Cardiovascular System
Across
- 1. Refers to blood vessels
- 3. Congestive Heart Failure
- 5. Pressure Monitor Measures the pressure of blood in the arteries
- 6. Failure The heart's inability to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs
- 11. Refers to arteries
- 12. Artery Disease Narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries
- 15. High blood pressure
- 17. Coronary Artery Disease
- 20. Smallest blood vessels where oxygen and nutrients exchange with tissues
- 21. Refers to veins
- 22. X-ray of blood vessels after injecting a contrast dye
- 23. Refers to a condition in the blood
- 24. Test Monitors heart function during exercise
Down
- 2. Buildup of plaque in the arteries
- 4. Refers to the heart
- 7. The double-layered sac that surrounds the heart, protecting and lubricating it
- 8. Records the electrical activity of the heart
- 9. Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood to the heart
- 10. Irregular heartbeat
- 13. Blood pressure
- 14. The primary organ responsible for pumping blood through the body
- 16. Electrocardiogram
- 18. Uses sound waves to create an image of the heart
- 19. Myocardial Infarction
- 22. Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart