Cardiovascular system
Across
- 2. blood pressure a disease that cause the blood pressure to be to high in the veins
- 3. nothing by mouth
- 6. test During this test the patient is asked to walk on a treadmill or ride a bicycle to increase how hard the heart is working. The patient’s oxygen levels and EKG are monitored during the test. You may hear this test called a treadmill test or an exercise test.
- 8. disease that causes hardeing of the arteries
- 9. automated external defibrillator
- 11. suffix meaning vein
- 12. suffix meaning sound
- 14. failure a disease in which the heart is not pumping blood around as much as it should be
- 16. suffix meaning heart or crown
- 17. ultrasonography This test uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessels to determine if they are narrowed or have a thrombus
- 21. suffix meaning chest
- 22. coronary artery disease
Down
- 1. X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing (stenosis) or aneurysms.
- 2. major organ in cardiovascular system
- 4. ultrasound to look at heart and veins
- 5. tissue heart mostly contains what type of tissue
- 7. tissue tissue that covers the heart, arteries, and veins
- 8. pectoris meaning pain in the chest, happens when heart is not receiving enough blood
- 10. suffix meaning plug or blockage
- 13. congestive heart failure
- 15. impression
- 18. other organ in the cardiovascular system
- 19. stenosis a disease when the mitral valve is abnormally narrow and can cause unsteady blood flow
- 20. enzymes lab test used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage.