Across
- 2. Shortness of breath abbreviation
- 3. Blood pressure abbreviation
- 4. infarction This condition occurs when a part of the heart doesn’t get the blood flow it needs. It is commonly known as a heart attack
- 6. Suffix meaning enlarged
- 9. Muscular layer in the heart that contracts to pump blood
- 11. Congestive heart failure abbreviation
- 12. arrest A Complete stopping of the heart
- 15. A condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon.
- 16. hardening of the arteries
- 17. Combining form for aorta
- 18. Cardiovascular abbreviation
- 19. ultrasonography This test uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessels to determine if they are narrowed or have a thrombus.
- 20. The cardiovascular or circulatory system has this organ at the center of its function, which is to pump blood to the rest of the body.
- 22. prefix meaning slow
- 23. A test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
Down
- 1. Thin inner layer that lines each chamber of the heart
- 2. Most non medical people call this device a blood pressure cuff.
- 5. Examination by X-ray of blood or lymph vessels, carried out after introduction of a radiopaque substance.
- 7. Prefix meaning fast
- 8. Suffix meaning chest
- 10. heart failure A condition the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow.
- 12. Chest pain abbreviation
- 13. A double-layered sac that encloses the tissues of the heart
- 14. This test helps check heart rhythm and may diagnosis other heart issues.
- 21. The outer layer of the heart