Cardiovascular System Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. the middle, muscular layer that contracts to pump blood.
  2. 8. a portable device that can be used to start CPR/electrical shocks to the heart until help has arrived
  3. 10. this is a preference a person has to not be resuscitated.
  4. 11. a prefix meaning within.
  5. 12. the main organ in the cardiovascular system.
  6. 15. arrest a complete stopping of the heart
  7. 18. helps check heart rhythm and may diagnosis other heart issues.
  8. 20. a condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon.
  9. 21. process of recording, is a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
  10. 24. septum The wall between the right and left atria.
  11. 25. process of recording, is a procedure done in a specialized area of radiology.
Down
  1. 1. This device has wires that are implanted in the heart wall to deliver an electrical signal to regulate heart beats.
  2. 2. this is something that you do when one is choking and or has gone down until EMTs arrive.
  3. 3. a prefix meaning apart or through.
  4. 5. enzymes used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage.
  5. 6. enclosed in a double-layered sac.
  6. 7. the thin inner layer that lines each chamber.
  7. 9. condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed.
  8. 13. a suffix meaning pain.
  9. 14. this condition is increased pressure in the blood vessels.
  10. 16. heart failure a condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow.
  11. 17. the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries.
  12. 18. a suffix meaning surgical removal/excision.
  13. 19. a root word meaning the heart.
  14. 22. a large, sterile room where surgeons operate on patients.
  15. 23. monitor a portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days.