Heart Rate and Pulse Word Search
Play a Heart Rate and Pulse word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the parts and systems of the human body, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: HEART, PULSE, ARTERY, VEIN, CAPILLARY, BLOOD, CIRCULATION, SYSTOLE, DIASTOLE, PACEMAKER, CARDIAC, AORTA.
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Heart Rate and Pulse word list, defined
- HEART /hɑːt/ · noun, verb
- The heart is a muscular organ in the chest that pumps blood throughout the body. It is a symbol of love and emotions. Related: soul, spirit, mind, core.
- PULSE /pʌls/ · noun, verb
- A rhythmic beating or throbbing, typically of the heart. To feel or detect a rhythmic beating or throbbing, especially of the heart. Related: beat, throb, pounding, rhythm.
- ARTERY /ˈɑːtəri/ (UK), /ˈɑːrtəri/ (US) · noun
- A blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues and organs of the body (with the pulmonary arteries being the exception, carrying deoxygenated blood to the lungs); figuratively, a major route or channel for transport or communication. Related: blood vessel, vessel, aorta, channel.
- VEIN /veɪn/ · noun, verb
- A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries back to the heart. To extract or separate something, especially by a process of winnowing or sifting. Related: artery, veinlet, sinew, arteriole.
- CAPILLARY /ˈkæpəˌlɛri/ · noun, adjective
- As a noun, a capillary is any of the tiny, thin-walled blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules, through which oxygen, nutrients, and waste are exchanged with body tissues. As an adjective, it describes something relating to or resembling such fine vessels, or having the properties of capillarity — the movement of liquid through very narrow spaces. Related: capillary vessel, hairline vessel, microvessel, blood vessel.
- BLOOD /blʌd/ · noun
- The red fluid that circulates through the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and removing waste products; also used figuratively to mean family lineage, violence or killing, or a person's temperament. Related: lifeblood, lineage, kinship, gore.
- CIRCULATION /ˌsɜːrkjʊˈleɪʃən/ (UK), /ˌsɝːkjəˈleɪʃən/ (US) · noun
- The movement or flow of something in a continuous circuit, especially blood through the body, air through a space, or currency and information through a community. Related: flow, movement, circumference, distribution.
- SYSTOLE /sɪsˈtoʊli/ · noun
- The contraction of the heart muscle, resulting in the ejection of blood from the ventricles. In phonetics, the period of high pressure in a sound wave. Related: contraction, heartbeat, pulse, pressure.
- DIASTOLE /daɪˈæstəli/ · noun
- The phase of the heartbeat during which the heart muscle relaxes and its chambers fill with blood, especially as measured by diastolic pressure. Related: dilation, relaxation phase, filling phase.
- PACEMAKER /pəˈsiːmækər/ · noun
- A small electronic device implanted in the body to regulate the heartbeat, or a device used to regulate the speed of a machine, such as a car engine. Related: regulator, timer, controller, heart rate monitor.
- CARDIAC /ˈkɑːr.di.æk/ · adjective
- Relating to the heart; of or affecting the heart. Related: heart-related, cardial, myocardial, cardiovascular.
- AORTA /eɪˈɔːtə/ (British), /eɪˈɔːrtə/ (US) · noun
- The main and largest artery of the human body, which carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs. Related: main artery, great artery, aortal vessel.
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