Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 2. thickest layer in arteries
  2. 3. tests that use ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
  3. 8. in the cardiovascular system, the blood picks up oxygen and drops of carbon dioxide where?
  4. 9. pericardial sac around the heart is inflammed
  5. 10. tool used for listening to the heart
  6. 13. abbreviation for blood
  7. 15. prefix meaning fast
  8. 18. each artery is a muscular tube lined by what kind of tissue?
  9. 19. combining word meaning clot
  10. 21. layman term for myocardial infarction
  11. 23. abbreviation for coronary artery disease
  12. 24. narrowing in arteries surrounding heart
  13. 25. combining word meaning vein
Down
  1. 1. condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell like a balloon
  2. 4. the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow
  3. 5. abbreviation for acute myocardial infarction
  4. 6. blood travels as it goes to the lungs to get oxygen and then returns where?
  5. 7. abbreviation for ventricular tachycardia
  6. 11. machine that records the electrical activity of the heart and its vessels
  7. 12. portable EKG that patients wear for a few days to show possible patterns for symptoms
  8. 14. uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessels to determine if they are narrowed or have a thrombus
  9. 16. suffix meaning process of recording
  10. 17. what kind of tissue is on the outside of veins?
  11. 20. abbreviation for basic metabolic panel
  12. 22. combining root word for blood vessel