Across
- 3. Muscular, middle layer of the heart.
- 5. Beat of the heart.
- 8. Relaxation phase of the heartbeat.
- 9. Upper heart chamber
- 12. X-ray imaging of blood vessels
- 14. Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.
- 16. Combining form of vein
- 19. Combining form of aorta
- 20. Small vein.
- 22. Contraction phase of the heartbeat.
- 25. Combining form of atrium
- 27. Extra heart sound, heard between normal beats.
- 31. Innermost lining of blood vessels.
- 32. Small, pinpoint hemorrhages.
- 34. Drugs used to lower cholesterol in the bloodstream.
- 37. Combining form of vessel
- 39. Swishing sound due improper closure of heart valves.
- 41. Combining form of heart
- 42. Abnormal heart rhythms (dysrhythmias).
- 43. Area of dead myocardial tissue
- 45. Combining form of clot
- 46. Artery carrying deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
Down
- 1. valve Valve between the left atrium and ventricle
- 2. One of two lower chambers of the heart.
- 4. Closure of a blood vessel due to blockage.
- 6. Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
- 7. Pacemaker of the heart.
- 9. Combining form of vessel
- 10. Vibration felt on palpation of the chest
- 11. Murmur heard on auscultation
- 13. Smallest blood vessel.
- 15. X-ray imaging of arteries
- 17. Local widening (dilation) of an arterial wall.
- 18. Combining form of artery
- 21. High blood pressure affecting the heart.
- 23. cavae Plural form of the Largest vein in the body.
- 24. Opening of an artery
- 25. Chest pain resulting from myocardial ischemia.
- 26. Rapid but regular contractions, usually of atria.
- 28. Instrument to measure blood pressure.
- 29. Disease of the arteries surrounding the heart.
- 30. Combining form of yellowish plaque
- 33. Inner lining of the heart.
- 35. Valve Located between right atrium and ventricle;
- 36. One of two upper chambers of the heart.
- 38. Combining form of chest
- 40. Combining form of valve
- 41. Combining form of blue
- 44. is the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia