Cardiovascular System
Across
- 4. / records the hearts electrical signals to detect arrhythmias
- 6. / Known as a heart attack
- 7. Muscle / Pump blood through the body
- 11. / An ultrasound of the heart
- 12. / exchange oxygen, nutrients, and waste between blood and tissues
- 14. Artery Disease / Narrowing of the arteries that supply blood to the arms and legs
- 15. Catheterization / When a catheter is inserted into a blood vessel to measure temperature and inject dye
- 16. / A type of arrhythmia that creates blood clots
- 18. / Primary pump for the Cardiovascular System
- 21. Heart Failure / When the heart is to weak or stiff to pump blood effectively
Down
- 1. / When blood flow is interrupted or reduced to the brain causing the brain to be deprived of oxygen
- 2. / Inflammation
- 3. Computed Tomography Scan / Uses X-rays to create 3D images of the heart and blood vessels
- 5. / Heart
- 8. / Irregular heart beat that is too slow, too fast, or uncoordinated
- 9. Heart Disease / When blood vessels supplying the heart become blocked or narrowed
- 10. / Vessel
- 11. / A test that measures the electrical activity of the heartbeat
- 13. / Vein
- 15. / When the heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should
- 16. / Transfer oxygenated blood away from the heart
- 17. / Artery
- 19. / Transfer deoxygenated blood back to the heart
- 20. Test / Measures how the heart works under physical stress
- 21. / A surgical procedure used to treat coronary heart disease