Cardiovascular System
Across
- 2. Protective sac around the heart
- 3. Medical term for heart attack
- 6. Prefix meaning fast
- 7. Pumps blood throughout the body
- 8. Surgery to bypass blocked heart arteries
- 10. Prefix meaning slow
- 12. Chest pain
- 14. Heart can’t pump blood efficiently
- 17. Carry blood back to the heart
- 19. Instrument used to measure blood pressure
- 20. Swelling of an artery
- 21. Oxygen level
- 22. Root meaning heart
- 23. Blood pressure
Down
- 1. Tube and dye procedure to check heart vessels
- 4. Ultrasound used to check blood flow
- 5. Swollen, dilated veins usually in the legs
- 7. High blood pressure
- 8. Tiny vessels where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged
- 9. Uses sound waves to look at the heart
- 11. Records the electrical activity of the heart
- 13. Heart rate or pulse
- 15. Prefix meaning inside
- 16. Carry blood away from the heart
- 18. Prefix meaning around