Cardiovascular System - Medical Terminology - Evelina Oselskis
Across
- 2. under/below/ or less than normal
- 4. The outer layer of the heart
- 6. condition where the pericardial sac around the heart is inflammed
- 11. instrument to measure preassure (medical term)
- 13. middle
- 17. instrument that records the heart's electrical signals to spot heart attacks
- 19. The inner layer of the heart
- 22. behind or back/backward
- 23. a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 24. low blood pressure
Down
- 1. increased pressure in the blood vessels
- 3. blood
- 5. condition where the artery has weakened walls
- 7. fast
- 8. within
- 9. congestive heart faliure
- 10. acute myocardial infarction
- 12. a high sensitivity protein test used to detect heart muscle damage or a heart attack
- 13. The middle layer of the heart- the muscular layer
- 14. The top of the heart
- 15. The bottom of the heart
- 16. point of maximum impulse of the heart when felt during examiniation
- 18. condition where the heart muscle is abnormally thick or rigid
- 20. procedure that uses x-rays and a special contrast dye to view the inside of blood vessels and the heart chambers
- 21. automated external defibrillator