Cardiovascular Puzzle
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- 2. Heart disease where cholesterol build up on the arteries walls
- 3. pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 8. coronary artery disease
- 10. Irregular heart rhythms, such as palpitations, tachycardia, and fibrillation.
- 12. x-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things
- 14. Used to listen to the sounds of your heart and lungs
- 17. condition where the heart cannot pump blood effectively enough to meet the needs of the body
- 19. These carry blood away from the heart
- 21. The organ that you use to breath
- 23. used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
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- 1. A test where you are asked to walk on a treadmill to see how hard the heart is working
- 4. Root word for heart
- 5. Suffix that means an instrument to measure pressure
- 6. The main organ that pumps blood thought the body
- 7. Normal sinus rhythm
- 9. Prefix meaning under or insufficient
- 11. Prefix meaning fast
- 13. Damage to the brain caused by a blockage or rupture of a blood vessel in the head.
- 15. Have very thin wall where carbon dioxide,oxygen,and other nutrients is exchanged
- 16. a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 18. Echocardiagram
- 20. Suffix meaning pain
- 22. These carry blood to the heart
- 23. cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- 24. shortness of breath