Across
- 1. heart failure, this occurs when the pumping efficiency of the heart is depressed, so circulation is inadequate to meet the tissue needs
- 5. pectoris, a crushing chest pain due to the myocardium being deprived of oxygen
- 6. block, the ventricles pump at their own rate, which is much slower, this condition is called....
- 9. edema, this is caused when blood vessels are swollen casing fluid to leak from circulation into the lung tissue
- 10. cell anemia, the abnormal hemoglobin becomes spiky and sharp
- 12. oxygen deprived heart cells form this...
- 13. lack of an adequate blood supply to the heart tissue
- 15. inflammation of the pericardium
- 17. increased heart rate over 100 bpm
- 18. infarction, commonly called a "heart attack" or "coronary"
- 19. congestion, this occurs when the right heart fails
- 20. a decrease in the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood
Down
- 2. inflammation of the endocardium
- 3. substantially slower heart rate below 60 bpm
- 4. bone marrow becomes cancerous which produces large amounts of WBC's
- 7. abnormal heart sounds are called this...
- 8. stenosis, heart valve becomes stiff due to a repeated bacterial infection
- 11. congestion, this occurs when the left heart fails
- 14. rapid and uncoordinated shuddering of the heart
- 16. valve, heart valve does not close properly causing the blood to pump and repump the same blood