Cardiovascular Systems and Terms

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  1. 2. Used to measure blood pressure
  2. 8. Vena cava for the bottom half of the body
  3. 10. Uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
  4. 11. Abbreviation for the term: Implantable Cardioverter defibrillator
  5. 13. Abbreviation meaning: Emergency Department
  6. 14. Disease where the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
  7. 19. Prefix meaning within
  8. 20. Combining form meaning plug or blockage
  9. 22. Suffix meaning surgical repair
  10. 23. arrest Complete stopping of the heart
  11. 25. The largest artery in body
  12. 26. Meaning of the abbreviation: Bld
  13. 27. The thin inner layer that lines each chamber in the heart
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  1. 1. Abbreviation meaning: hypertension
  2. 3. The middle, muscular layer of the heart
  3. 4. Responsible for transportation of blood
  4. 5. wires attatched to the chest that record electrical activity in the heart
  5. 6. Often referred to as a "heart attack"
  6. 7. X-ray dye is injected into blood vessels
  7. 9. Vena cava for the top half of the body
  8. 12. Commonly called "high blood pressure"
  9. 15. Disease where the artery has a weakened wall
  10. 16. Listens to the sound of the heart, lungs, and intestines
  11. 17. Suffix meaning enlarged
  12. 18. Meaning of the abbreviation: h/o
  13. 21. The final, outermost layer of the heart
  14. 24. Combining form meaning clot