Cardiovascular System
Across
- 2. Abbreviation for Electrocardiogram
- 6. A disease that affects the heart muscle and makes it challenging for the heart to pump blood.
- 10. A heart ultrasound that creates pictures of the heart through sound waves.
- 11. A thick layer of the heart that mainly pumps blood throughout the body and lungs.
- 13. A condition where the resting heart rate goes below 60 BPM
- 15. High blood pressure at or above 130/80 mm Hg
- 18. test A medical test where someone is on the treadmill or a bicycle to determine how one's heart and blood flow functions while doing movement.
- 19. Root word for "pertaining to the heart"
- 20. An organ that helps pump blood through the entire body.
- 21. ultrasonography A medical test that uses sound waves to figure out the direction and speed of blood flow through the blood vessels.
- 22. Blood vessels that move the blood out of the heart and go to the tissues and organs.
Down
- 1. Low blood pressure below 90/60 mm Hg
- 3. Prefix for "slow"
- 4. A medical test that shows the electrical signals one's heartbeat produces.
- 5. Abbreviation for Acute Myocardial Infarction
- 7. A medical test that uses X-rays and contrast dye to see someone's blood vessels and heart chambers from the inside.
- 8. Artery Disease One of the most common heart conditions, where it affects the heart's blood vessels from moving oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle.
- 9. Prefix for "fast"
- 12. Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood from the tissues and into the heart
- 13. Abbreviation for Blood pressure
- 14. The smallest blood vessels that help connect the arterioles to the venules.
- 16. Suffix for "inflammation"
- 17. Suffix for "pertaining to"
- 19. Abbreviation for Coronary Artery Disease
- 20. Abbreviation for Heart rate