Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 1. potassium chloride
  2. 5. another term for high blood pressure
  3. 7. term that describes bottom part of heart
  4. 11. device placed under skin to control heartbeat
  5. 13. number of chambers in the heart
  6. 15. outer layer of the heart
  7. 16. tool used to hear sounds of the heart
  8. 18. prefix meaning 'around'
  9. 20. tools that measures blood pressure
  10. 21. combining word for 'vessel'
  11. 24. condition in which arteries swell due to weakened walls
Down
  1. 2. complete stopping of the heart
  2. 3. combining word for 'chest'
  3. 4. hypertension
  4. 6. as needed
  5. 8. restores a normal heartbeat by sending electric shocks
  6. 9. veins are swollen/dilated
  7. 10. exchange oxygen & carbon dioxide in the blood
  8. 12. electrocardiogram
  9. 14. prefix meaning 'fast'
  10. 16. small tube used to keep a blocked passageway open
  11. 17. sac around the heart is inflamed
  12. 19. vessels that carry blood toward heart
  13. 22. nothing by mouth
  14. 23. suffix that refers to the process of recording