Cardiovascular Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Coronary artery disease
  2. 3. Tiny blood vessels that connect arteries and veins and where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged with tissues.
  3. 5. Electrocardiogram
  4. 7. Congestive heart failure
  5. 9. The fluid that circulates throughout the body, carrying oxygen, nutrients, and waste products
  6. 11. Peripheral arterial disease
  7. 13. Deficiency, blockage
  8. 14. Artery
  9. 15. The central muscular organ that pumps blood.
  10. 16. Uses sound waves to create images of the heart.
  11. 17. Atrium
  12. 18. Vessels that carry blood with less oxygen back to the heart.
  13. 19. heart disease Occurs when the flow of blood to the heart muscle is blocked or reduced.
  14. 21. Sound
  15. 23. Affects blood vessels supplying the brain.
  16. 24. Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
  17. 25. index Compares blood pressure in the ankles and arms to diagnose PAD.
  18. 26. pressure cuff Measures blood pressure.
Down
  1. 1. heart failure The heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's need
  2. 2. Heart
  3. 4. Vessel
  4. 5. Records the electrical activity of the heart.
  5. 6. Heart, crown, or circle
  6. 8. monitor A portable EKG device that records heart rhythm for an extended period
  7. 10. Vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart.
  8. 12. disease Conditions affecting the aorta, the body's main artery.
  9. 14. Yellowish, fatty plaque
  10. 20. A type of X-ray that uses dye to visualize blood vessels.
  11. 22. arterial disease A disease of the blood vessels in the arms and legs.