Cardiovascular System
Across
- 5. recieves blood from the vena cava
- 8. collect oxygenated blood and carry it from the lungs back to the heart
- 9. Plaque buildup in the arteries
- 10. Narrowing of the coronary arteries, resulting in an insufficient blood supply to the heart
- 14. Combining form that means "to hold back"
- 15. Disease that narrows the arteries resulting in decreased blood flow to extremities causing claudication during walking or exercise
- 17. Suffix that means "small"
- 18. A record of the electrical activity of the heart
- 22. A fiberous sac that encloses the heart
- 23. Pumps blood to the rest of the body
- 24. Extra, Abnormal heartbeats that disrupt the regular ventricular rhythm of the heart
- 25. Carries blood away from the heart to rest of the body
Down
- 1. Blood clot that forms on the wall of a blood vessel and stays attached to the site in which it developed
- 2. Disease resulting from reduced blood flow of the heart
- 3. Passage of a tiny plastic tube into the heart through a blood vessel
- 4. Tissue death in the heart muscle resulting from an obstructed artery
- 6. Suffix that means "substance that promotes"
- 7. A machine that continuously records cardiac rhythm
- 11. Procedure in which blood flow and blood pressure are measured using ultrasound tech
- 12. Combining form that means "cast;throw"
- 13. Helpful for diagnosing heart damage or scar tissue
- 16. Rapid,spontaneous contractions of the muscle fibers in the atria or ventricles
- 19. Abnormal sound heard during auscultation, such as whooshing sounds created by a valve not completely closing
- 20. Mass of matter that travels through the blood stream, causing obstruction in blood vessels
- 21. Prefix that means "behind;back;backward"