Across
- 2. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation abbreviation
- 3. Instrument to measure pressure
- 5. A disorder in which there is narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart
- 6. This includes arteries, veins, and capillaries
- 7. Atrial fibrillation abbreviation
- 11. Do not resuscitate abbreviation
- 13. The two largest of these are the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava
- 16. Test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 21. Portable device that produces an electrocardiogram
- 22. When the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 25. Wall between the left and right ventricles
Down
- 1. Suffix that means hardening
- 4. Test that is used to measure certain markers in the blood looking for heart damage
- 8. Commonly referred to as high blood pressure
- 9. Also known as an ekg or ecg
- 10. Swollen and dilated veins
- 12. Prefix that means slow
- 14. Prefix that means inner or within
- 15. Blood pressure abbreviation
- 17. Prefix that means excessive or above
- 18. Condition that is caused by fat building up on the walls of the arteries
- 19. Center of the cardiovascular system’s function
- 20. Largest artery in the body
- 23. Root that means heart
- 24. Ventricular tachycardia abbreviation
