Cardiovascular Crossword
Across
- 5. uses electrical signals to change irregular heartbeats
- 8. ABBREV-intraveneous
- 9. ABBREV- potassium chloride
- 10. muscle one of the 3 major muscle types, the one in the heart
- 11. ABBREV- dyspnea on exertion
- 12. spongy air-filled organs
- 14. combining form- blockage
- 15. combining form- fatty substance
- 16. artery has a weakened wall, swells like a balloon
- 18. listens to heart, lungs and intestines
- 21. combining form-dilated vein
- 22. heart from donor is taken and put in an needed person
- 24. several tabs and wires are placed on the chest to see electrical activity in the heart
Down
- 1. uses x-ray dye and tony tubes to inject dye into the vessels around the heart
- 2. portable EKG, wear for several days, looks for patterns of symptoms
- 3. swollen-dilated veins, often found in the legs
- 4. thick-walled blood vessels carry blood away from the heart
- 6. ABBREV- atrioventricular
- 7. combining form-emitting of reflecting light
- 13. pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 16. ABBREV- atrial fibrillation
- 17. combining form- vein
- 19. complete heart stoppage
- 20. windpipe, takes inhaled air into the lungs
- 23. pumps blood through the body