How does the Cardiovascular System Work?
Across
- 2. Prefix meaning “Heart”
- 6. Medical term for high blood pressure.
- 8. Suffix referring to blood vessels
- 9. Myocardial Infarction
- 11. Electrocardiogram
- 14. Irregular heartbeat.
- 15. Tool used to listen to heart sounds.
- 17. Blood Pressure
- 20. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
- 21. Ultrasound imaging to examine the heart.
- 23. pressure cuff Device to measure blood pressure.
- 24. Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
Down
- 1. Suffix meaning “narrowing”
- 3. Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
- 4. Blood vessels that return blood to the heart.
- 5. Imaging technique used to view blood vessels.
- 7. Test that records the electrical activity of the heart.
- 10. Suffix meaning “surgical removal”
- 12. infarction Another term for a heart attack.
- 13. The largest artery in the body.
- 16. Tiny blood vessels where exchange of gases and nutrients occurs.
- 18. The central organ of the cardiovascular system, pumps blood.
- 19. Heart rate
- 22. Prefix meaning “vessel”
- 25. Congestive Heart Failure