The cardiovascular system
Across
- 3. / The main organ pumps the blood to the body
- 6. / Prefix meaning disease
- 8. Enzymes / used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage.
- 11. Infarction / part of the heart doesn’t get the blood flow it needs.
- 13. / The inner layer of the heart wall
- 15. / Suffix meaning inflammation
- 16. / Abbreviation for Mital Valve Prolapse
- 19. / instrument to measure pressure
- 22. a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 24. / Prefix meaning artery
- 25. / Abbreviation for Shortness of Breath
Down
- 1. / Abbreviation for Hypertension
- 2. / Known as an EKG
- 4. / The outer layer of the heart wall
- 5. / The middle layer of the heart wall
- 7. Arrest / Complete stopping of the heart
- 9. / Prefix meaning heart
- 10. / Swelling of an artery due to a weak wall
- 12. / Largest blood vessel in the body
- 14. / X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing or aneurysms
- 17. / Abbreviation for Dyspnea on Exertion
- 18. / pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed.
- 20. / known as high blood pressure
- 21. / Prefix meaning fast
- 23. / Abbreviation for Congestive Heart Failure