medical terminology
Across
- 6. Rapid or deep breathing
- 11. Procedure to view airways and diagnose lung diseases
- 12. Small branches of the bronchial tubes
- 14. Test measuring electrical activity of the heart
- 15. Relating to the lungs
- 18. Lung disease that damages alveoli, causing breathlessness
- 20. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- 22. Difficulty breathing
- 23. Irregular heart rhythm
- 26. Hardening of the arteries
- 27. Infection causing inflammation and swelling in airways
- 29. Test to measure lung function
- 30. The largest artery in the body
- 31. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes
- 33. Weakening of an artery wall
- 35. Listening to body sounds, often with a stethoscope
- 36. Vessel that carries blood toward the heart
- 37. Tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs
- 39. Enlargement of the heart
- 40. Blood clot that forms in a vessel
Down
- 1. High blood pressure
- 2. Temporary cessation of breathing
- 3. Obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot
- 4. Heart muscle layer
- 5. Windpipe, leading air to the lungs
- 7. Swelling of the brain
- 8. Vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 9. Chest pain due to reduced blood flow to heart muscles
- 10. Device used to measure blood pressure
- 13. Low red blood cell count
- 16. Procedure to open narrowed or blocked blood vessels
- 17. Infection causing inflammation in the lungs
- 18. Swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in body tissues
- 19. Narrowing of a blood vessel or other body passage
- 21. Low oxygen levels in body tissues
- 24. Lower chambers of the heart
- 25. Decreased carbon dioxide in the blood
- 28. Inflammation of the pericardium (heart lining)
- 32. Abnormally fast heart rate
- 34. Medications that lower blood cholesterol
- 38. Bluish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen