McClellan Chapter 8 Cardiac MT

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Across
  1. 3. ______ is inflammation of the inner lining of the heart and its valves
  2. 4. In ___, enzymes that destroy blood clots are infused into the occluded vessel
  3. 8. resembling a pulse
  4. 10. widened blood vessel
  5. 11. the most common type of heart disease, and the leading cause of death in the United States
  6. 12. a microscopic vessel that joins the arterial system with the venous system
  7. 14. _______ procedures are those that occur within the lumen of a vessel
  8. 17. carries blood from the heart to all cells of the body
  9. 18. forming a opening into the septum
  10. 19. pertaining around the heart
  11. 20. what does ECG or EKG stand for
Down
  1. 1. abnormally slow heart rate, usually fewer than 60 beats per minute in a resting adult
  2. 2. blood hemorrhages into the plaque and forms a clot
  3. 5. enlargement of a atrium
  4. 6. Narrowing of a vessel, especially the aorta
  5. 7. prevents regurgitation of blood into the right ventricle from the pulmonary artery
  6. 9. a muscular pump that propels blood to the entire body through a closed vascular network
  7. 13. the largest artery of the body
  8. 15. ________ is formed when fatty plaque builds up on the inner lining of arterial walls
  9. 16. the Force exerted by blood against the arterial walls during two phases of a heartbeat