Cardiovascular System
Across
- 4. A test used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate muscle damage.
- 5. a disease/disorder in which there is a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart.
- 6. abbreviation: cardiovascular
- 11. root word: meaning skin
- 12. suffix: meaning inflammation
- 14. abbreviation: intensive care unit
- 17. A test that involves many wires hooked up to the patient and the records the electrical activity of the heart (heat rhythm and other heart issues).
- 19. Pumps blood to the rest of the body.
- 20. Blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.
- 21. abbreviation: do not resuscitate
- 22. also known as high blood pressure
- 24. Ultrasound is used to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 25. Circulates oxygenated blood from the heart to all parts of the body
Down
- 1. Carries oxygen-depleted blood to the heart.
- 2. Inner tissue that lines each chamber of the heart.
- 3. prefix:above/over or excessive
- 7. swollen and dilated veins
- 8. Instrument used to measure pressure
- 9. A condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed.
- 10. A condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping blood from the left ventricle.
- 13. prefix: under or insufficient
- 15. suffix:meaning condition
- 16. abbreviation: basic metabolic panel
- 18. abbreviation: coronary artery disease
- 23. This test uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessels to determine if they are narrrowed or have a blood clot.