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- 3. A state in which the heart is larger than normal due to heredity, long-term heavy exercise or diseases and disorders such as obesity, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease.
- 5. the speed of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute.
- 7. severe failure of the heart to function properly, especially as a cause of death.
- 8. muscular chamber that pumps blood out of the heart and into the circulatory system
- 10. the pulsation of the heart.
- 12. Same as high blood pressure.
- 13. an apparatus used to control heart fibrillation by application of an electric current to the chest wall or heart.
- 16. any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
- 17. receives blood from the right atrium and pumped it into the lungs where it is loaded with oxygen
- 19. an artificial device for stimulating the heart muscle and regulating its contractions.
- 22. a rhythmical throbbing of the arteries as blood is propelled through them, typically as felt in the wrists or neck.
- 24. inflammation of the endocardium.
- 25. marked by regular contraction and dilatation.
- 26. any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
- 27. each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles.
- 28. Pertaining to the heart.
- 30. The removal or destruction of tissue.
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- 1. a weakness of the heart that leads to a buildup of fluid in the lungs and surrounding body stuff tissues.
- 2. an instrument for recording heart muscle activity, such as an electrocardiograph.
- 4. the main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system.
- 6. An opening, covered by membrane flaps, between two chambers of the heart or between a chamber of the heart and a blood vessel.
- 9. a disease that affects the arteries leading to and within the brain.
- 10. a muscular organ located in the midline of the thoracic cavity
- 11. the thin, smooth membrane which lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves.
- 14. a doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of heart diseases and heart abnormalities.
- 15. The abnormal backward flowing of blood through a valve of the heart.
- 18. Pumps oxygen rich blood to the rest of the body.
- 20. A sac-like protrusion from a blood vessel or the heart, resulting from a weakening of the vessel wall or heart muscle.
- 21. a serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart.
- 23. One of the muscular walls dividing the two chambers on the left side of the heart from the two chambers on the right.
- 29. fluid that transports oxygen and nutrients to the cells and carries away carbon dioxide and other waste products.