Across
- 2. The small branch of veins is called the:
- 5. This is the thin inner layer that lines each chamber of the heart
- 7. The outer layer of the heart
- 10. The complete stopping of the heart
- 15. This suffix means "small"
- 16. This abbreviation means "emergency department"
- 17. The condition in which an artery has a weakened wall
- 18. This abbreviation means "cardiovascular"
- 19. This abbreviation means "nothing by mouth"
- 20. This abbreviation means "rule out"
- 21. Is another word for high blood pressure.
- 23. The condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
Down
- 1. A test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 3. Also known as the blood pressure cuff, this takes a person's blood pressure
- 4. This suffix means "surgical puncture to remove fluid"
- 5. Also known as an EKG, this test uses a machine that records the electrical activity of the heart
- 6. This abbreviation means "electrolytes"
- 8. A test in which X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing (stenosis) or aneurysms
- 9. This is the middle muscular layer in the heart that contracts to pump blood
- 11. This prefix means "self"
- 12. These have very thin walls so the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide as well as the exchange of nutrients can occur
- 13. Hardening of the arteries.
- 14. This is used to inject the dye into the vessels surrounding the heart
- 22. This prefix means "through"
- 24. This root word means "clot"