Activity 2: How Does the Cardiovascular System Work?

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Across
  1. 2. common abbreviation for blood pressure
  2. 4. suffix meaning "surgical removal"
  3. 9. suffix meaning recording (e.g., angiography)
  4. 10. portable 24-hour ECG recorder
  5. 12. blocked arteries in the arms/legs
  6. 16. when the heart can't pump enough blood
  7. 19. suffix that indicates a blood condition
  8. 20. narrowing of the valve that leads to the body
  9. 21. root meaning "heart"
  10. 23. inner lining of the heart chambers
  11. 24. abbreviation for coronary artery disease
Down
  1. 1. medical term for a heart attack
  2. 3. returns oxygen-rich blood from lungs
  3. 5. traces the heart's electrical activity
  4. 6. infection of the heart's inner lining
  5. 7. largest artery leaving the heart
  6. 8. muscle that actually pumps blood
  7. 11. common abbreviation for heart rate
  8. 13. ultrasound test of the heart
  9. 14. protective sac around the heart
  10. 15. exercise-based test that monitors the heart
  11. 16. abbreviation for congestive heart failure
  12. 17. type of heart attack with ST-segment elevation
  13. 18. suffix meaning "inflammation"
  14. 22. threaded tube to view coronary arteries