med school final study guide
Across
- 1. muscle main wall tissue
- 5. MVR to replace a poorly working mitral valve with an artificial valve
- 6. four of these in your heart
- 7. heart
- 9. artery narrowing and blockage
- 11. heart hole
- 12. irregular heartbeat
- 15. main organ
- 16. embolism clot in lungs
- 21. echo
- 22. evaluate the structure and function of the heart and blood vessels
- 24. atrium
- 25. test to see if there is any stress on your heart
Down
- 2. heart muscle disease
- 3. a blood circulation disorder that causes the blood vessels outside of your heart and brain to narrow, block, or spasm
- 4. ECG
- 8. syndrome tall and thin
- 10. sound
- 13. a minimally invasive procedure to replace a narrowed aortic valve that fails to open properly
- 14. slow
- 17. removal
- 18. a condition in which the blood pressure (BP) is higher than 140 mm Hg systolic or 90 mm Hg diastolic on three separate readings recorded several weeks apart
- 19. cells that make up the heart muscle/cardiac muscle
- 20. a type of surgery that improves blood flow to the heart
- 23. tissue connects, separates and supports