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Across
  1. 2. (Clue: Word part that means fast, like in "tachycardia" which means fast heart rate.)Capillary (Clue: Tiny blood vessels where oxygen and food move into your body’s cells.)
  2. 5. (Clue: A bulge in a blood vessel, which can be dangerous if it bursts.)
  3. 6. (Clue: The big blood vessel that carries blood from your heart to the rest of your body.)
  4. 8. (Clue: A test that checks how well your heart is beating.)
  5. 10. (Clue: Short for heart attack, when blood flow to the heart stops.)
  6. 11. (Clue: Short for a procedure to clear blocked arteries in the heart.)
  7. 12. (Clue: Short for blood pressure, which is how hard the blood pushes against your blood vessels.)
  8. 15. (Clue: Word part that means heart, like in "cardiology" which is the study of the heart.)
  9. 16. Failure (Clue: When the heart cannot pump blood as well as it should
  10. 17. (Clue: Short for congestive heart failure, when the heart can't pump blood properly.)
  11. 19. (Clue: Word part that means artery, like in "arteriosclerosis" which means hardening of the arteries.)
  12. 22. Artery Disease (Clue: When the blood vessels to your heart get clogged and stop working well.)
Down
  1. 1. (Clue: The two big chambers in your heart that pump blood.)
  2. 3. (Clue: Word part that means blood vessel, like in "angiogram" which is a test for blood vessels.)
  3. 4. (Clue: The part of your body that pumps blood all around you.)
  4. 6. (Clue: A procedure to open blocked blood vessels in the heart.)what
  5. 7. (Clue: These tubes carry blood back to your heart.)
  6. 9. (Clue: The tool doctors use to listen to your heart and lungs.)
  7. 13. (Clue: Short for coronary artery disease, a disease that affects blood vessels in the heart.)
  8. 14. (Clue: Another name for high blood pressure.)
  9. 18. (Clue: A problem in the brain caused by blocked blood flow, which can make part of your body stop working.)
  10. 20. (Clue: A test that uses sound to see how your heart is working.)
  11. 21. (Clue: Word part that means slow, like in "bradycardia" which means slow heart rate.)
  12. 22. Scan (Clue: A special machine that takes pictures of your heart and blood vessels.)