Health
Across
- 3. disease that affects the heart or blood vessels (aka CVD) __________
- 6. disease that can’t be transmitted by another person, vector or environment __________
- 10. hardened arteries with reduced elasticity __________
Down
- 1. irregular heartbeats when the heart skips a beat or beats very fast or very slowly __________
- 2. disease characterized by the accumulation of plague on artery walls __________
- 4. Top portion of the heart __________
- 5. an acute injury in which blood flow to the brain is interrupted due to an artery supplying blood to the brain being blocked __________
- 7. system which includes your heart, blood and blood vessels __________
- 8. aka high blood pressure, often has no symptoms in its early stages, it is sometimes called a “silent killer” __________
- 9. chest pain that results when the heart does not get enough oxygen; usually caused by atherosclerosis __________ (I left a space in the word)