Heart Notes
Across
- 2. Inflammation of the endocardium
- 3. Abnormal hear sound due to improper closure of valves
- 6. Anther name for a heart attack
- 8. Arteries and veins associated with the heart and its own oxygen supply
- 9. Larger of the chambers, pumping chamber
- 10. Fluid in the pericardial cavity
- 12. Superior area of the heart, lies beneath the second rib
- 13. The term used when the chamber contracts
- 14. Muscle of the heart
- 15. Largest vein that enters into the right atrium
- 17. The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
- 20. When the atrium and ventricles do not beat together
- 23. Inflammation of the pericardium
- 24. The largest artery of the body; carries blood from left ventricle
- 25. The distal end of the heart
- 26. The valve found as blood exits either ventricle
Down
- 1. Abnormally fast heartbeat, usually over 100 beats per minute
- 4. The term used when the chamber relaxes
- 5. Septum that separates the ventricles
- 7. Another name for the bicuspid valve
- 11. Abnormal heart rhythm
- 12. The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle
- 16. Small vein that drains blood into the right atrium for the wall of the heart
- 18. Arteries and veins associated with the lungs
- 19. Inner pericardium layer of the heart; AKA epicardium
- 21. The wall that separates the right and left atrium
- 22. A slow heart rate usually less that 50 beats per minute
- 23. The outer most layer of the pericardium