Unit 5

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Across
  1. 1. Condition where the artery can swell because it has a weakened wall
  2. 4. Condition where the pressure in the blood vessels is increased; also known as high blood pressure
  3. 6. prefix that is used to describe a dilated vein.
  4. 7. An abbreviation that represents a portable machine that a patient wears to record heart activity.
  5. 8. An abbreviation that represents chest compressions and breathing techniques that can help resuscitate a patient when their heart stops.
  6. 9. prefix meaning inner or within
  7. 10. Tests for possible muscle heart damage by measuring items in the blood.
  8. 17. Tracks the electrical activity of the heart by checking heart rhythm while several wires are connected to their chest.
  9. 19. Abbreviation for an element that the heart spreads throughout the body and blood.
  10. 20. Has thinner walls and carry blood toward the heart
  11. 22. Prefix meaning between. used to represent the wall between the right and left ventricles
  12. 23. A prefix that represents something in the body that carries blood away from the heart and has thick walls
  13. 24. An emergency where there is a complete stop of the heart
Down
  1. 1. Used to look at vessels to diagnose things like aneurysms using x ray dye being inserted into into blood vessels.
  2. 2. A test that looks at the heart and it's vessels using an ultrasound
  3. 3. Abbreviation for the amount of hardness the blood pushes against the walls of the arteries.
  4. 5. Condition where the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
  5. 11. A disease where electrical activity is uncontrolled in the brain. This disease can cause seizures.
  6. 12. Larger artery in the human body, carries your blood through the center of your body
  7. 13. vessels, Transportation for blood throughout the body
  8. 14. transplant, A surgery when a persons bad heart is replaced with a healthy heart from a donor
  9. 15. A root word that means middle. Used to explain where the heart is located in the mediastinum.
  10. 16. When arteries get further away from the heart they branch into smaller arteries
  11. 18. An abbreviation that represents the system of veins and heart in the cardiovascualr system.
  12. 21. Is the center of the cardiovascular system and is divided into 4 chambers