medical term
Across
- 4. – Congestive heart failure
- 8. Diseases (5+)
- 10. Failure – Heart cannot pump blood effectively
- 11. – Ultrasound image of the heart
- 12. – Blood pressure
- 17. – Test that records electrical activity of the heart
- 18. – Organ that pumps blood through the body
- 20. Infarction – Heart attack caused by blocked blood flow
- 21. (5+)
- 23. – Refers to blood vessels
- 25. – Tool used to listen to heart sounds
- 28. – Refers to blood
- 30. – High blood pressure
- 31. Pressure Cuff – Device that measures blood pressure
- 32. Tools (5+)
- 34. – Tiny blood vessels where gas exchange occurs
Down
- 1. – Means inflammation
- 2. – Loss of blood flow to the brain
- 3. – Largest artery carrying blood away from the heart
- 5. Monitor – Portable device that records heart rhythm
- 6. – Heart rate
- 7. – Upper chamber of the heart
- 9. – Irregular heartbeat
- 13. / Suffixes / Root Words (5+)
- 14. – Lower chamber that pumps blood out
- 15. – Means “record” or “picture”
- 16. – Imaging test that shows blood vessels
- 19. – Refers to the heart
- 22. – Hardening of arteries due to plaque buildup
- 24. – Means enlargement
- 26. – Coronary artery disease
- 27. Cava – Large vein returning blood to the heart
- 29. – Myocardial infarction
- 33. – Emergency procedure to restore circulation