Across
- 2. The space in the blood vessel through which blood flows
- 6. The basic instrument used to measure blood pressure
- 9. 60-100 bpm at rest
- 13. Blood pressure that is consistently higher than normal
- 14. The muscular walls of the heart
- 15. The node located in the upper right atrium
- 17. Causes the heart to quiver
- 18. Pulse taken along the jawbone
- 21. The movement of blood between the lungs and the heart
- 22. The narrowing of the lumen
- 23. Pulse taken on the wrist
- 24. The sound the heart makes as it pumps blood
Down
- 1. The heart chambers that pump blood out of the heart
- 3. the "fight or flight" hormone
- 4. The heart chambers that receive blood
- 5. The delivery of oxygen-rich blood to the body and deoxygenated blood to the heart
- 7. The phase in which the ventricles contract
- 8. The expansion of the lumen
- 10. The node located between the right atrium and right ventricle
- 11. 120/80
- 12. The leading cause of death in America
- 16. The point in an EKG where the ventricles contract
- 19. A higher than normal heart rate
- 20. The phase in which the atria contract