of the output of the heart with each heartbeat (2 words)
  10. 21. relaxation stage of the heartbeat
  11. 22. gender, age, and race are _____ risk factors
  12. 25. A deposit of fatty material on the inner lining of an arterial wall
  13. 27. a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the body's organs
  14. 28. Abnormally enlarged heart.
  15. 29. lack of blood supply caused by a blocked or constricted blood vessel
  16. 31. bundle of fibers of the impulse conducting system of the heart (2 words)
  17. 33. valve separating the left atrium and left ventricle
  18. 35. Inner, thin layer of endothelium, pierced by tiny blood vessels
  19. 36. valve separating pulmonary artery from right ventricle
Down
  1. 1. Outermost Wall of the Heart
  2. 3. cardiac cell death (2 words)
  3. 4. vessels that supply the heart with blood (2 words)
  4. 7. high blood pressure
  5. 9. Abnormally slow heart rate, below 60 bpm
  6. 11. Abnormally fast heart rate, over a 100 bpm.
  7. 12. pacemaker: a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat (2 words)
  8. 13. movement of blood in veins and arteries throughout the body
  9. 14. inability of heart to pump enough blood to body (2 words)
  10. 17. a vessel that carries blood towards the heart
  11. 18. Abnormal quivering or contractions of the heart fibers.
  12. 20. waxy, fat-like substance
  13. 23. smoking, obesity, and lack of exercise are ____ risk factors
  14. 24. the force that blood exerts on the walls of the arteries (2 words)
  15. 26. a tiny blood vessel that allows an exchange between blood and cells in tissue
  16. 30. Collection of material that travels to and suddenly blocks a blood vessel
  17. 32. valve separating the right atrium and right ventricle
  18. 34. One of the two upper chambers of the heart.