Medical Terminology
Across
- 2. A plaque build up in the arteries outside the heart.
- 5. Root word of Artery.
- 6. An X-ray that creates a 3D image of the heart blood vessels.
- 8. An ultrasound of the heart.
- 11. Tiny vessels that allow the exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste.
- 13. Small electrode patches placed on the chest to record the hearts electrical activity.
- 14. Abbreviation of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
- 16. A fluid consisting of white blood cells, red blood cells, and plasma.
- 17. Vessels that move deoxygenated blood back towards the heart.
- 20. Plaque buildup inside the arteries.
- 21. Abbreviation of Congestive Heart Failure.
- 23. Root word of Blood vessel.
- 24. Abbreviation of Atrial Fibrillation.
Down
- 1. Root word of Heart.
- 3. Root word of Ventricle.
- 4. Blood pushing against the artery walls constantly.
- 5. An invasive procedure where a thin tube is threaded through the blood vessels to the heart with contrast dye to take a X-ray movie of the blood flowing.
- 7. Root word of vein.
- 9. Abbreviation of Electrocardiogram.
- 10. Abbreviation of Myocardial Infarction.
- 12. Test Monitors the heart to see how well blood flows to the heart muscles during physical stress.
- 15. An irregular too fast or too slow heart beat.
- 18. Thick muscular tubes that move blood away from the heart.
- 19. A 4-chamber muscle that pumps blood.
- 22. A blockage in the coronary arteries.