The Cardiovascular system
Across
- 6. - largest artery
- 9. - checks blood pressure
- 13. - center of cardiovascular system
- 14. prefix for slow
- 17. - muscular layer of the heart
- 20. the hears inner lining
- 23. - an ultrasound to look at blood vessels and heart
- 24. - increased pressure of the blood vessels
- 25. - suffix for rupture
Down
- 1. vessel - blood transportation
- 2. artery disease - a non reversable illness of clogged arteries
- 3. testing - a way to check how the heart is working when exercising
- 4. - Abbreviation for basic metabolic panel
- 5. - combining term for vessel
- 7. - abbreviation for do no resuscitate
- 8. - abbreviation for catheterization
- 10. monitor - portable machine to document heart activity
- 11. - root for blockage
- 12. - condition of inflamation in the pericardial sac
- 15. - abbreviation for dyspnea on exertion
- 16. - abrevitatio for coronary care unit
- 18. - a recording procedure with dye to check vessels
- 19. heart failure - condition where the left ventricle works improperly
- 21. - suffi for narrowing such as narrowing in the arteries
- 22. infarction - condtion when a part of the heart doesn't get blood flow otherwise known as heart attack