Across
- 2. combining word meaning blood
- 3. ultrasound used to look at blood going through the vessels
- 5. The organ that pumps the blood to spread away from the body
- 6. suffix meaning to remove the fluid with a surgical procedure
- 7. beats per minute
- 9. automatic external defibrillator
- 10. combining word meaning dialated vein
- 12. coronary artery bypass graft
- 13. high blood pressure
- 14. what carries the blood away from the heart
- 17. used to measure a blood pressure
- 18. portable ECG that is worn over a few days
- 20. combining word meaning heart
- 21. commonly referred to a heart attack
- 23. EKG or ECG
Down
- 1. when the arteries around the heart narrow
- 4. the stopping of the heart
- 8. when an electrical current is brought to the heart through a device in the heart
- 9. combining word meaning the biggest artery in the body
- 11. acute myocardial infarction
- 15. they have they have thin walls and so the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nutrients can occur.
- 16. when the heart is not pumping enough blood from the left ventricle
- 19. intravenous
- 20. the tissue that the heart is made up from
- 22. they carry blood towards the heart