The Cardiovascular System
Across
- 5. anemia marked by absence of all formed blood elements
- 8. suffix meaning blood or blood condition
- 9. episodes of severe chest pain
- 12. record of electrical activity of the heart
- 16. hardening of the arteries due to a build up of cholesterol plaque
- 17. myocardial ______ heart attack
- 18. combining for meaning clot
- 19. abnormally fast resting heart rate
- 22. a foreign object circulating in the blood
- 23. to control bleeding
- 24. loss of normal heartbeat rhythm
- 25. blood poisoning caused by microorganisms and their toxins in the blood
- 26. inflammation of veins
Down
- 1. an abnormally slow resting heart rate
- 2. medication that slows blood coagulation
- 3. mature red blood cells
- 4. electric shock used to restore the heart's rhythm
- 6. balloon like enlargement of an artery wall
- 7. suffix meaning narrowing
- 8. inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
- 10. the blockage of a vessel by an embolus
- 11. combing form meaning white
- 13. combing form meaning aorta
- 14. an agent that dissolved a thrombus
- 15. suffix meaning a mixture or blending
- 20. to control bleeding
- 21. combining form meaning artery or arteries