Heart
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- 2. A test or record that tracks the electrical activity of the heart over time.
- 5. A diagnostic tool that uses ultrasound waves to create images of the heart's structures.
- 7. A chronic disease of the heart muscle that makes it harder to pump blood to the body.
- 10. Common two-letter medical abbreviation for blood pressure.
- 13. Three-letter abbreviation for an electrocardiogram.
- 15. An inflammation of the inner lining of the heart chambers and valves, usually caused by infection.
- 19. The fibrous, double-layered sac that encloses and protects the heart.
- 20. Tissue death caused by a local lack of oxygen, commonly occurring during a heart attack.
- 21. An X-ray or imaging view of blood vessels after injecting a special dye.
- 22. A root word or prefix derived from Greek that means heart.
- 23. Abbreviation for Myocardial Infarction, the medical term for a heart attack.
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- 1. A disease characterized by the narrowing of arteries due to plaque buildup.
- 3. An acoustic medical tool used to listen to internal bodily sounds like the heartbeat.
- 4. An instrument used clinically to measure arterial blood pressure.
- 6. The thin layer of cells that lines the inner surface of all blood vessels.
- 8. The thick, muscular middle layer of the heart wall responsible for pumping blood.
- 9. The smooth, inner membrane lining the chambers and valves of the heart.
- 11. A prefix or root word specifically meaning vein.
- 12. Abbreviation for Coronary Artery Disease.
- 14. The muscular wall that separates the right and left sides of the heart.
- 16. A medical suffix that means abnormal hardening of tissue.
- 17. A medical prefix or root word meaning blood or lymph vessel.
- 18. A suffix that means abnormal narrowing or stricture of a duct, vessel, or canal.
- 21. A localized, balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel.
- 22. Abbreviation for Congestive Heart Failure.