Medical Terminology
Across
- 3. MI
- 4. VSS
- 9. machine records the electrical activity of the heart, helps check heart rhythm and helps diagnose other heart problems
- 14. organ made of cardiac muscle and located in the middle left of the body
- 16. increased pressure in the blood pressure
- 17. DM
- 20. swollen and dilated veins
- 22. CPR
- 23. thin walls that carry blood to the heart
- 24. An x-ray dye is injected into the blood vessels to diagnose things like stenosis and aneurysms
- 25. apart or through
Down
- 1. a procedure when a patient's heart is replaced with the heart of a doner
- 2. process of cutting
- 5. behind or back/backward
- 6. When the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 7. Complete stopping of the heart
- 8. largest artery in the body and carries blood as the main branch down the center of the body
- 10. surgical puncture to remove fluid
- 11. a thin inner layer that lines the chambers
- 12. A monitor that records heart activity to show a pattern for the symptoms a patient may be having
- 13. heart or crown
- 15. when an artery has a weakened wall causing it to swell
- 18. OR
- 19. thick walls that carry blood away from the heart
- 21. uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels