HELP Ch.14&15 IMC
Across
- 4. restoration of normal heart rhythm by electrical shock
- 5. Pattern of electrical activity in heart contractions is measured graphically
- 10. dark red blood, no pressure, to heart, usually without oxygen, thin walls
- 13. An area of blood vessel that bulges because of weakness in wall
- 15. measured movement; recurrence of action or function at regular intervals
- 17. oozing blood, single cell thick, exchange oxygen & glucose for carbon dioxide; tiny blood vessel where substances are exchanged between blood & body cells
- 18. Smaller vessels; Blood moves from arterioles to capillaries
- 19. flap of tissue in heart or vein that prevents blood from flowing backward
- 20. Expression of speed or frequency of an event in relation to specific amount of time; # of contraction of heart per minute
- 21. Blood vessel; bright red blood, under pressure, to body, usually with oxygen, thick walls
- 22. Narrowing of blood vessels caused by deposits of fatty material containing calcium and cholesterol
- 25. Hereditary disease where blood does not coagulate to stop bleeding
Down
- 1. Blood supply to/from heart is completely cut off, causing death of muscle
- 2. Any one of many tubules in body that carry fluid
- 3. Uses ultrasonic waves to show structures and motions of heart
- 6. High blood pressure
- 7. Force of blood against artery walls
- 8. Fluid portion of blood w/ clotting proteins removed
- 9. Below normal # of red blood cells
- 11. Surge of blood against walls of arteries
- 12. area of tissue death caused by loss of oxygen as result of obstruction of circulation to area
- 14. substance capable of inducing specific hypersensitivity
- 16. pertaining to heart; coronary arteries supply blood to heart muscle
- 23. narrowing or stricture of duct and canal
- 24. biological molecule found in blood, body fluids, and tissues that indicate normal/abnormal process