Cardiovascular Assessment Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• fourth : an extra heart sound heard at the end of diastole when the ventricle is resistant to filling
• mediastinum : heart and the great vessels are located in this area
• third : an extra heart sound heard when the ventricles are resistant to filling, when the av valves open and atrial blood first pours into ventricles
• mitral : auscultatory area around midclavicular line
• thrill : a palpable vibration
• pulmonic : auscultatory area over the 2nd left interspace
• first : heart sound that occurs with the closure of the av valves
• tricuspid : auscultatory area at the 5th intercostal space at left lower sternal border
• precordium : area on the anterior chest overlying the heart and great vessels
• subjective : chest pain, dyspnea and fatigue are this type of data
• aortic : auscultatory area over the 2nd right interspace
• second: heart sound that occurs with closure of the semilunar valves
• objective : inspection, palpation and auscultation produce this type of data
• murmur : some conditions create turbulence in blood flow resulting in a sound like noisy water flowing
• systole : phase of the cardiac cycle when blood is pumped from the ventricles and fills the arteries
• diastole : phase of the cardiac cycle where the ventricles relax and fill with blood