Cardiovascular Terms
Across
- 1. coronary care unit
- 4. abbreviation for deep vein thrombosis
- 6. ultrasound test to look at blood going through blood vessels
- 7. procedure done in a specialized area of radiology
- 10. suffix for pulse
- 12. disorder which there is a narrowing in the arteries
- 15. prefix for inner
- 16. also known as brain attack
- 17. blood vessel that keeps blood moving
- 19. prefix for union
- 20. artery has a weakend wall
- 21. portable ECG machine that a patient wears over a few days
- 23. main chamber of heart
- 24. largest blood vessel
Down
- 2. complete stopping of the heart
- 3. smallest blood vessel
- 5. abbreviation for dyspnea on exertion
- 8. better known as high blood pressure
- 9. suffix that means heart or crown
- 11. base of the cardiovascular system
- 13. abbreviation for nothing by mouth
- 14. abbreviation for intravenous
- 18. type of test to evaluate how the system is functioning
- 19. tool wrapped around peoples arm to take blood pressure
- 22. suffix for vein