Across
- 8. test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and vessels
- 10. atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- 11. when there is an increased pressure in the blood vessels
- 12. outer layer of the heart wall
- 14. root meaning chest
- 15. point of maximum impulse of the heart when felt during examination
- 16. thin walls where exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients occur
- 18. valve located between the left ventricle and left aorta
- 20. disease where the pericardial sac around heart is inflamed
- 21. congestive heart failure
- 22. normal sinus rhythm
- 24. hypertension
- 25. suffix meaning narrowing
Down
- 1. combining root meaning skin
- 2. combining root meaning emitting of reflecting light
- 3. device with wires implanted in heart wall to deliver an electrical signal to regulate heart beat
- 4. ecg machine that the patient wears for days and records heart activity
- 5. disease where the veins are swollen and dilated
- 6. thin inner layer of the heart wall
- 7. test that records electrical activity of heart
- 9. suffix meaning formation of an opening
- 13. test where x-ray dye is injected into blood vessels to diagnose narrowing or aneuryms
- 17. middle muscular layer of heart wall that contracts to pump blood
- 19. disease where the artery narrows because of fats building up in the artery
- 23. disease where the artery has a weakened wall causing it to swell like a balloon