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