Across
- 2. Degree of hotness or coldness of a body or an environment.
- 7. Pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the blood vessels.
- 10. Instrument for measuring temperature.
- 12. Measurement of oxygen concentration in the blood.
- 13. The normal rhythmic relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers.
- 14. Relating to the arm (brachium), as in brachial artery.
- 19. Physical and chemical processes that occur within a living cell or organism and are necessary for the maintenance of life.
- 21. In respiration, the amount of air in a breath.
- 22. Instrument for measuring blood pressure in the arteries.
- 23. Instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
- 24. Related to or resembling a drum, as in the tympanic membrane, or eardrum.
Down
- 1. Related to the radius (bone) or forearm (antebrachium), as in radial artery.
- 3. To examine or explore by touching.
- 4. A quantity measured, as in breaths and heartbeats.
- 5. Rhythmic throbbing of the arteries produced by regular contractions of the heart.
- 6. Relating to either of the two major arteries on each side of the neck that carry blood to the head.
- 8. Small groove or fold in the inner arm, at or “in front of” (ante) the elbow (cubitus).
- 9. Specific sounds heard when one is taking a blood pressure.
- 11. Instrument used in the detection and diagnosis of heart abnormalities. It generates a record of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity.
- 15. A sequence or pattern, such as the heartbeat or breathing.
- 16. Act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
- 17. Abnormality and irregularity in the force or rhythm of the heartbeat.
- 18. Quantity or amount, as in force of a heartbeat.
- 20. Rhythmic contraction of the heart, especially of the ventricles.