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