cardiovascular system
Across
- 4. exchange of materials between the blood and tissue cells
- 7. carry blood away from the heart
- 9. carry blood toward the heart
- 12. takes dynamic x-ray pictures of your heart
- 17. Cardiovascular disease
- 18. records the electrical signal from the heart to check for different heart conditions
- 19. irregular heartbeat
- 21. Acute coronary syndromes
- 22. outer layer of connective tissue
- 24. measures the response of the atomic nuclei of body tissues to high-frequency radio waves when placed in a strong magnetic field
- 25. pumps blood around your body
Down
- 1. suffix meaning chest
- 2. prefix meaning excessive
- 3. when any valve in the heart has damage or is diseased
- 5. coronary artery bifurcation disease
- 6. heart muscle is cut off from the oxygen it needs to operate
- 8. laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm
- 10. root word meaning vessels
- 11. prefix meaning the heart
- 13. heart not pumping blood as well as it should
- 14. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
- 15. when something blocks blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts
- 16. uses sound waves to show how blood flows through the heart and heart valves
- 20. prefix meaning insufficient
- 23. Cerebrovascular accident