Across
- 3. Meaning heart
- 5. Meaning clot
- 6. Blood pressure
- 9. condition is caused by a buildup of plaque in the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle
- 11. cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- 13. Electrocardiogram
- 14. Uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce highly detailed
- 16. Extremely small vessels that form a network to connect arterioles
- 18. A scan that uses X-rays to create detailed
- 19. occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off
- 20. Myocardial Infraction
- 21. Meaning "vessel" or "duct"
- 23. can become diseased in several ways, such as stenosis (narrowing) or regurgitation (leaking), which reduces blood flow.
- 24. congestive Heart failure
Down
- 1. A non-invasive test that records the heart's electrical activity using small electrode patches placed on the chest, arms, and leg
- 2. abnormal heart rhythm
- 4. a type of connective tissue it is made up of red blood cells
- 7. Meaning vein
- 8. Meaning blood vessel
- 10. An ultrasound that uses sound waves to create moving images of the heart
- 12. Vessels that return deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart
- 15. Pumps blood throughout your body
- 17. Vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
- 19. A test that evaluates how your heart functions during physical activity
- 22. occurs when the heart muscle becomes too weak or stiff to pump blood