Medical Terminology
Across
- 2. / combining word meaning "electricity"
- 5. / condition where the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 6. / organ that receives food from the esophagus
- 11. / instrument to measure pressure
- 13. / emergency room
- 14. / ventricular fibrillation
- 16. / organ that processes the gas exchange between oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 18. / test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 20. / test that checks heart rhythm and possible detect heart issues
- 22. / procedure that shows narrowing, aneurysms, collects samples, and detects pressure in the heart
- 24. / suffix meaning "one who studies"
- 26. / condition where an artery wall is weakened and swells
Down
- 1. / prefix meaning "above/over" or "excessive"
- 3. / complete stoppage of the heart
- 4. / organ that detoxifies chemicals and filters blood
- 7. / heart attack; lack of blood flow caused by a blockage or narrowing of an artery
- 8. / high blood pressure
- 9. / suffix meaning "instrument to measure pressure"
- 10. / beats per minute
- 12. / point of maximum impulse of the heart when felt during examination
- 15. / combining word meaning "heart or crown"
- 17. / automated external defibrillator
- 19. / organ that pumps blood throughout the body using the circulatory system
- 21. / prefix meaning "against"
- 23. / procedure where vessels can be looked at by injecting an x-ray dye
- 25. / organ that controls thoughts, memory, speech, movement, and all other body functions