Cirulatory System 1
Across
- 1. means four in greek
- 4. high blood pressure
- 5. is caused by an irregular and fast heart beat (2 words)
- 8. the node that is considered the pacemaker of the heart
- 9. develops when major blood vessels that supply your heart become damaged or diseased
- 10. means the condition is present from birth
- 13. heart beats too slow
- 14. inflammation of any of the layers of pericardium
- 17. spexialized conducting fibers of the heart that are excitable
- 18. type of septal defect when the heart defect is due to an abnormal connection between the lower chambers of the heart
- 19. atrioventricular valve opens in this step of the cardiac cycle (2 words)
- 22. period in which the heart muscle relaxes and refills with blood
- 24. type of septal defect when the heart defect is due to an abnormal connection between the upper chambers of the heart
- 25. that is from the start of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next. (2 words)
Down
- 2. records the electrical signal from the hear to check for different heart conditions
- 3. period of robes contraction and pumping of blood
- 6. is the pressure of the blood pushing agains the walls of the arteries. (2 words)
- 7. valve between the right atrium and ventrical
- 8. valve does not open properly
- 11. is a heart defect that develops soon after birth and affects the way blood flows through a baby's lung
- 12. refers to conditions that affect your heart muscle.
- 15. valve does not close properly
- 16. Valve between left atrium and left ventricle
- 20. device used for patients at the end stage of heart failure
- 21. when the heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should.
- 23. term used to mean lungs