Across
- 3. nothing by mouth
- 5. above/over/excessive
- 12. portable electrocardiography
- 13. any of the four valves in heart don't open/close
- 14. problem with the rate of the heartbeat
- 15. chest cavity
- 16. a test that uses ultrasound to look at heart/vessels
- 18. pumps blood through the cardiovascular system
- 20. vessels that return blood to the heart
- 21. vessels that deliver blood to tissues
- 23. heart muscle becomes larger and stiffens
- 25. test using x-ray dye injected into blood vessels to see narrowing or aneurysms
Down
- 1. hardeing or narrowing of heart arteries
- 2. measures blood pressure
- 4. network of small vessels that perfuse tissues
- 6. is a substance that travels all over the body and is pumped by the heart.
- 7. heart doesn't pump enough blood
- 8. patient
- 9. as needed
- 10. slow
- 11. records the electrical activity of the heart
- 17. hypertension
- 19. electrocardiography
- 22. fast
- 24. someone who studies