Cardiovascular Terminology
Across
- 5. small metal tube used for improving blood flow
- 6. prefix that means heart
- 8. Surgical process to improve blood flow
- 9. devices used to open blocked areas
- 10. the study of electrical properties of biological tissue
- 12. catheters used to treat abnormally rapid heartbeat
- 14. microscopic blood vessels
- 15. suffix meaning disease
- 18. suffix meaning condition of
- 19. tissue that makes up the bulk of the heart
Down
- 1. the minimum amount of energy needed to restore a heart rhythm
- 2. suffix meaning abnormal condition
- 3. used to monitor heart rhythms
- 4. suffix meaning "pretaining to"
- 7. muscular tubes that carry oxygen
- 11. used to correct the heart rate
- 13. heart disease that occurs do to a buildup of plaque
- 14. condition that occurs when the heart can't pump enough blood
- 16. main cardio vascular organ
- 17. Blood vessels that return deoxygenated blood to the heart