Across
- 6. a blowing or rasping sound heard while listening to the heart that may or may not indicate problems within the heart or circulatory system
- 9. the muscular wall dividing a chamber on the left side of the heart from the chamber on the right
- 12. main blood vessel leading from the heart to the rest of the body
- 14. the abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body
- 15. a condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm
- 16. abnormally high blood pressure
- 17. heart attack
- 19. an electronic device used to establish normal heartbeat
- 20. the breastbone
Down
- 1. a measurement of the rate at which blood is pumped out of a filled ventricle
- 2. the organ behind the stomach that helps control blood sugar levels
- 3. veins that carry blood back from the head to the heart
- 4. abnormally slow heartbeat
- 5. enlarged heart
- 7. one of the two lower chambers of the heart
- 8. inflammation of the endocardium
- 10. rapid heartbeat
- 11. severe chest pain
- 13. the muscular layer of the heart
- 18. one of the heart’s two upper chambers.