Cardiovascular System
Across
- 3. Root word meaning vessel.
- 7. Echocardiogram abbreviation.
- 8. Do Not Resuscitate.
- 9. arrest When the heart completely stops.
- 11. Shortness of breath abbreviation.
- 12. Suffix meaning written record.
- 13. Prefix meaning above/over or excessive.
- 15. Tool used to listen to the heart.
- 21. Monitor Portable machine worn for a few days to record heart activity.
- 23. Layer of the heart that contracts to pump blood
- 24. The organs at the center of the cardiovascular systems function.
Down
- 1. vein Swollen and painful veins.
- 2. Tool used to measure blood pressure.
- 4. Procedure done to look at blood vessels, requires x-ray dye.
- 5. artery disease Disorder where your arteries around the heart are narrowing.
- 6. Condition where a sac around the heart is inflamed.
- 10. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft abbreviation.
- 14. Layer of the heart that lines each chamber.
- 16. Prefix meaning fast.
- 17. Condition where an artery wall can swell like a balloon.
- 18. Vessels Three types of these tubs that carry blood everywhere.
- 19. Root word meaning heart.
- 20. Catheterization Catheter injects dye into vessels.
- 22. Outer most layer of the heart.
- 24. Hypertension abbreviation.