Across
- 6. thin walls that carry blood toward the heart
- 7. portable ECG/EKG
- 8. prefix for something excessive
- 9. Heart not efficiently pumping blood from left ventricle
- 13. where the heart lies
- 14. high blood sugar
- 15. comes from root word aort(o)
- 17. smaller arteries
- 18. abbreviation for emergency room
- 22. double layer outside of heart wall
- 23. have walls and carry blood away from the heart
- 26. prefix for fast
- 27. test that uses ultrasound
- 28. heart attack
Down
- 1. root word for sound
- 2. root word that is cardi(o)
- 3. middle muscular layer that contracts to pump blood
- 4. laboratory test used to measure certain items in blood
- 5. diagnose test known as EKG and uses wires
- 8. endocardium, myocardium, epicardium
- 10. swollen and dilated veins
- 11. abbreviation for automated external defibrillator
- 12. abbreviation word is CP
- 16. often confused with myocardial infarction
- 19. Checking stress levels by asking patient to exercise
- 20. abbreviation for beats per minute
- 21. abbreviation for blood pressure
- 24. thin layer that lines each chamber
- 25. on chest to help regulate heart beating