Heart Crossword Puzzle

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SYMPATHETIC : The ______ nervous system increases heart rate and stroke volume.
PAPILLARY : The ____ muscles are attached to the chordae tendineae.
STROKE VOLUME : What is the amount of blood pumped with each beat called?
TACHYCARDIA : Your patient has an abnormally high heart rate.  This is called ____.
CORONARY SINUS : What is the vessel called that returns oxygen poor blood from the heart muscle back to the right atrium?
INTERCALATED DISCS : What are the structures called that connect one cardiac muscle cell to its neighbor.
CALCIUM : What ion enters cardiac conductile cells during depolarization of the action potential.
CARDIAC : The myocardium contains _____ muscle.
BICUSPID : The _____ valve prevents back-flow from the left ventricle to the left atrium.
REDUCES FRICTION : What is the function of the pericardial fluid?
SODIUM : Which ion enters cardiac contractile cells during depolarization?
BETA : A _____ blocker is given to patients with high blood pressure to slow down HR.
MEDIASTINUM : Identify the region in the thoracic cavity that contains the heart.
PULMONARY TRUNK : Identify the main artery that leaves the heart carrying oxygen-poor blood.
QRS COMPLEX : During which phase of the EKG are the ventricles depolarizing?
DECREASE : An increase in after load results in a(n) _____ in stroke volume.
TROPONIN : Calcium binds to the same protein in cardiac muscle as it did in skeletal muscle.  Identify the protein.
EPICARDIUM : What is the superficial layer of the heart wall called?
RIGHT VENTRICLE : Which chamber pumps blood to the lungs?

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QUESTIONS LIST:

sympathetic : the _ nervous system increases heart rate and stroke volume.
papillary : the _ muscles are attached to the chordae tendineae.
stroke volume : what is the amount of blood pumped with each beat called?
tachycardia : your patient has an abnormally high heart rate. this is called _ .
coronary sinus : what is the vessel called that returns oxygen poor blood from the heart muscle back to the right atrium?
intercalated discs : what are the structures called that connect one cardiac muscle cell to its neighbor.
calcium : what ion enters cardiac conductile cells during depolarization of the action potential.
cardiac : the myocardium contains _ muscle.
bicuspid : the _ valve prevents back-flow from the left ventricle to the left atrium.
reduces friction : what is the function of the pericardial fluid?
sodium : which ion enters cardiac contractile cells during depolarization?
beta : a _ blocker is given to patients with high blood pressure to slow down hr.
mediastinum : identify the region in the thoracic cavity that contains the heart.
pulmonary trunk : identify the main artery that leaves the heart carrying oxygen-poor blood.
qrs complex : during which phase of the ekg are the ventricles depolarizing?
decrease : an increase in after load results in a(n) _ in stroke volume.
troponin : calcium binds to the same protein in cardiac muscle as it did in skeletal muscle. identify the protein.
epicardium : what is the superficial layer of the heart wall called?
right ventricle : which chamber pumps blood to the lungs?