Cardiovascular Crossword
Across
- 1. Chest pain
- 3. Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart
- 6. Chest
- 7. Muscle
- 10. Uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 12. Around
- 16. Outer layer of the pericardium
- 17. Inner
- 19. Artery has a weakened wall, causing it to balloon
- 20. Ventricular fibrillation
- 23. Ventricular tachycardia
- 25. Plaque builds up on the inner walls of the arteries
- 26. Records the electrical activity of the heart
- 28. Surgical repair
- 31. Transports blood from the lower region of the body to the right atrium
- 33. Lack of blood flow caused by a blockage or narrowing in one of the coronary arteries
- 35. Muscular middle layer of the heart that contracts to pump blood
- 37. The heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, resulting in reduced blood flow
- 40. Middle
Down
- 2. Pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 4. Narrowing of the arteries surrounding the heart
- 5. Blood pressure cuff
- 8. Uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessels
- 9. Sound
- 11. Portable ECG worn over a few days to record heart activity and patterns over time
- 13. Transports blood from the upper region of the body to the heart
- 14. Separates atria
- 15. Separates ventricles
- 18. Complete stopping of the heart
- 19. Contrast is injected into blood vessels
- 21. Inner layer part of the epicardium
- 22. Fatty substance
- 24. Basal metabolic panel
- 27. Listens to internal body sounds
- 29. Coronary artery bypass graft
- 30. Outer layer of the heart
- 32. Written record
- 34. Myocardial infarction
- 36. Congestive heart failure
- 38. Thin inner layer of the heart
- 39. Automated external defibrillators
- 41. Vessel