Across
- 2. difficult breathing
- 3. the act of listening to the heart with a stethoscope
- 4. oxygen supply is restricted, the skin may look blue
- 6. portion of the cycle when the heart contracts, AV valves slam shut, and ventricles eject blood to the lungs and the body
- 7. upper chambers of the heart
- 8. abnormally high blood pressure
- 9. a defect in the wall of an artery where the wall becomes thin and weak and balloons out as pulses against the vessel wall
- 11. resting heart rate above 100 beats per minute
- 13. having no signs or symptoms of a disease
- 14. excessive fat in the blood
- 17. (2W)abnormal heart sound
- 18. originating from the heart
- 20. portion of the cycle when the heart is relaxed and the atria and ventricles are filling with blood.
- 21. condition where the heart beats slower than 50 beats per minute
Down
- 1. enlargement of muscles
- 4. enlarged heart
- 5. record of the heart's function
- 10. lower chambers of the heart
- 12. rapid or irregular heartbeats a person can feel
- 15. the membrane that surrounds the heart
- 16. present at birth
- 19. fatty material including cholesterol, connective tissue, white blood cells, and smooth muscle cells