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