Medical Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. MI
  2. 4. VSS
  3. 9. machine records the electrical activity of the heart, helps check heart rhythm and helps diagnose other heart problems
  4. 14. organ made of cardiac muscle and located in the middle left of the body
  5. 16. increased pressure in the blood pressure
  6. 17. DM
  7. 20. swollen and dilated veins
  8. 22. CPR
  9. 23. thin walls that carry blood to the heart
  10. 24. An x-ray dye is injected into the blood vessels to diagnose things like stenosis and aneurysms
  11. 25. apart or through
Down
  1. 1. a procedure when a patient's heart is replaced with the heart of a doner
  2. 2. process of cutting
  3. 5. behind or back/backward
  4. 6. When the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
  5. 7. Complete stopping of the heart
  6. 8. largest artery in the body and carries blood as the main branch down the center of the body
  7. 10. surgical puncture to remove fluid
  8. 11. a thin inner layer that lines the chambers
  9. 12. A monitor that records heart activity to show a pattern for the symptoms a patient may be having
  10. 13. heart or crown
  11. 15. when an artery has a weakened wall causing it to swell
  12. 18. OR
  13. 19. thick walls that carry blood away from the heart
  14. 21. uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels