Across
- 2. slow heart rate(less than 60 beats/minute)
- 4. subjective experience of pounding, skipping, or racing heartbeats
- 8. fast heart rate(greater than 100 beats/minute)
- 11. inflammation of myocardium
- 12. change of a myocardial cell from a polarized state to a state of contraction
- 15. high blood pressure
- 17. compression of a part that causes narrowing
- 22. how many layers the heart has
- 23. a clot carried in the bloodstream that obstructs the flow of blood when it lodges
- 25. inflammation of the pericardium
- 27. small vessels that receive blood from the arteries
- 28. membrane lining the cavities of the heart
- 29. heart value between the left ventricle and the aorta
- 30. number of chambers of the heart
Down
- 1. tiny vessels that join arterioles and venules
- 3. profuse sweating
- 5. membrane forming the outer layer of the heart
- 6. normal blood pressure
- 7. a stationary blood clot
- 9. heart valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle
- 10. plugging; an obstruction or a closing off
- 13. small vessels that gather blood from the capillaries into the veins
- 14. low blood pressure
- 16. vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the arterioles
- 18. lower right or left chamber of the heart
- 19. condition of narrowing of a part
- 20. protective sac enclosing
- 21. vessels that carry blood to the heart from the venules
- 22. valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
- 24. upper right of left chamber of the heart
- 25. resting state of a myocardial cell
- 26. what the heart pumps throughout the body