Across
- 3. Tool for detecting heart rate and rhythm
- 5. Muscle tissue that forms the walls of the heart
- 9. Glycoprotein hormone produced in the kidneys
- 11. A condition when the blood pressure against the artery walls is too high.
- 12. functions to help carry oxygen needed by cells throughout the body
- 14. Increased heart frequency exceeds 100 beats/minute
- 15. Another name for white blood cells
- 17. the pressure in the arteries at the peak of ventricular contraction
- 19. enclosed in a double-walled sac
- 20. Narrowing of the blood vessels
- 21. A condition of hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to clotting plaque
Down
- 1. the pressure when the ventricles are relaxing
- 2. Heart sound abnormalities related to blood flow turbulence
- 4. Risk factors of cardiovascular disease characterized by an increase or decrease in levels of lipid fractions in plasma
- 6. Two small chambers located at the top of the heart
- 7. drains the posterior part of the head.
- 8. A vein that moves blood from the heart to the rest of the body
- 10. the innermost layer of the heart and is a thin, glistening sheet of endothelium hat lines the heart chambers.
- 13. Heart frequency less than 60 beats/minute
- 16. Another name for red blood cells
- 18. An organ that functions to pump blood throughout the body