The Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 3. a serious complicaion of varicose veins
  2. 5. when the myocardium is deprived of oxygen often resulting in crushing heart pain
  3. 7. a clot that develops and persists in a unbroken blood vessel
  4. 8. when fluid leaks from that blood circulation into the lungs this is caused
  5. 9. a rapid uncoordinated shuddering of the heart muscle
  6. 12. also called high blood pressure
  7. 14. this is caused if a thrombus breaks away from the vessel wall and floats freely in the blood stream
  8. 15. lack of an adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
  9. 16. known as the bleeders disease
  10. 17. a heart rate that is substantially slower then normal
  11. 19. when the pumping efficiency of the heart is depressed so that the circulation is inadequate to meet tissue needs
  12. 20. a rapid heart rate
Down
  1. 1. commonly called a heart attack
  2. 2. small purpleish blotches on the skin
  3. 4. temporary low blood pressure and dizziness when they rise suddenly from a sitting position
  4. 6. the ventricles beat on their own rate and much slower
  5. 10. pooling of blood in the feet and legs, common in people who stand for long periods of time
  6. 11. inflammation of the pericardium
  7. 13. a condition in which the blood vessels are inadequately filled and blood cannot circulate normally
  8. 18. an abnormal or unusual heart sounds