Terms of the Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 3. / The inner layer of the heart wall that lines each chamber.
  2. 4. / Combining form (root word) meaning, heart.
  3. 6. / Abbreviation for myocardial infarction.
  4. 7. / Prefix meaning, slow.
  5. 10. / Located on the right side of the heart between the right atrium and right ventricle.
  6. 11. / Abbreviation for congestive heart failure.
  7. 14. / Suffix meaning, pain.
  8. 15. / Often referred to as a blood pressure cuff, used to measure blood pressure.
  9. 17. / Combining form (root word) meaning, pulse.
  10. 20. / Test that involves attaching several tabs with leads to the patient's chest. Records electroactivity of the heart.
  11. 23. / A complete stopping of the heart.
  12. 26. / The outer layer of the heart wall.
  13. 27. / Hardening of the arteries, caused by fat, like cholesterol building up on the artery walls.
Down
  1. 1. / Swollen and dilated veins, often found in the legs, causing pain.
  2. 2. / Test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
  3. 5. / High blood pressure.
  4. 6. / The middle, muscular layer of the heart wall which pumps blood by contracting.
  5. 8. / Test where x-ray dye is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things such as narrowing, or aneurysms.
  6. 9. / Abbreviation for ventricular fibrillation.
  7. 12. / Prefix meaning, fast.
  8. 13. / Portable ECG machine which monitors the patient's heart activity over the course of a few days.
  9. 14. / The artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell up like a balloon.
  10. 16. / Semilunar valve which relates to the lungs.
  11. 18. / A double layered sac which encloses the three layers of the heart wall.
  12. 19. / Suffix meaning, hardening.
  13. 21. / Abbreviation for premature ventricular contraction.
  14. 22. / Abbreviation for implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
  15. 24. / Inflammation of the pericardial sac around the heart.
  16. 25. / Abbreviation for coronary artery bypass graft.