Across
- 1. Blood vessels that transport deoxygenated blood, along with metabolic waste products, back toward the heart.
- 3. irregular heartbeat that can be too fast, too slow, or irregular
- 6. electrical signals to change irregular heartbeats.
- 7. Blood Pressure
- 8. The fluid that flows through the circulatory system
- 12. inner
- 13. uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 17. This muscular organ pumps blood throughout your body
- 18. Myocardial Infarction
- 19. Coronary artery disease
- 20. plaque, made up of fat, cholesterol, and other substances, builds up inside the arteries
- 22. the four valves of the heart, which may not open or close properly
- 24. The smallest blood vessels that form a network connecting arteries and veins
Down
- 2. type of X-ray
- 4. Electrocardiogram
- 5. instrument to measure pressure
- 9. against
- 10. heart muscle can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs
- 11. outside of
- 14. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- 15. blood flow decreases or stops in one of the arteries of the heart, causing infarction to the heart muscle
- 16. Blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to the body's tissues
- 21. four
- 23. apart or through
- 24. noninvasive imaging technique that produces 3D images of the arteries to detect abnormalities
