Across
- 3. Tiny blood vessels facilitating exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste.
- 5. Tool to listen to heart and lung sounds.
- 6. High blood pressure.
- 8. Uses ultrasound waves to create heart images.
- 10. Coronary artery disease.
- 11. infarction: Heart attack caused by blocked blood flow to the heart.
- 12. X-ray imaging to view blood vessels.
- 13. Heart rate.
- 14. Largest artery in the body, distributing oxygenated blood to the body.
- 15. Blood vessels that return oxygen-depleted blood to the heart.
- 17. heart failure: Condition where the heart struggles to pump blood efficiently.
- 18. Refers to narrowing
- 19. Refers to blood or lymph vessels
- 21. Electrocardiogram.
- 22. Refers to a blood condition
- 23. pressure cuff (sphygmomanometer): Measures blood pressure.
- 24. Refers to blood vessels
Down
- 1. Congestive heart failure.
- 2. Hardening or narrowing of arteries due to plaque buildup.
- 4. (ECG/EKG): Records electrical activity of the heart.
- 7. Abnormal heart rhythm.
- 9. Central organ of the cardiovascular system that pumps blood.
- 14. Blood vessels carrying oxygen-rich blood away from the heart.
- 16. Blood pressure.
- 20. Refers to the heart
