Cardiovascular System
Across
- 4. Abbreviation for Ventricular Tachycardia
- 5. Abbreviaiton for Automated External Defibrillator
- 7. monitor / a portable ECG machine that records heart activity
- 8. / relating to, or involving the heart and blood vessels
- 11. / a condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 14. / root word for blood
- 16. / prefix for under or insufficient
- 17. / a muscle that pumps blood throughout the body
- 19. / carry oxygen and nutrients through your body
- 21. Abbreviation for Beats per minute
- 22. Abbreviation for Hypertension
- 24. Arrest / a complete stopping of the heart
- 26. / suffix for surgical puncture to remove fluid
- 27. / root word for pulse
- 28. Veins / swollen and dilated veins
Down
- 1. a small electrical device placed in the chest to regulate heart beats
- 2. / also known as EKG, records electrical activity in the heart
- 3. for blood pressure
- 6. a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart
- 9. used to listen for the sounds of the heart& lungs& intestines
- 10. / suffix for condition
- 12. / the innermost layer of the heart
- 13. instrument to measure blood pressure
- 15. / the outermost layer of the heart
- 18. / high blood pressure
- 20. / a type of blood vessel that return deoxygenated blood to your heart
- 23. / condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell
- 25. / prefix for middle