Cardiovascular System
Across
- 2. / pain
- 3. arrest / complete stopping of the heart
- 4. / uses ultrasound to look and the heart and its vessels
- 8. heart failure / condition in which the heart doesn't efficiently pump from the left ventricle
- 10. vena cava / a large vein that brings blood from the upper half of the body to the heart
- 12. / abbreviation for congestive heart failure
- 15. / records electrical activity of the heart
- 17. / condition in which an artery has a weakened wall
- 20. / artery
- 21. / vein
- 22. catheterization / uses X-ray dye to show narrowing, aneurysms, and detect pressure in the heart
- 23. / have thin walls and carry blood toward the heart
Down
- 1. / have thin walls that exchange oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nutrients
- 5. artery disease / disease in which there is narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart
- 6. / abbreviation for blood pressure
- 7. / have thick walls that carry blood away from the heart
- 9. / fast
- 11. enzymes / measures certain items in the blood
- 13. / main organ of the cardiovascular system
- 14. / abbreviation for shortness of breath
- 16. / above
- 18. infarction / heart attack
- 19. monitor / records heart activity to show possible patterns