Circulatory System
Across
- 1. the root word that means dilated vein
- 5. the chest is opened up and a blood vessel is taken from somewhere else in the body to replace a closed vessel on the heart
- 7. the upper heart's chamber
- 9. pericardial sac is inflammed
- 11. C_BG
- 13. the heart's muscle
- 14. e_g
- 16. the upper body's largest vein
- 18. artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell
- 19. intensive care ____
- 21. has very thin walls to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 24. excessively high blood pressure
- 25. prevents blood from flowing backwards
Down
- 2. complete stopping of the heart
- 3. commonly referred to as a heart attack
- 4. the tool used for listening to the heart
- 6. using ultrasound to look at the heart and vessels
- 8. bp_
- 9. the combining form that means lung
- 10. the wall between the left and right atrium
- 12. a condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle
- 15. the root word that means cot
- 17. _____ room
- 20. tool used to measure blood pressure
- 22. the root word that means crown
- 23. cardiopulmonary resuscitation