Across
- 1. the ventricles begin to beat at their own rate, which is much slower, some or all of the time
- 4. an excessive or abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes
- 7. the bone marrow becomes cancerous
- 8. the abnormal hemoglobin formed becomes spikey and sharp
- 10. the myocardium is deprived of oxygen often result in crushing chest pain
- 12. results from an insufficient number of circulation platelets
- 14. angina is prolonged the oxygen-deprived heart cells may die forming an,
- 15. applies to several different hereditary bleeding disorders that result from lack of clotting
- 16. inflammation of the pericardium
- 17. a lack of an adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
- 19. small purplish blotches
Down
- 2. when the pumping efficiency of the heart is depressed so that the circulation is inadequate to meet tissue needs
- 3. a clot that develops in an unbroken blood vessel
- 5. a rapid uncoordinated shuddering of the heart muscle
- 6. commonly called a "heart attack"
- 9. if a thrombus breaks away from the vessel wall and floats freely in the bloodstream
- 11. bacterial infection of the endocardium
- 13. abnormal or unusual heart sounds
- 18. a decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood