Cardiovascular Crossword Puzzle Review

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Across
  1. 2. heart muscle deprived of O2 -> crushing chest pain
  2. 4. relaxation of ventricles
  3. 6. series of “wires” that carry the electrical impulses into the lower chambers through the septum
  4. 10. records the electrical activity of the heart
  5. 12. events of one heartbeat
  6. 16. prolonged angina, heart cells may die
  7. 17. cardiac muscle can contract spontaneously and independently
  8. 18. contraction of ventricles
  9. 19. lack of adequate blood supply to heart
  10. 20. closing of AV valves
Down
  1. 1. volume of blood pumped out by one ventricle with each beat
  2. 3. clogged coronary vessels
  3. 5. rapid heart rate (>100 beats/min)
  4. 7. atrioventricular node, carries on the signal from the SA Node to the Bundle of His
  5. 8. abnormal or unusual heart sounds
  6. 9. blood cell formation; occurs in red bone marrow of the skull, pelvis, ribs, sternum, humerus, femur
  7. 11. semilunar valves close at end of systole
  8. 13. uncoordinated shuddering of heart muscle, unless pump
  9. 14. sinoatrial node, pacemaker of the heart
  10. 15. distributes the impulse out to the ventricles