Cardiovascular system

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  1. 2. dyspnea on exertion
  2. 4. Extremely small vessels that form a network to connect arterioles and venules, allowing for the exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste with the tissues
  3. 6. Procedure using x-ray dye and a tiny tube called a catheter
  4. 8. A four-chambered muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
  5. 9. shortness of breath
  6. 11. A suffix meaning small
  7. 12. Condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon
  8. 14. Condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow
  9. 15. Made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma, and it transports oxygen, nutrients, and waste products
  10. 16. nursing care plan
  11. 17. hypertension
  12. 18. A prefix meaning around
  13. 19. Occurs when a part of the heart doesn’t get the blood flow it needs
  14. 20. A complete stopping of the heart
  15. 23. A root word meaning blood
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  1. 1. Uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessels to determine if they are narrowed or have a thrombus
  2. 3. A root word meaning vessel
  3. 5. Disorder in which there is a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart
  4. 7. Vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body
  5. 8. Portable device that produces an electrocardiogram once several electrodes have been connected to the chest
  6. 10. A root word meaning heart
  7. 12. X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing (stenosis) or aneurysms
  8. 13. Vessels that return deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart
  9. 21. atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
  10. 22. Way to measure blood pressure.