Across
- 2. this is when the heart stops beating
- 7. the "bag" that surrounds the heart
- 11. this is when heart muscle dies
- 12. an angio_______ is when a balloon is threaded up into a blockage to open it up
- 13. the medical prefix meaning "slow"
- 15. the inside layer of the heart
- 18. the valve that is between the left atrium & left ventricle
- 20. the contractile portion of the cardiac cycle
- 21. the SA & AV nodes, bundle branches & Purkinje fibers are know as the ________ highways of the heart
- 22. all the symptoms caused by coronary artery ischemia
- 24. this is the the type of cardiography test using sound waves
Down
- 1. the relaxation portion of the cardiac cycle
- 3. the striped appearance of cardiac muscle
- 4. the arteries that deliver oxygen to the heart muscle itself
- 5. the valve that separates the right atrium from the right ventricle
- 6. this is a device that is used to cause the heart to beat
- 7. the fluttering feeling in the chest caused by abnormal heart rhythms
- 8. these are the pulmonary vessels that bring oxygenated blood to the left atrium
- 9. the actual muscle portion of the heart
- 10. this is when the heart is pumping too weakly
- 14. the medical word that refers to an "inner" layer of a serous membrane
- 15. the same thing as the visceral pericardium
- 16. is the abbreviation of the name of the surgery to detour around blocked vessels
- 17. this is the pulmonary vessel that takes right ventricular blood to the lungs
- 19. the atrium that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
- 23. the medical root word that refers to fat