Cardiovascular Health
Across
- 2. the transportation system for blood
- 3. occurs when a part of the heart does not get the blood flow it needs
- 4. blood pressure
- 8. vessel
- 9. swollen or dilated veins
- 11. test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 14. hardening
- 15. electrocardiogram
- 16. coronary artery bypass graft
- 19. blood
- 20. used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
- 22. pumps blood through the blood vessels and lungs
- 24. instrument used to measure pressure; blood pressure cuff
- 25. high blood pressure; increased pressure in the blood vessels
Down
- 1. a portable ECG machine that a patient wears over a few days; monitors and records heart activity
- 5. semilunar valve between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery
- 6. a condition in which an artery’s wall is weakened, causing it to swell
- 7. complete stopping of the heart
- 10. automated external defibrillator
- 12. a semilunar valve on the left side between the left ventricle and left aorta
- 13. a test to evaluate how well this system is functioning
- 17. have thin walls and carry blood toward the heart
- 18. atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- 21. chest
- 23. disease