Across
- 1. in approximately __ minutes of the heart being deprived of oxygen following a myocardial infarction the heart suffers irreversible damage
- 2. disease in which the heart fails to pump enough oxygen rich blood to the body
- 3. abbreviation for history
- 4. abbreviation for nothing by mouth
- 6. the bottom chambers of the heart
- 9. how many chambers the heart has
- 11. ___ blood pressure measures the pressure against your arteries when your heart beats
- 12. abbreviation for beats per minute
- 14. pulse location in neck
- 18. ___blood pressure measures pressure inside the artery when your heart relaxes between beats.
- 20. blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart
- 21. abbreviation for change
- 22. which blood vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
- 23. abbreviation for blood pressure
- 24. abbreviation for morning
- 25. a myocardial infarction is caused by this
Down
- 1. a resting heartrate that is continually higher than normal
- 2. how oxygen, nutrients, and wastes are diffused from blood to other parts of the body
- 5. the ___ transports oxygenated blood to the body
- 6. in the first phase of the heartbeat, the ____ fills with blood
- 7. symptom that both CHF and Myocardial Infarction have in common
- 8. structures in the heart that prevents backflow of blood
- 10. abbreviation for evening/night
- 13. pulse location in foot
- 15. pulse location in wrist
- 16. abbreviation for by mouth
- 17. location that the right side of heart pumps blood to
- 19. abbreviation for as needed