Cardiovascular Crossword
Across
- 3. The complete stopping of the heart
- 4. This combining word means: clot (do not include combining vowel)
- 8. A procedure where x-ray dye is injected into the blood vessels to look at them
- 9. A portable ECG that monitors heart activity
- 10. This prefix means: fast
- 13. The abbreviation for 'coronary care unit'
- 14. A procedure where a machine records electrical activity in the heart
- 15. This suffix means: narrowing
- 17. A physical test that tests how hard the heart is working
- 18. When the pericardial sac around the heart is inflammed
- 21. The more medical term for 'high blood pressure'
- 22. This prefix means: slow
- 23. Blood vessels that exchange oxygen and nutrients
Down
- 1. Swollen, dilated vein
- 2. A procedure that uses ultrasound to look at the heart
- 5. An organ made up of muscle that pumps blood
- 6. The abbreviation for 'coronary artery bypass graft'
- 7. The abbreviation for 'congestive heart failure'
- 11. An abnormal balloon-like bulge in an artery
- 12. The abbreviation for 'deep vein thrombosis'
- 13. The abbreviation for 'chest pain'
- 15. This vein circulates blood for the top half of the body
- 16. A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 19. This combining word means: pulse (do not include combining vowel)
- 20. Blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart