Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 4. a type of cell that carries nutrients, oxygen, and waste to and from cells
  2. 5. carries blood back to the heart
  3. 6. a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart
  4. 10. muscle that pushes blood through the cardiovascular system
  5. 12. Ventricular fibrillation
  6. 13. a test that monitors the hearts electrical activity
  7. 15. myocardial infarction
  8. 18. a disease that causes the heart muscle to be weakened, stiff, or thickened
  9. 21. arterial fibrillation
  10. 22. a test that draws blood from a vein to be analyzed in a lab
  11. 23. suffix meaning narrowing
  12. 24. often called a treadmill or exercise test
  13. 25. root word meaning vessel
Down
  1. 1. uses a catheter to access blood vessels and image them with a x-ray fluid
  2. 2. a disease that causes irregularities in heartbeat
  3. 3. a disease that indicates birth defects in major arteries/veins and/or the heart
  4. 7. an internal tube that carries blood; as small as a hair
  5. 8. congestive heart failure
  6. 9. root word meaning artery
  7. 11. ventricular tachycardia
  8. 14. a disease that causes lesions in the walls of arteries
  9. 16. a condition that causes high blood pressure
  10. 17. root word meaning heart
  11. 19. root word meaning blood
  12. 20. large passageway that carries blood away from the heart