Cardiovascular System
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- 1. Hospital unit for critically ill patients
- 6. Irregular heartbeat
- 10. Largest artery in the body
- 11. Abbreviation for blood pressure
- 14. Ultrasound of the heart
- 17. infarction Medical term for heart attack
- 18. Vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- 21. Hardening of the arteries
- 23. Imaging test of blood vessels
- 25. test Measures heart response to exertion
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- 2. heart failure Condition where the heart can't pump effectively
- 3. Root word meaning “heart”
- 4. Suffix meaning “record” or “image”
- 5. Tiny blood vessels for exchange of gases and nutrients
- 7. Another term for high blood pressure
- 8. Device that delivers a shock to restart the heart
- 9. Root word meaning “vessel”
- 12. Suffix meaning “blood condition”
- 13. Central organ that pumps blood
- 15. Emergency procedure to restore breathing and heartbeat
- 16. catheterization Invasive test to check heart and blood vessels
- 19. Test that records the electrical activity of the heart
- 20. Vessels that return blood to the heart
- 22. Disease of narrowed coronary arteries
- 24. Suffix related to pressure