How Does the Cardiovascular System Work?

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Across
  1. 7. – The thin, smooth inner membrane that lines the chambers of the heart.
  2. 8. – Ultrasound test that creates moving images of the structure of the heart.
  3. 9. – The medical term for chronic or sustained high blood pressure.
  4. 10. – Medical suffix meaning enlargement.
  5. 11. – Abbreviation for deep vein thrombosis.
  6. 12. – Microscopic blood vessels with very thin walls where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged.
  7. 14. – Hardening of the arteries caused by fatty plaque and cholesterol buildup on the inner walls.
  8. 17. – Abbreviation for narrowing of the arteries that supply the heart.
  9. 18. – Medical prefix meaning slow.
  10. 19. – Combining form meaning pulse.
  11. 22. – Imaging test that uses contrast dye and X-rays to examine blood vessels.
  12. 23. – A localized, balloon-like swelling or bulging in a weakened wall of an artery.
  13. 24. – The thick, muscular middle layer of the heart wall that contracts to pump blood.
Down
  1. 1. – An instrument used by healthcare workers to listen to heart, lung, and bowel sounds.
  2. 2. – The official clinical term for a blood pressure cuff.
  3. 3. – A myocardial _______ is the clinical medical term for a heart attack.
  4. 4. – Medical suffix meaning abnormal narrowing.
  5. 5. – Inflammation of the double-layered protective sac that surrounds the heart.
  6. 6. – Test that records the electrical activity of the heart.
  7. 13. – The combining form or root word meaning vein.
  8. 15. – The abbreviation commonly used in a patient's chart to document shortness of breath.
  9. 16. – The thin outer layer of the heart wall that is also part of the protective sac.
  10. 20. – The medical abbreviation for open-heart coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
  11. 21. – The clinical abbreviation for congestive heart failure.
  12. 22. – The largest artery in the human body that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart.