Across
- 4. the middle, muscular layer that contracts to pump blood.
- 8. a portable device that can be used to start CPR/electrical shocks to the heart until help has arrived
- 10. this is a preference a person has to not be resuscitated.
- 11. a prefix meaning within.
- 12. the main organ in the cardiovascular system.
- 15. arrest a complete stopping of the heart
- 18. helps check heart rhythm and may diagnosis other heart issues.
- 20. a condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon.
- 21. process of recording, is a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 24. septum The wall between the right and left atria.
- 25. process of recording, is a procedure done in a specialized area of radiology.
Down
- 1. This device has wires that are implanted in the heart wall to deliver an electrical signal to regulate heart beats.
- 2. this is something that you do when one is choking and or has gone down until EMTs arrive.
- 3. a prefix meaning apart or through.
- 5. enzymes used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage.
- 6. enclosed in a double-layered sac.
- 7. the thin inner layer that lines each chamber.
- 9. condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed.
- 13. a suffix meaning pain.
- 14. this condition is increased pressure in the blood vessels.
- 16. heart failure a condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow.
- 17. the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries.
- 18. a suffix meaning surgical removal/excision.
- 19. a root word meaning the heart.
- 22. a large, sterile room where surgeons operate on patients.
- 23. monitor a portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days.