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Across
- 2. imaging test using X-rays and dye to visualize blood vessels.
- 4. muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
- 5. Root word or prefix referring to a blood vessel.
- 8. blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart.
- 10. of the sac surrounding the heart.
- 15. thin-walled blood vessels where gas exchange takes place with body tissues.
- 16. instrument used to measure blood pressure.
- 17. Prefix meaning fast or rapid.
- 18. One of the two upper chambers of the heart.
- 20. for coronary artery disease.
- 21. characterized by plaque buildup inside the arteries.
- 22. localized, weak ballooning out of a blood vessel wall.
- 23. for blood pressure.
- 24. term for high blood pressure.
Down
- 1. for congestive heart failure.
- 3. Combining form meaning artery.
- 4. for heart rate.
- 6. ultrasound test that uses sound waves to produce images of heart structures.
- 7. Root word referring to a vein.
- 9. Root word meaning heart.
- 11. for myocardial infarction (heart attack).
- 12. test that records the electrical activity of the heart (often abbreviated ECG or EKG).
- 13. irregular heartbeat rhythm.
- 14. of the two lower chambers of the heart that pumps blood out.
- 19. acoustic medical device used to listen to internal sounds of the heart.