Across
- 1. potassium chloride
- 5. another term for high blood pressure
- 7. term that describes bottom part of heart
- 11. device placed under skin to control heartbeat
- 13. number of chambers in the heart
- 15. outer layer of the heart
- 16. tool used to hear sounds of the heart
- 18. prefix meaning 'around'
- 20. tools that measures blood pressure
- 21. combining word for 'vessel'
- 24. condition in which arteries swell due to weakened walls
Down
- 2. complete stopping of the heart
- 3. combining word for 'chest'
- 4. hypertension
- 6. as needed
- 8. restores a normal heartbeat by sending electric shocks
- 9. veins are swollen/dilated
- 10. exchange oxygen & carbon dioxide in the blood
- 12. electrocardiogram
- 14. prefix meaning 'fast'
- 16. small tube used to keep a blocked passageway open
- 17. sac around the heart is inflamed
- 19. vessels that carry blood toward heart
- 22. nothing by mouth
- 23. suffix that refers to the process of recording