Cardiovascular System

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