Across
- 2. blood
- 6. complete stopping of the heart
- 8. suffix meaning the process of recording
- 9. records heart activity to show a possible pattern for the symptoms
- 12. have very thin walls so the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide as well as the exchange of nutrients can occur
- 15. increased pressure in the blood vessels
- 17. carry blood toward the heart
- 18. coronary artery bypass graft
- 20. the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body
- 21. root word meaning heart
- 22. condition where the pericardial sac is inflamed
- 24. hypertension
Down
- 1. records the electrical activity of the heart
- 3. have thick walls and carry blood away from the heart
- 4. suffix meaning involuntary muscle contraction
- 5. where an artery has a weakened wall causing it to swell
- 7. automated external defibrillator
- 10. root word meaning atrium
- 11. used to listen to the sounds of the heart
- 13. swollen and dilated veins
- 14. a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 16. organ that pumps blood through the body
- 19. beats per minute
- 23. root word meaning vessel