med term crossword
Across
- 3. infarction Medical term for heart attack
- 5. Life-saving procedure used during cardiac arrest
- 7. Short for congestive heart failure
- 11. Largest artery in the body
- 13. Smallest blood vessel where exchange occurs
- 14. Abbreviation for heart rate
- 15. Condition of plaque buildup in arteries
- 17. Records electrical activity of the heart
- 21. Device used to measure blood pressure
- 22. Carries blood to the heart
- 23. Root meaning “heart”
- 24. Another word for high blood pressure
- 25. Carries blood away from the heart
Down
- 1. Tool used to listen to heart or lung sounds
- 2. Suffix meaning “blood condition”
- 4. Irregular heartbeat
- 6. Test that uses sound waves to create heart images
- 8. Main organ that pumps blood through the body
- 9. Prefix meaning “slow”
- 10. Prefix meaning “fast”
- 12. Type of heart surgery that reroutes blood flow around a blockage
- 16. catheterization Uses a thin tube to check heart and blood vessels
- 18. heart failure When the heart cannot pump efficiently
- 19. Root meaning “vessel”
- 20. Abbreviation for blood pressure