Across
- 1. root word for pulse
- 5. root word for circle or crown
- 8. condition of narrowing of a part
- 9. an opening in the septum separating the atria
- 11. heart valve between the left atrium and left ventricle
- 15. protective sac enclosing the heart composed of two layers with fluid between
- 16. to expand
- 17. a widening
- 18. upper right or left chamber of the heart
- 20. lower right or left chamber of the heart
- 23. small vessels that gather blood from the capillaries into the veins
- 25. inflammation of a vein
- 27. a device used to treat slow heart rates by electrically stimulating the heart to contract
- 28. a localized area of necrosis caused by ischemia resulting from occlusion of a blood vessel
Down
- 2. high blood pressure
- 3. profuse sweating
- 4. a clot carried in the bloodstream that obstructs the flow of blood when it lodges
- 6. joining of two blood vessels to allow flow from one to the other
- 7. a spindle-shaped bulge of an artery
- 10. limping
- 12. decreased blood flow to tissue caused by obstruction or constriction of a blood vessel
- 13. enlargement of the right ventricle, resulting from chronic disease within the lungs, that causes congestion within the pulmonary circulation and resistance of blood flow to the lungs
- 14. any of several kinds of irregularity or loss of rhythm of the heartbeat
- 17. root word for fatty paste
- 19. fibers in the ventricles that transmit impulses to the right and left ventricles causing them to contract
- 20. root word for swollen twisted vein
- 21. a stationary blood clot
- 22. physical examination method of listening to sounds within the body with a stethoscope
- 24. neurological tissue in the center of the heart that receives and amplifies the conduction of impulses from the SA node to the atrioventricular bundle
- 26. abnormally swollen, twister veins with defective valves