Cardiovascular System
Across
- 4. root meaning "vessel"
- 5. lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out
- 7. condition where heart can't pump effectively
- 9. abbreviation for heart failure
- 12. chronically high blood pressure
- 13. prefix meaning "fast"
- 14. prefix meaning "slow"
- 15. upper chamber ofreceivesrt that recieves blood
- 16. prefix meaning "heart"
- 18. abbreviation for heart bypass surgery
- 20. abbreviation for heart rate
- 21. portable device that records heart rhythym
- 22. suffix meaning "blood condition"
- 23. measures heart function during excercise
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- 1. tiny blood vessels where gas exchange occurs
- 2. a medical term for a heart attack
- 3. muscular layer of the heart responsible for pumping
- 6. test that records the heart's electrical activity
- 8. ultrasound image of the heart
- 10. abnormal heart rhythym
- 11. procedure using a thin tube to examine heart vessels
- 14. abbreviation for blood pressure
- 17. chest pain cauMyocardial infarction, a flow to the heart
- 19. largest artery carrying blood from the heart to the body
- 22. abbreviation for heart electrical tracing