Medical Terminology
Across
- 4. Records the electrical activity of the heart
- 6. threading a catheter into the heart to make a diagnosis
- 7. connection with the heart
- 9. blood vessels supplying the heart muscle become narrowed or blocked
- 10. A device that records continuous ECg over 24 to 48 hours to detect abnormalities in the hearts rhythm
- 12. microscopic blood vessels
- 15. coronary artery disease
- 16. myocardial infarction
- 17. collective term for arteries, veins, and capillaries
- 19. relating to blood vessels
- 20. High blood pressure
- 21. Referring to blood vessels
- 23. Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to other parts of the body
Down
- 1. uses sound waves to create images of the heart
- 2. involving blood vessels
- 3. Pumps blood throughout the circulatory system
- 5. heart is unable to pump blood efficiently
- 8. blood flow to a muscle is blocked
- 11. Blood Pressure
- 12. Congestive Heart Failure
- 13. Blood vessels that transport blood back to the heart
- 14. Pertaining to the heart
- 18. Electrocardiogram
- 22. Irregular heart rhythm