Across
- 4. beats per min
- 5. To bring
- 8. This tool is used to listen to the heart, lungs and intestines
- 9. The thick, muscular wall of the heart that contracts and relaxes to pump blood
- 11. Against
- 12. blood
- 15. Is commonly referred to as a heart attack
- 17. Pertaining to
- 19. A disorder in which there is a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart
- 24. is a procedure done in a specialized area of radiology
- 25. emergency department
- 26. The machine records the electrical activity of the heart
Down
- 1. X–ray dye
- 2. Are swollen and dilated veins
- 3. An instrument to measure pressure
- 6. Surgical puncture to remove fluid
- 7. Apart or through
- 10. A complete stopping of the heart
- 13. A muscular organ that acts as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body.
- 14. Tissue that forms the inner lining of blood vessels (endothelium) and the valves of the heart.
- 16. chief complaint
- 18. An artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon
- 20. operating room
- 21. atrial fibrillation
- 22. Vessels that carry deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart. They start as small venules and merge into larger veins
- 23. Vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart. They branch into smaller arterioles