Morgan McCabe- Unit 4: The Heart

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Across
  1. 4. muscular wall of the heart
  2. 6. heartbeat that's too fast
  3. 7. provides information about the overall size and function of the heart valves
  4. 10. the "fight or flight hormone
  5. 15. narrows the lumen of blood vessels
  6. 16. the pressure on the artery wall when the ventricles are relaxed
  7. 17. used to measure the adequacy of blood getting to vital organs and tissues
  8. 19. refers to the movement of blood between the lungs and the heart
  9. 20. heartbeat that's too slow
Down
  1. 1. one complete squence of pumping/filling
  2. 2. risk factors cannot be changed
  3. 3. a set of autosomal dominant genetic disorders marked by high LDL levels
  4. 5. due to relaxation of the tunica media and the expansion of the lumen
  5. 8. the pressure on the artery wall when the ventricles contract
  6. 9. measurement of the pressure caused by the ventricles and is reported as a ratio of systolic to diastolic pressure
  7. 11. most basic body functions
  8. 12. means abnormal cholesterol levels
  9. 13. includes the heart and the associated blood vessels
  10. 14. a broad term used to refer to the range of diseases that can affect the heart including
  11. 18. persistent high blood pressure