CNHP Chapter 9 Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. abnormal heart sound that mimics the gait of a horse
- 3. drug that counteracts cardia arrhythmia
- 8. tiny vessels that join arterioles and venules
- 10. drug that lowers blood pressure
- 13. x-ray image of the aorta
- 15. drug that increases the secretion of urine
- 18. joining of two blood vessels to allow flow from one to the other
- 19. to hold back blood
- 20. inflammation of the pericardium
- 21. thickening, loss of elasticity, and hardening of arterial walls
- 23. record obtained by angiography
- 24. heart muscle
- 25. compression of a part that causes narrowing
- 26. drug that increases the force of myocardial contractions in the heart
- 28. profuse sweating
- 31. a clot carried in the bloodstream
- 32. device that delivers the electrical stimulus in defibrillation
- 33. a widening
- 35. several kinds of irregularity
Down
- 1. large artery that is the main trunk of the arterial system branching from the left ventricle
- 4. vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the arterioles
- 5. abnormal dilation of the bronchi with accumulation of mucus
- 6. to stuff into
- 7. slow heart rate
- 9. restoration of a fast of irregular heart rate to a normal rhythm
- 10. any of several kinds of irregularity or loss of rhythm of the heartbeat
- 11. limping
- 12. membrane lining the cavities of the heart
- 14. high blood pressure
- 16. irregular contractions of the heart
- 17. inflammation of myocardium
- 22. upper right or left chamber of the heart
- 23. small vessels that receive blood from the arteries
- 25. term for disease of the heart muscle
- 27. plugging
- 29. inflammation of a vein
- 30. to expand
- 34. normal blood pressure