Cardiovascular System Crossword Puzzle
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- 2. / Blood vessel with very thin walls to exchange oxygen, nutrients, and carbon dioxide
- 5. Machine / Tool used to diagnose problems with the cardiovascular system; measures the electrical activity of the heart
- 6. / Root word often used when talking about the cardiovascular system; meaning blood
- 7. / Disease that can affect the cardiovascular system; the pericardial sack around the heart becomes inflamed due to this disease
- 10. Heart Failure / Disease that can affect the cardiovascular system; the heart is not pumping blood through the left ventricle efficiently, causing reduced blood flow
- 12. / Prefix often used when talking about the cardiovascular system; meaning fast
- 13. / abbreviation often used when talking about the cardiovascular system; meaning blood
- 14. / abbreviation often used when talking about the cardiovascular system; meaning echocardiogram
- 18. / Disease that can affect the cardiovascular system; causes increased tension in the blood vessels; most often referred to as high blood pressure
- 20. / Tool used to diagnose problems with the cardiovascular system; used to measure pressure; often referred to as a blood pressure cuff
- 21. Artery Disease / Disease that can affect the cardiovascular system; causes narrowing in the arteries around the heart
- 22. / Pumps blood throughout the body
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- 1. / Suffix often used when talking about the cardiovascular system; meaning chest
- 3. / Root word often used when talking about the cardiovascular system; meaning vessel
- 4. / Tool used to diagnose problems with the cardiovascular system; used to listen to sounds of the heart or other sounds
- 8. / abbreviation often used when talking about the cardiovascular system; meaning cardiovascular
- 9. / Blood vessel with thick walls; carries blood away from the heart
- 10. / Tool used to diagnose problems with the cardiovascular system; used to inject x-ray dye around the heart during a cardiac catherization
- 11. / Suffix often used when talking about the cardiovascular system; meaning process of recording
- 13. / Distributes oxygen and nutrients throughout the body and transports waste away.
- 15. / Blood vessel with thin walls, carries blood toward the heart
- 16. / abbreviation often used when talking about the cardiovascular system; meaning chest pain
- 17. Monitor / Tool used to diagnose problems with the cardiovascular system; it is a portable ECG machine that the patient wears over the course of a few days
- 19. / abbreviation often used when talking about the cardiovascular system; meaning premature ventricular contraction