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Across
  1. 3. smallest branches of the bronchi
  2. 5. veins that carry the oxygenated blood from the lungs into the left atrium of the heart
  3. 7. adjective describing muscles in the heart, they have stripes inside the muscles
  4. 11. electrical device that artificially stimulates contraction of heart muscle
  5. 12. hardening of fatty plaque in the arteries
  6. 14. the tube that connects the larynx to the lungs, also called windpipe
  7. 18. lethal dysrhythmia, a dying heart, heart rate below 20 bpm
  8. 22. hardening of the arteries
  9. 25. valve positioned between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery
  10. 26. arteries that carry deoxygenated blood out of the right ventricle and into the lungs
  11. 27. circulation of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart
  12. 29. the process happening when blood exchanges carbon dioxide and oxygen in the lungs and in the body
  13. 32. narrowing of blood vessels
  14. 33. movement of air in and out of the lungs, breathing
Down
  1. 1. throat
  2. 2. oxygen travels to the body through the blood and then the blood takes carbon dioxide back from the body to the lungs
  3. 4. period of time when the heart muscle is relaxed and the chambers fill with blood
  4. 6. the passages that send air into the lungs
  5. 8. machine used to recover the electrical activity of the heart
  6. 9. ______ disks are parts of the heart cells that hold the other heart muscle cells together
  7. 10. record of the electrical activity of the heart
  8. 13. ______ fever is a disease that can result from inadequately treated strep throat or scarlet fever.
  9. 15. widening of blood vessels
  10. 16. circulation of blood from the heart to all parts of the body and back to the heart
  11. 17. the main organs of the respiratory system, where you breathe into
  12. 19. nose area
  13. 20. voice box
  14. 21. a double layer of membranes surrounding the heart
  15. 23. period of time when the heart muscle is contracting
  16. 24. a flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backwards
  17. 28. distance between certain parts of the heartbeat on the EKG, most common ones are PR, R-R, QRS, and QT
  18. 30. tiny sacs in the lung that transfers gases between air and blood
  19. 31. arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle in the myocardium