Cardiovascular System Crossword
Across
- 2. abbreviation for potassium chloride
- 4. scan that measures amount of calcium in the walls of the coronary arteries
- 7. abbreviation for "vital signs stable"
- 12. multiphase process which is characterized with activation of endothelial cells
- 14. suffix for "process of cutting"
- 16. "finely-tuned instrument that serves the whole body"
- 19. disfigurement of the hearts blood pumping function
- 20. combining word for "fat"
- 23. group of primary diseases of the heart muscle
- 25. disease that surrounds irregularities in the heart beat
Down
- 1. tool used to record heart rhythm
- 3. connects the smallest arteries to the smallest veins
- 5. tool used to obtain detailed imaging of the body
- 6. suffix for "formation of an opening"
- 8. abbreviation for "as needed"
- 9. prefix for "behind/backward"
- 10. abbreviation for "intensive care unit"
- 11. medical procedure often used to diagnose syncope
- 13. tool used for monitoring and diagnosing heart rhythm disturbances
- 15. straited, branched, and contain many mitochondria
- 17. most abundant cells covering the skin, body cavities,and blood vessels
- 18. poor blood flow to the brain and causes cell death
- 21. group of conditions affecting the aorta
- 22. prefix for "many"
- 24. abbreviation for sodium