Across
- 2. Test that records the electrical activity of the heart
- 6. Disorder where there is a narrowing of the coronary arteries (omit spaces)
- 9. Root word meaning fatty substance (include combining vowel)
- 11. Tool utilized to listen to the sounds of the heart and other organs
- 12. Abbreviation for intravenous
- 16. Abbreviation for sodium
- 17. Outer layer of the heart
- 19. Insertion of a catheter that is guided into the the arteries and chambers of the heart (omit spaces)
- 21. Instrument to measure blood pressure
- 24. Middle, muscular layer of the heart responsible for pumping blood
Down
- 1. Inflammation of the pericardial sac
- 3. Suffix meaning narrowing
- 4. Bulging area of an artery due to a weak spot in its wall
- 5. High blood pressure
- 7. Hardening of arteries due to buildup of fat on their walls
- 8. Portable ECG machine that a patient wears for days (omit spaces)
- 10. Abbreviation for hypertension
- 13. Inner layer of heart that lines each chamber
- 14. Prefix meaning fast
- 15. Blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart
- 18. Suffix meaning chest
- 20. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 22. Abbreviation for echocardiogram
- 23. Prefix meaning around
- 25. Abbreviation for catheterization