Cardiovascular System Review
Across
- 1. abbreviation for the node that is called the "pacemaker"
- 6. pinpoint hemorrhages in small vessels of the skin
- 7. ecg recording of electricity flowing through the heart
- 10. carries oxygen poor blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
- 13. abbreviation for the disease described as the heart is unable to pump its required amount of blood
- 14. the area between the visceral and parietal pericardial layers
- 19. used to measure blood pressure
- 20. heart valve between the right atrium and ventricle
- 24. contraction phase of the heartbeat
- 25. disease of the heart
- 26. removal of plaque from the inner lining of an artery
- 27. abbreviation for blood clot formed in a large vein, usually in a lower limb
- 29. abbreviation for the disease of the arteries surrounding the heart
- 31. large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- 32. muscle fibers that connect atria with the ventricles and transmits electrical impulses between them
- 33. term meaning open
- 34. smooth inner lining of the heart
Down
- 2. heart valve between the left ventricle and the aorta
- 3. rapid, random, inefficient, and irregular contractions of the heart
- 4. heart attack
- 5. xray image of blood vessels after injection of contrast
- 8. inadequate oxygen in the tissues
- 9. carry nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood from the arterioles to the body cells and waste products to the venules
- 11. relaxation phase of the heartbeat
- 12. abbreviation for high blood pressure
- 15. abbreviation for echocardiography
- 16. local dilation of an arterial wall
- 17. combining form for vein
- 18. blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood to the heart muscle
- 21. carries oxygen rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium
- 22. largest vein in the body, returns blood to the right atrium of the heart
- 23. rapid but regular contractions, usually in the atria
- 28. thinner walled vessels that carry blood to the heart
- 30. high cholesterol levels in the blood