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Blood Vessels Tic-Tac-Toe

Teacher: DocScott
Across
Abbreviation "atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease"
Ability of a vein to distend and store blood
Word root for "carbon dioxide"
Name of the only artery in your body carrying deoxygenated blood and the only vein carrying oxygenated blood
Artery formed by the merging of the vertebral arteries sending branches to the brain stem and the circle of Willis.
Fishing rod and ----
Latin stem for "fever" or "heat"
Vessel returning all deoxygenated blood from below the diaphragm
Word root for "thirst"
Medical abbreviation for acute myelocytic leukemia
Medical abbreviation for congenital dislocation of the hip
Shortest medical abbreviation for computer anatomical tomography
Medical abbreviation for atherosclerotic heart disease
Condition of being full in medicine used often with oxygen and expressed as a percent.
Abbreviation for carbohydrate
First unpaired branch off the abdominal aorta supplying oxygenated blood to the liver, stomach and spleen
Abbreviation used by a licensed practical nurse
Source of oxygenated blood for most of the small intestine
Medical abbreviation for "estimated blood loss"
Atomic symbol for the positive ion found in highest concentration in ECF
Word root meaning "cell"
Termination of the abdominal aorta as it divides into this right and left vessel
Common medical abbreviation used to indicate a clot in a vein
Medical abbreviation for hypertensive heart disease
Considered the capacitance vessels (able to distend and store blood) or names applied to vessels returning blood to the heart.
Latin prefix meaning "same" or "equal"
Found at the base of the brain surrounding the pituitary gland and carries the entire arterial blood supply of the brain(formed from the vertebral and carotid arteries)
Word root meaning sameness, or unchanging
Atomic symbol for the element often found with sodium in the body or in table salt
Resistance vessels OR Small diameter blood vessel connecting an artery to capillaries
Latin word root meaning "cause"
Medical abbreviation for the average driving force of blood to the tissues; calculated by taking diastolic pressure & adding 1/3 of pulse pressure
Medical abbreviation often used in place of heart attack (myocardial infarction)
Medical abbreviation for nasogastric
Abbreviation for enzyme found in cardiac and skeletal muscle as well as brain tissue. Checked for following heart attacks and to detect certain muscle diseases.
Medical abbreviation for cerebrovascular accident aka stroke
Medical abbreviation for "Toxic Shock Syndrome"
Medical abbreviation for intravenous pyelogram
-------ovale: fetal shunt between RA and LA
Down
Name given to any large vessel conducting blood away from the heart.
Small vessels draining capillaries into veins
Word root for "fat"
Latin stem for "cold"
You condition if your arterial blood pH was 7.28
Atomic symbol for major element found in your bones
Abbreviation for Tennessee
Prefix meaning "upon"
Location of baroreceptors and chemoreceptors in the major artery carrying oxygenated blood to the brain//important in regulating vascular homeostasis
Largest artery in the body
Vessel were all exchange of nutrients and wastes occurs
Abbreviation for a cause of sudden death
Artery normally auscultated when taking a manual blood pressure (continuation of the axillary artery distally)
Great --------vein is located superficially on the medial leg & thigh. Sometimes used for donor vessels for CABG's.
RBC's proper name?
Name given to veins associated with the head and arms
The vein which drains the upper limb and becomes the subclavian vein
Place you can check for a pulse during CPR
Vessel formed by the merging of the two brachiocephalic veins
Usual number of branches found on the human aortic arch
Paired arteries carrying oxygen to the kidneys
Word root meaning "calcium"
Source of oxygenated blood for the distal colon
Word root meaning "gland"
Artery commonly used to take a patients pulse
Lining of all blood vessels
Insufficient blood flow to tissues
Structure in veins that keeps blood moving back to the heart.
Cardiogenic _______ or anaphylactic _____ or septic ______or circulatory _____ or neurogenic ______ or obstructive _______.
Latin prefix meaning "scanty" or "few"
Latin prefix for "cheek"
Latin prefix for "vessel"
The financial condition people assume all medical doctors are in or a possible nickname for "Richard"
Common abbreviation for thrombocytes