Unit 5 - Cardiovascular System
Across
- 2. Prefix meaning pulse.
- 6. An instrument to measure pressure.
- 7. Abbreviation for electrocardiograph.
- 10. Condition where the left ventricle is not efficiently pumping blood.
- 11. Red fluid in the body that contains red and white blood cells, platelets, etc.
- 14. Complete stop of the heart.
- 15. Portable ECG machine worn to show patterns in the heart.
- 16. Abbreviation for coronary artery bypass graft.
- 18. A vessel that carries blood in high oxygen content away from the heart.
- 19. Abbreviation for acute myocardial infarction.
- 20. Test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 22. Test to measure items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage.
- 24. Abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- 26. Prefix meaning heart.
Down
- 1. High blood pressure.
- 3. The amount of pressure inside the circulatory system as the blood is pumped around.
- 4. A heart attack.
- 5. Muscle that pumps blood throughout the body.
- 8. A vessel that carries blood low in oxygen towards the heart.
- 9. Prefix meaning blood.
- 12. Disease in which there is a narrowing in the arteries around the heart.
- 13. A tube through which blood circulates the body.
- 17. Prefix meaning vessel.
- 21. When an artery has a weakened wall and swells.
- 23. Procedure that examines blood or lymph vessels by x-ray.
- 25. Prefix meaning dilated vein.