Cardiovascular System
Across
- 2. meaning upon, over, or near
- 4. treat a blockage in arteries
- 8. uses high energy waves to look at tissues
- 9. instrument to measure blood pressure
- 10. meaning heart
- 13. when blood vessels raise the pressure
- 15. when the heart is oversized or stretched
- 20. used to record electrical signals in heart
Down
- 1. hardening of the arteries
- 3. heart rate is faster than 100bpm
- 5. used to x-ray blood vessels
- 6. meaning lung
- 7. records heart sounds and murmurs
- 11. between
- 12. the middle muscle layer of the heart
- 14. smallest unit in the body
- 16. surrounding or around
- 17. irregular heart beat
- 18. reduced blood flow to heart
- 19. force of blood going against arteries
- 21. part of the nervous system