Cardiac Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. A mass traveling through the bloodstream causing a blockage in a vessel
  2. 3. Weakness in an artery wall causing a bulge or ___
  3. 6. Cardiac pain
  4. 7. High blood pressure
  5. 9. Disease of the heart muscle
  6. 12. Sudden Stopping of the heart
  7. 14. A blue/purple discoloration in the skin from deficient oxygen in the blood
  8. 15. Low blood pressure
  9. 18. Pulsations felt as thumping in the chest
  10. 19. An area of blood insufficiency in the body
  11. 20. Inflammation or infection that may cause valve damage
Down
  1. 2. Heart rate is too slow
  2. 4. Abnormal cardiac rythms
  3. 5. Heart rate is too fast
  4. 8. A stationary blood clot
  5. 10. A whooshing sound heard through the stethoscope
  6. 11. Minute hemorrhages in the blood vessels in the skin
  7. 13. Narrowing of a blood vessel due to contraction
  8. 16. Any narrowing of a blood vessel
  9. 17. Sudden drop in the supply of blood to vessel