Unit 5 lab Cardiology crossword

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  1. 4. these have thick walls and carry blood away from the heart.
  2. 5. hypertension abbrev.
  3. 8. hardening
  4. 12. stress test, a test that measures how well the heart performs under physical stress.
  5. 13. an ultrasound that creates images of the heart and assesses structure and function.
  6. 15. fast
  7. 17. these have thin walls and carry blood toward the heart.
  8. 20. a noninvasive medical test that measures the electrical activity of the heart
  9. 22. a muscular organ that creates rhythmic contractions and acts as a pump to circulate blood.
  10. 23. a disease of blood vessels supplying the arms and legs
Down
  1. 1. heart attack
  2. 2. narrowing
  3. 3. enlargement of the heart
  4. 6. enlarged
  5. 7. vena cava, One of the two largest veins in the body that supplies blood to the lower half of the body.
  6. 9. coronary artery disease abbrev.
  7. 10. hyperlipidemia abbrev.
  8. 11. peripheral artery disease abbrev.
  9. 14. hardening of the arteries
  10. 16. monitor, a device that is worn for 24 to 48 hours that detects arrhythmias.
  11. 18. slow
  12. 19. heart failure, a chronic condition in which the heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should.
  13. 21. congestive heart failure abbrev.
  14. 24. The largest artery in the body which carries blood as the main branch down the center of the body.
  15. 25. an invasive procedure that uses a catheter to eject inject dye into the coronary arteries to diagnose blockages in the artery.