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