Across
- 2. an abnormal heart sound
- 3. slow heart rate
- 6. an artery wall balloons outward and can rupture
- 8. as blood flows back from the lungs, this is the first chamber to receive oxygenated blood
- 10. prevents blood from flowing backwards in the heart
- 11. absence of a heartbeat...dead
- 12. vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
- 13. fatty deposits on the artery wall that make it hard and narrow
- 14. the chamber responsible for pumping oxygenated blood to the rest of the body
Down
- 1. the vessel that carries blood that leaves the heart and goes to the rest of the body
- 2. heart attack
- 4. chest pain caused by lack of oxygen (ischemia) in the heart
- 5. high cholesterol
- 7. high blood pressure
- 9. the valve in between the right atrium and ventricle