Heart Crossword Puzzle

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?