Cardiovascular System
Across
- 1. combining form meaning plug or blockage
- 5. involves chest compression and breathing techniques to pump the heart and breath for the patient.
- 7. also known as a EKG that records the electrical activity of the heart.
- 12. double layer sac in the heart
- 13. condition in which the heart is not effectively pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow.
- 14. ventricular tachycardia
- 15. condition in which an artery has a weaken wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon.
- 16. monitor that records heart activity to show a possible pattern for the symptoms that the patient may be having.
- 17. coronary artery bypass graph
- 19. surgical puncture to remove fluid
- 22. a device that has wires that are implanted in the heart wall to deliver an electrical signal to regulate your heart beat.
- 23. involuntary muscle contraction
- 25. also known as a heart attack
- 26. normal sinus rhythm
Down
- 2. muscular layer that contracts to pump blood through the heart.
- 3. potassium chloride
- 4. premature ventricular contraction
- 6. impression
- 8. a disorder in which there is a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart
- 9. meaning x-ray or radiant energy
- 10. meaning vessel in the word angiography
- 11. a test that determines the oxygen levels and an EKG monitors
- 14. veins that are swollen and dilated
- 18. septum that is a wall of tissue that separates the left and right atria of the heart.
- 20. thin inner layer that lines each chamber of the heart.
- 21. outer layer of the heart.
- 24. millimeters of mercury