CHAPTER 19 VOCABULARY

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Across
  1. 1. CHEST PAIN, PRESSURE, OR DISCOMFORT.
  2. 6. TINY BLOOD VESSELS IN WHICH THE EXCHANGE OF GASES, NUTRIENTS, AND WASTE PRODUCTS OCCURS BETWEEN BLOOD AND CELLS.
  3. 7. A BLOOD CLOT IN A BLOOD VESSEL.
  4. 8. INFLAMMATION OF THE VEINS, USUALLY IN THE LOWER EXTREMITIES.
  5. 9. A CONDITION IN WHICH THE BODY DOES NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH OXYGEN.
  6. 13. CONDITION IN WHICH THE AMOUNT OF RED BLOOD CELLS OR HEMOGLOBIN IN THE BODY IS LESS THAN NORMAL.
  7. 14. CONDITION IN WHICH THE HEART MUSCLE IS DAMAGED AND FAILS TO PUMP EFFECTIVELY.
  8. 19. CHEST PAIN THAT OCCURS WHILE A PERSON IS AT REST AND NOT EXERTING HIMSELF.
  9. 21. CHEST PAIN THAT OCCURS WHEN A PERSON IS ACTIVE OR UNDER SEVERE STRESS.
  10. 23. A WEAKENIN GOF THE HEART MUSCLE DUE TO ENLARGEMENT OR THICKENING, WHICH REDUCES THE HEART'S ABILITY TO PUMP BLOOD EFFECTIVELY.
  11. 26. PLASTIC, AIR-FILLED SLEEVE THAT IS PLACED AROUND THE LEG AND INFLATES AND DEFLATES REGULARLY TO HELP IMPROVE CIRCULATION, REDUCE FLUID BUILDUP, AND PREVENT BLOOD CLOTS.
  12. 28. CONDITION IN WHICH A BLOOD CLOT FORMS IN A LARGE VEIN IN THE BODY, MOST OFTEN THE LEG.
  13. 29. MEDICATION THAT RELAXES THE WALLS OF THE CORONARY ARTERIES.
  14. 30. THE BLOCKAGE OF A BLOOD VESSEL BY A BLOOD CLOT OR A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE.
  15. 31. IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT.
  16. 32. CONDITION IN WHICH THE CORONARY ARTERIES BECOME DAMAGED AND NARROW OVER TIME, CAUSING CHEST PAIN AND OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Down
  1. 2. A LACK OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO AN AREA.
  2. 3. A BLOCKAGE IN THE PULMONARY ARTERY, USUALLY BY A BLOOD CLOT.
  3. 4. STOCKINGS THAT ARE USED TO PREVENT SWELLING AND BLOOD CLOTS AND TO PROMOTE CIRCULATION.
  4. 5. CONDITION IN WHICH THE HEART MUSCLE DOES NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH BLOOD AND LACKS OXYGEN.
  5. 10. VESSEL THAT CARRIES BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART (OXYGENATED BLOOD IN ALL BUT ONE INSTANCE - SEE NOTES).
  6. 11. VESSEL THAT CARRIES BLOOD TO THE HEART (DEOXYGENATED BLOOD IN ALL BUT ONE INSTANCE - SEE NOTES)
  7. 12. CONDITION IN WHICH THE LEGS, FEET, ARMS, OR HANDS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH BLOOD CIRCULATION.
  8. 15. COMPLETE OBSTRUCTION OF A BLOOD VESSEL.
  9. 16. PHASE WHEN THE HEART MUSCLE RELAXES.
  10. 17. FOUR-CHAMBERED PUMP THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLOW OF BLOOD IN THE BODY.
  11. 18. A CONDITION IN WHICH THERE IS AN ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE LUNGS - USUALLY DUE TO HEART FAILURE.
  12. 20. THE UPPER TWO CHAMBERS OF THE HEART.
  13. 22. PHASE WHERE THE HEART IS AT WORK, CONTRACTING AND PUSHING BLOOD OUT OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE.
  14. 24. SHORTNESS OF BREATH WHEN LYING DOWN THAT IS RELIEVED BY SITTING UP.
  15. 25. A SERIOUS, OFTEN FATAL CONDITION IN WHICH THERE IS A LOSS OF HEART FUNCTION, BREATHING, AND CONSCIOUSNESS.
  16. 27. THE LOWER TWO CHAMBERS OF THE HEART.