Across
- 3. IMP
- 6. At the center of function for the cardiovascular system
- 10. An artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon
- 13. contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing or aneurysms
- 14. -infarction, commonly referred to as a heart attack
- 15. The middle muscular layer that contracts to pump blood
- 16. CV
- 17. The wall between the right and left ventricles
- 18. The wall between the right and left atria
- 19. IV
- 20. K
- 23. Prefix meaning over or excessive
Down
- 1. Prefix meaning under or insufficient
- 2. The outer layer of the heart wall
- 4. Condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 5. Root word meaning blood
- 7. The thin inner layer that lines each chamber of the heart wall
- 8. -veins, swollen and dilated veins
- 9. Root word meaning heart
- 11. uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 12. Root word meaning vessel
- 21. Cardiac- the complete stopping of the heart
- 22. Na