Across
- 4. the blockage of a vessel by a foreign body
- 9. combining form meaning aorta
- 11. anemia marked by an absence of all formed blood elements
- 13. hardening of the arteries due to a build up of cholesterol plaque
- 16. severe infection caused by the presence of bacteria in the blood
- 17. electric shock used to restore normal heart rhythm
- 20. Agent that dissolves a thrombus
- 21. Myocardial_________, heart attack
- 23. combining form meaning clot
- 24. episodes of severe chest pain
- 25. suffix meaning a mixture or blending
Down
- 1. A blockage or plug that obstructs a blood vessel
- 2. inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
- 3. inflammation of a vein
- 5. a balloon-like enlargement of an artery wall
- 6. mature red blood cells
- 7. an abnormally slow resting heart rate
- 8. an abnormally fast resting heart rate
- 10. combining form meaning artery or arteries
- 12. medication that prevents the blood from thickening
- 14. combining form that means white
- 15. a record or display of a person's heartbeat
- 18. suffix meaning blood or blood
- 19. loss of normal heartbeat rhythm
- 22. the stopping of a flow of blood.