Across
- 2. instrument for measuring blood pressure
- 7. complete stopping of the heart
- 8. root word for skin
- 12. suffix for small
- 14. abbreviation for electrolytes
- 15. root word for chest
- 17. swollen, dilated veins
- 18. suffix for rupture
- 20. injects X-ray dye into vessels to look for clots
- 21. prefix for four
- 22. abbreviation for milliliters of mercury
Down
- 1. portable ECG machine
- 3. between the right atrium and right ventricle
- 4. the middle heart layer that contracts to pump blood
- 5. the space where the heart lies
- 6. test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and vessels
- 9. increased blood pressure in vessels
- 10. test that has the patient exercise to see how hard the heart works
- 11. abbreviation for 'nothing by mouth'
- 13. inner layer that lines each chamber
- 15. inflammation of the sac around the heart
- 16. abbreviation for 'as needed'
- 17. abbreviation for ventricular fibrillation
- 19. the outer layer of the heart
- 20. when an artery has a weakened wall