Cardiovascular Crossword Terms
Across
- 1. : Test that records the heart’s electrical activity
- 2. : Abbreviation for heart rate
- 4. : Tiny blood vessel where oxygen exchange happens
- 6. : Organ that pumps blood through the body
- 8. : Suffix meaning record or picture
- 11. : High blood pressure
- 12. : Abbreviation for congestive heart failure
- 13. infarction : Another name for a heart attack
- 14. : Irregular heartbeat
- 18. : Prefix meaning heart
- 19. : Plaque buildup in arteries
- 20. : Upper chamber where blood enters the heart
Down
- 1. : Ultrasound image of the heart
- 2. failure : When the heart cannot pump enough blood
- 3. pressure cuff : Device used to measure blood pressure
- 5. : Lower pumping chamber of the heart
- 7. : Root meaning vessel
- 8. : Suffix meaning inflammation
- 9. : Abbreviation for blood pressure
- 10. : Tool used to listen to heart sounds
- 11. : Root meaning blood
- 13. : Abbreviation for myocardial infarction
- 15. : Abbreviation for coronary artery disease
- 16. : Largest artery in the body
- 17. : X-ray imaging of blood vessels