Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body (plural)
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- Inability of the ___ to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions
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- Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (plural)
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- An organic process that takes place in the body
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- Any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways
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- A light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group
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- A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
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- A sudden severe instance of abnormal ___ function
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- A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (plural)
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- The gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
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- A specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
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