Across
- 4. rapid heart rate
- 7. blood flow is blocked to an area of the heart muscle
- 9. starts each heartbeat, aka the pacemaker
- 10. unusual heart sound caused by abnormal blood flow
- 13. a build up of plaque in an artery
- 14. measurement of heartrate
- 15. blood represented by blue color
- 16. septum that separates the atria
- 17. high blood pressure
Down
- 1. a recording of the flow of electrical impulses that travel through the heart
- 2. pressure of blood pushing against the inner walls of blood vessels
- 3. disease of the heart that makes it harder to pump blood
- 5. upper chambers of the heart, receives blood
- 6. carry blood away from the heart
- 8. used to prevent the backflow of blood
- 11. thick muscular layer of the heart
- 12. carry blood towards the heart
- 14. protective serous membrane that surrounds the heart