Cardiovascular System

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  1. 2. An instrument wrapped around the arm to measure blood pressure.
  2. 3. Complete stopping of the heart.
  3. 4. A test used to measure the amount of certain items in the blood.
  4. 6. Mitral Valve Prolapse
  5. 9. Suffix meaning destruction.
  6. 11. A portable electrocardiogram machine that a patient wears for several days.
  7. 12. Semilunar valve between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery.
  8. 16. Automated External Defibrillator
  9. 17. What arteries become further away from the heart.
  10. 18. A test that uses ultrasounds to look at the heart and vessels.
  11. 20. A condition where the heart is not pumping blood from the left ventricle and is causing reduced blood flow.
  12. 21. The double-layered sac that surrounds the heart wall.
  13. 22. Surgery where one's heart is replaced with a donor's.
  14. 25. Coronary Care Unit
  15. 26. Nothing by mouth
  16. 27. A condition where an artery has a weakened wall and then swells.
  17. 29. The area of the chest where the heart is located.
  18. 30. Suffix meaning narrowing.
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  1. 1. High blood pressure, can thicken blood vessels and make it difficult for red blood cells to pass through.
  2. 5. The largest vein in the top of the body.
  3. 7. Root word meaning to clot, includes combining vowel.
  4. 8. Prefix meaning slow.
  5. 10. The wall between the left and right atria.
  6. 13. Root word meaning chest, includes combining vowel.
  7. 14. A condition caused by blocking or narrowing of coronary arteries which then causes a part of the heart to not get necessary blood flow; Heart attack
  8. 15. A device implanted in a patient's chest to fix irregular heartbeats using electrical signals.
  9. 19. as needed
  10. 23. Intravenous
  11. 24. Swollen and dilated veins found in the legs.
  12. 28. Prefix meaning apart or through.