How Does the Cardiovascular System Work?
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- 3. Tool used to listen to heart sounds.
- 6. Abbreviation for coronary artery bypass graft.
- 8. Buildup of plaque inside the arteries.
- 10. Root meaning vessel.
- 12. Abbreviation for heart rate.
- 14. A weakened area of a blood vessel that bulges.
- 17. Abbreviation for blood pressure.
- 18. Root meaning vein.
- 19. Disease affecting the heart muscle.
- 21. Tiny blood vessel where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged with tissues.
- 22. Organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
- 24. Imaging procedure used to examine blood vessels.
- 25. Root meaning artery.
Down
- 1. Test that records the electrical activity of the heart.
- 2. Root meaning blood.
- 4. Term for high blood pressure.
- 5. Ultrasound test that creates images of the heart.
- 7. Blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart.
- 9. Abbreviation for congestive heart failure.
- 11. A strange/unusal heart rhythm.
- 13. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
- 15. Tool used to measure blood pressure.
- 16. Abbreviation for coronary artery disease.
- 20. The muscular tissue of the heart.
- 23. Root meaning heart.