Heart and Neck Vessels Assessment
Across
- 4. Top aspect of the heart
- 6. These separate the atria and ventricles
- 7. Blowing or swooshing sound caused by an incomplete closure of heart valves
- 9. When listening to the carotid arteries, the nurse should use this part of the stethoscope
- 12. Pressure type chest pain
- 14. Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
- 15. When ventricles relax during the cardiac cycle
- 16. Bottom aspect of the heart
Down
- 1. Carries oxygenated blood to the heart
- 2. These separate the ventricles and arteries
- 3. Occurs immediately before S1 and sounds like "Tennessee"
- 5. Anterior chest directly overlying the heart and great vessels
- 8. Heart sound heart at the left 5th intercostal space midclavicular line
- 10. Occurs immediately after S2 and sounds like "Kentucky"
- 11. Irregular heart rhythms
- 13. When ventricles contract during the cardiac cycle