Cardiovascular System
Across
- 2. This abbreviation stands for echocardigram.
- 6. This abbreviation stands for Chest Pain.
- 7. This abbreviation stands for Blood Pressure.
- 10. This tests for items in the blood that indicate heart damage.
- 11. These have thick walls and carry blood away from the heart.
- 12. This tool measures blood pressure.
- 16. This abbreviation stands for automated external defibrillator.
- 17. This suffix means chest.
- 19. Largest artery in the body.
- 20. These have thin walls and carry blood towards the heart.
- 21. This abbreviation stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- 23. This disease narrows arteries around the heart.
- 24. This suffix means involuntary muscle contraction.
Down
- 1. This root word means muscle.
- 2. This tool records and measures using a ultrasound.
- 3. This condition occurs when a artery has a weakened wall, causing swelling.
- 4. This is a condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow.
- 5. This tool also uses ultrasounds but determines if there is any narrowing of the arteries.
- 8. Outer Muscle that protects the heart.
- 9. This disease occurs when a part of the heart doesn't get the blood flow it needs.
- 13. This root word means aorta.
- 14. This condition is when the heart completely shuts down.
- 15. This root word means heart.
- 18. This procedure injects dye to highlight veins and arteries in a x-ray.
- 22. This organ pumps blood to the rest of the body.