Across
- 1. Hardest working body muscle
- 3. occurs when clot gets stuck in lung artery blocking bloodflow to that part of the lung
- 5. distributors of oxygen-rich blood to body
- 7. Suffix meaning blood or referring to the presence of a substance in the blood
- 9. pertaining to blood's color
- 12. in charge of transport of blood, nutrients and oxygen to cells
- 14. blockage of the vessels that carry blood from the heart to the legs
- 15. recording of electrical heart signals
- 16. condition when heart valves are permanently damaged by fever
Down
- 2. in charge of controlling blood flow from heart's top right chamber to right bottom
- 4. carriers of oxygen-depleted blood to heart muscle
- 6. combining form meaning lack of or insufficiency
- 8. triangular wall of cardiac tissue that separates ventricles
- 10. still or moving image of the internal parts of the heart using ultrasound. In this case, the probe is placed on the chest or abdomen of the subject to get various views of the heart
- 11. a constellation of changes as a result of chronic blood pressure elevation
- 13. pertaining to blood vessel
- 14. prefix meaning surrounding