Heart Terms Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- depolarization : contraction of heart muscle cells
- conductivity : ability of the heart to receive and transmit an impulse
- systole : contraction phase of the cardiac cycle
- polarization : heart muscle cells are at resting peak energy
- contractility : ability of the heart to shorten in response to a stimulus
- automaticity : ability of the heart to initiate an electrical impulse
- diastole : relaxation (refill) phase of the cardiac cycle
- excitability : ability of the heart to respond to an impulse
- repolarization : relaxing of the heart muscle cells
- parasympathetic : branch of the autonomic nervous system decreasing hr
- sympathetic : branch of the autonomic nervous system increasing hr
