The Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 2. treats low blood potassium (potassium chloride)
  2. 4. narrowing of the arteries
  3. 6. ultrasound test that views heart and its vessels
  4. 8. doctor who studies hearts
  5. 9. tiniest blood vessels that exchange material between blood and tissue cells
  6. 11. moniter portable device that produces an electrocardiogram
  7. 12. when a patient's oxygen and EKG levels are monitored (treadmill test)
  8. 15. pinkish gray organs that allow air flow
  9. 18. rapid heart rate
  10. 21. force of blood against artery walls is too high
  11. 22. difficult for the heart to pump blood to rest of body, can cause heart failure
  12. 24. narrowing of the aorta
Down
  1. 1. the main organ; network of blood vessels that pump blood
  2. 3. enlarged heart
  3. 5. instrument to measure pulse (blood) pressure
  4. 6. a thin lair of protective tissue surrounding the heart
  5. 7. hardening of arteries that causes heart disease
  6. 10. radiology and x-ray dye is utilized in blood vessels to diagnose
  7. 13. improper beating of the heart
  8. 14. measures items in blood that could show heart damage
  9. 16. disease that affects heart valve between the left chambers
  10. 17. insertion of catheter into the heart
  11. 19. present at birth and affects heart's structure
  12. 20. metabloic disease with very high glucose levels
  13. 23. the connective tissue that is double layered and surrounds the heart like a sac