cardiovascular system

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Across
  1. 4. monitor/ a portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days
  2. 9. rupture
  3. 11. instrument used to measure pressure
  4. 14. arrest/ complete stopping of the heart
  5. 16. a condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
  6. 19. apart or through
  7. 21. atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
  8. 22. skin
  9. 23. ventricular tachycardia
  10. 24. uses an ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
  11. 25. myocardial infarction
Down
  1. 1. vena cava/ major vein in your upper body
  2. 2. a condition in which an artery has a weekend wall causing it to swell
  3. 3. valve/ lies between the lower right heart chamber and the pulmonary artery
  4. 5. veins/ swollen and dilated veins
  5. 6. deep vein thrombosis
  6. 7. an instrument used to listen for the sounds of the heart
  7. 8. high blood pressure
  8. 10. x ray dye is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like aneurysms
  9. 12. pulse
  10. 13. surgical puncture to remove fluid
  11. 15. implantable cardioverter defibrillator
  12. 17. septum/ the wall of the tissue that separates the right and left atria of the heart
  13. 18. blood vessels that deliver oxygen rich blood from the heart to the tissues of the body
  14. 20. innermost layer of tissue that lines the chambers of the heart