Heart Health Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. structures that return blood to the heart
  2. 4. responsible for pumping blood
  3. 8. another word for the heart
  4. 9. a chest pain or discomfort that occurs if an area of the heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen
  5. 10. structures that carry blood away from the heart
Down
  1. 1. a tissue with small leaflets that open and close in one direction
  2. 2. a procedure to widen the plaque-filled coronary arteries in the heart
  3. 3. wall of muscles that separate the left and the right sections of the heart
  4. 5. any type of exercise that causes the heart to beat faster and harder for a period of time
  5. 6. large artery that pushes blood with oxygen out to the body
  6. 7. a device that regulates the heartbeat