Cardiovascular system
Across
- 3. Used to measure certain items in the blood to indicate heart muscle damage
- 6. Uses ultrasound to look at hearts and vessels
- 8. Emitting of reflecting light
- 10. Complete stopping of the heart
- 13. Swollen and dilated veins; often in legs
- 14. vein
- 15. Portable ECG machine that records heart activity to show patterns
- 17. Pericardial sac around heart is inflamed; caused by virus/bacteria/fungi
- 19. Thick walls that carry blood away from the heart
- 20. Acute myocardial infarction
- 21. When an artery has a weakened wall; causes artery to swell
- 22. Monitors levels of oxygen and EKG during exercise
- 23. Thin walls that exchange O2, CO2, and nutrients
- 24. A semilunar valve between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery
Down
- 1. Premature ventricular contraction
- 2. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- 4. Machine records electrical activity of heart to check rhythm/other issues
- 5. Middle and muscular layer of heart that pumps blood
- 7. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- 9. pulse
- 11. Lies between the right atrium and right ventricle and has 3 flaps
- 12. body
- 15. High blood pressure; caused by increased pressure in blood vessels
- 16. echocardiogram
- 18. skin