Cardiovascular System
Across
- 3. a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 5. The wall between the left and right atria
- 7. within
- 8. normal sinus rhythm
- 14. there is a narrowing in the artery surrounding the heart
- 17. contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing (stenosis) or aneurysms
- 18. rupture
- 19. congestive heart failure
- 21. Has three flaps or cusps
- 22. slow
- 24. instrument to measure blood pressure
Down
- 1. pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 2. swollen and dilated veins
- 4. Exchange of oxygen & carbon dioxide
- 6. records the electrical activity of the heart
- 9. pain
- 10. surgical removal/ excision
- 11. artery wall is weak and swollen
- 12. vital signs stable
- 13. Has two flaps or cusps
- 15. carry blood away from the heart
- 16. high blood pressure
- 20. measures certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
- 23. coronary artery bypass graft
- 25. point of maximum impulse of the heart when felt during examination