The Cardiovascular System
Across
- 4. tool to measure pressure
- 6. largest artery in the body
- 8. carry blood away from the heart
- 9. abbreviation meaning vital signs stable
- 11. uses ultrasound to look at heart/vessels
- 14. abbreviation meaning shortness of breath
- 15. tool to listen to heart/other body sounds
- 16. artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell
- 19. narrowing in arteries around heart
- 20. poor pumping from l. ventricle
- 23. suffix meaning narrowing
- 24. abbreviation meaning myocardial infarction
Down
- 1. the thin inner layer lining heart chambers
- 2. test to evaluate how well system functions
- 3. inflammation of pericardial sac
- 5. high blood pressure
- 7. root word meaning blood
- 9. carry blood toward the heart
- 10. prefix meaning fast
- 12. double-layered sac enclosing heart
- 13. abbreviation meaning coronary artery bypass graft
- 17. records electrical activity of heart
- 18. prefix meaning above/over/excessive
- 21. root word meaning blood vessel
- 22. abbreviation meaning atrial fibrilation