Cardiovascular System
Across
- 3. Swollen or dilated veins
- 6. Acute myocardial infarction
- 9. Test used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
- 12. Thin inner layer that lines each chamber of the heart
- 14. Suffix meaning process of freeing or destroying
- 16. When an artery has a weakened wall causing it to swell
- 19. Diabetes mellitus
- 20. A test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and heart vessels
- 22. Complete stopping of the heart
- 24. Condition when the pericardial sac around the heart becomes inflamed
- 25. Procedure where x-ray dye is injected into blood vessels to diagnose conditions
Down
- 1. Test that records the electrical activity of the heart
- 2. Test used to evaluate how well the the cardiovascular system works
- 4. Muscular layer that contrast to pump blood
- 5. Outer layer of the heart
- 7. Wall dividing the right and left atria from eachother
- 8. Coronary care unit
- 10. around
- 11. Wall dividing the right and left ventricles from eachother
- 13. Hardening of the arteries due to a build up of fat on the walls of the arteries
- 15. Prefix meaning slow
- 17. Root word meaning dilated vein
- 18. Coronary artery bypass graft
- 21. Dyspnea on exertion
- 23. Prefix meaning fast