Medical Terminology Assignment: The Cardiovascular System
Across
- 3. / When a blood vessel to the brain becomes blocked or bursts
- 7. / AKA high blood pressure
- 9. / Diseases in the heart muscle, leading to failure
- 10. / This pumps your blood
- 11. / A thin flexible tube used during a cardiac catheterization
- 15. / Ultrasound images of the heart using sound waves
- 18. / These vessels manage oxygen and nutrients in your blood
- 21. / This is a prefix meaning "fast or rapid"
- 22. / This disease causes the hardening of arteries
- 23. / This is a prefix meaning "clot"
- 24. / These carry oxygen through your body
- 26. / Injecting a special dye and using X-rays of blood
Down
- 1. / A test that maps the heart's electrical system
- 2. / A cardiovascular disease that gives an irregular heartbeat
- 4. / ECG or EKG
- 5. / Abbreviation for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- 6. / These return deoxygenated blood to the heart
- 8. / Abbreviation for Blood pressure
- 12. / This is a prefix meaning "blood"
- 13. / This is a suffix meaning "condition of the blood"
- 14. / A device worn for a time to record heart activity
- 16. / Abbreviation for Congestive Heart Failure
- 17. / Your red life source in your body
- 19. / This is a prefix meaning "vein"
- 20. / Abbreviation for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- 25. / Abbreviation for Coronary Artery Disease