Cardiovascular System Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. catheterization – Invasive test to examine heart vessels.
- 3. – Suffix meaning blood condition.
- 5. pressure cuff – Tool used to measure BP.
- 6. – Heart rate.
- 7. – Suffix meaning record or picture.
- 10. – Tiny blood vessels that connect arteries and veins.
- 14. – Prefix meaning slow.
- 15. – Oxygen.
- 16. – Test that records electrical activity of the heart.
- 17. – Ultrasound test of the heart.
- 19. – Tool used to listen to heart sounds.
- 21. – Carry blood away from the heart.
- 22. – Root word meaning heart.
- 23. – Upper chamber of the heart.
- 24. – Carry blood back to the heart.
Down
- 1. infarction – Another term for heart attack.
- 4. – Hardening of the arteries.
- 6. – High blood pressure.
- 8. – Root word meaning vessel.
- 9. – Abnormal heart rhythm.
- 11. – The largest artery in the body.
- 12. heart failure – Heart cannot pump effectively.
- 13. – Prefix meaning fast.
- 18. – Organ that pumps blood through the body.
- 20. – Coronary artery bypass graft.
- 22. – Congestive heart failure.