Cardiovascular System
Across
- 1. / Word root meaning vessel.
- 3. / Organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
- 5. / Word root meaning heart.
- 6. / Suffix meaning inflammation.
- 9. / Blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart.
- 10. / Test that records the electrical activity of the heart.
- 11. / Abbreviation for heart rate.
- 14. / Abnormal heart rhythm.
- 15. / Ultrasound test that creates images of the heart.
- 16. / Abbreviation for coronary artery bypass graft.
- 18. / Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
- 20. / Instrument used to measure blood pressure.
- 22. / Tiny blood vessel where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged.
- 24. / Medical term for high blood pressure.
Down
- 1. / Buildup of plaque in the arteries.
- 2. / Abbreviation for congestive heart failure.
- 4. / Imaging study used to examine blood vessels.
- 7. / Instrument used to listen to heart sounds.
- 8. / Muscular tissue that forms the heart wall.
- 12. / Abbreviation for coronary artery disease.
- 13. / Abnormally fast heart rate at rest.
- 17. / Abbreviation for blood pressure.
- 19. / Word root meaning blood.
- 21. / Abnormally slow heart rate.
- 23. / Word root referring to an artery.