Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 4. Abbreviation for Ventricular Tachycardia
  2. 5. Abbreviaiton for Automated External Defibrillator
  3. 7. monitor / a portable ECG machine that records heart activity
  4. 8. / relating to, or involving the heart and blood vessels
  5. 11. / a condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
  6. 14. / root word for blood
  7. 16. / prefix for under or insufficient
  8. 17. / a muscle that pumps blood throughout the body
  9. 19. / carry oxygen and nutrients through your body
  10. 21. Abbreviation for Beats per minute
  11. 22. Abbreviation for Hypertension
  12. 24. Arrest / a complete stopping of the heart
  13. 26. / suffix for surgical puncture to remove fluid
  14. 27. / root word for pulse
  15. 28. Veins / swollen and dilated veins
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  1. 1. a small electrical device placed in the chest to regulate heart beats
  2. 2. / also known as EKG, records electrical activity in the heart
  3. 3. for blood pressure
  4. 6. a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart
  5. 9. used to listen for the sounds of the heart& lungs& intestines
  6. 10. / suffix for condition
  7. 12. / the innermost layer of the heart
  8. 13. instrument to measure blood pressure
  9. 15. / the outermost layer of the heart
  10. 18. / high blood pressure
  11. 20. / a type of blood vessel that return deoxygenated blood to your heart
  12. 23. / condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell
  13. 25. / prefix for middle