Cardiovascular System Review Crossword
Across
- 2. – Abbreviation for blood pressure
- 5. – The muscular middle layer of the heart
- 6. – Abbreviation for electrocardiogram
- 8. – Abbreviation for heart rate
- 9. – Device that measures oxygen levels in the blood
- 13. – Suffix meaning pain
- 16. – Abbreviation for congestive heart failure
- 17. – Test that records the heart’s electrical activity
- 19. – The thin inner lining of the heart chambers
- 20. – Imaging test that uses sound waves to view the heart
- 21. – Suffix meaning a condition of the blood
- 23. – Machine that helps a patient breathe
Down
- 1. – Instrument used to measure blood pressure
- 3. – The wide top portion of the heart
- 4. – Suffix meaning inflammation
- 6. – The outer layer of the heart
- 7. heart failure – A condition where the heart cannot pump efficiently
- 8. – High blood pressure
- 10. – Abnormally fast heart rate
- 11. – A weakened, bulging area in a blood vessel
- 12. – Prefix meaning excessive or above normal
- 14. – The pointed bottom of the heart
- 15. – Word root meaning heart
- 18. – Abbreviation for coronary artery bypass graft
- 22. aneurysm – A weakened artery in the brain