Across
- 3. blood contained within it at various periods of the cardiac cycle
- 7. pulse regular alternation of weak and strong beats without changes in cycle length
- 8. pulse weak pulse
- 9. rapid heart rate
- 12. abnormal heart rhythm
Down
- 1. pulse variation in rate of impulses in an artery due to cardiac arrhythmia
- 2. pulse strong and powerful pulse
- 4. rate the speed of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute
- 5. abnormally slow heart rate
- 6. output the amount of blood the heart pumps through the circulatory system in a minute
- 10. movement or variation characterized by the regular recurrence or alternation of different quantities or conditions
- 11. pulse unable to be heard; faint