Across
- 2. condition where atria beats more rapidly than the ventricles, causing quivering movement
- 4. combing form of "to hold back"
- 7. receives blood from pulmonary veins
- 8. Helpful for diagnosing heart damage or scar tissue
- 10. Combining form of body
- 13. Pumps blood to lungs
- 15. Eletrical divice that is implanted in the chest or abdomen to control abnormal cardiac rhythms through a series of electrical discharges
- 18. Rapid, Spontaneous contractions of the muscle fibers in the atria or ventricles
- 21. Irregular Heartbeat
- 23. Prevents the backflow of blood between chambers between the Atrium and Ventricle
- 25. Carries blood from heart to rest of the body
Down
- 1. High Blood Pressure
- 3. Prevents Backflow of blood inti the ventricle
- 5. Disease resulting from reduced blood flow of the heart
- 6. combining form of pulse
- 9. Machine that that continuously records cardiac rythm
- 11. Extra, abnormal heartbeats that disrupt the regular ventricular rhythm of the heart
- 12. Inflammation of the inner layer of the heart muscle
- 14. plaque buildup in the arteries
- 16. small suffix
- 17. Procedure in which blood flow and blood pressure is measured using ultrasound tech
- 19. a surgically established shunt, which allows blood to travel from the aorta to a branch of the coronary artery at a point
- 20. a minimally invasive procedure for opening up blocked coronary arteries, allowing blood to circulate unobstructed to the heart muscle
- 22. Tissue death in the heart muscle resulting from an obstructed artery
- 24. Suffix of Chemical: Chemical Compound/Substance