Unit 5 Secondary Terms
Across
- 3. a form of low blood pressure that occurs when standing up from sitting or lying down
- 5. blocked artery caused by a blood clot
- 7. fatty substance that travels through the blood and aids the production of cell membranes, some hormones, and vitamin D
- 8. abnormal hemoglobin resulting in misshaped red blood cells
- 10. veins abnormally swollen veins usually in superficial leg veins
- 12. severe episodes of chest pain from inadequate blood flow to the myocardium
- 14. peripheral arterial occlusive disease with attacks triggered by cold or stress
- 15. medications that reduce the workload of the heart by slowing the heartbeat
- 17. anemia in which red blood cells are larger than normal
- 19. use of electrical shock to restore normal heart rhythm
- 22. medication to decrease excess sodium and water in the blood by stimulating kidneys to secrete unrine
- 24. venous wall and/or valves in the leg veins are not allowing blood flow back to the heart
- 25. double-walled membraneous sac that encloses the heart
- 29. heart abruptly stop beating or develops arrhythmia that prevents effective pumping of blood
- 31. group of cardiac disabilities resulting from insufficient supply of oxygenated blood to the heart
- 32. rapid, irregular twitching of the muscular heart wall
- 34. insufficient B12 necessary for red blood cell formation
- 35. inflammation of a heart valve
- 36. group of bone marrow disorders
Down
- 1. procedure to evaluate how well blood flows through the coronary arteries during exercise
- 2. occlusion/blockage of one or more coronary arteries from plaque buildup (heart attack)
- 4. device for non-professional emergency use to deliver electrical shock to restore heart rhythm
- 6. a record of the electrical activity of the myocardium
- 9. complication of a blood transfusion resulting in an immune response
- 11. sudden blockage of a blood vessel by a foreign object
- 13. failure of blood cell production in the bone marrow causing absence of all formed blood elements
- 16. very rapid heartbeat beginning in the ventricles
- 18. slows and prevents blood clots
- 20. surgical removal of the lining of a clogged carotid artery
- 21. damage to the heart muscle caused by a blood clot blocking a coronary artery
- 23. medication used to dissolve or break down blood clots
- 26. medication to prevent hypertension by blocking enzyme that causes blood vessels to contract
- 27. foreign object such as a blood clot, air or gas, tissue, or tumor circulating the blood
- 28. loss of normal rhythm of the heartbeat
- 30. a deposit of plaque on/within the atrial arterial wall
- 33. localized weak spot or balloon-like rupture in arterial wall