cardiovascular

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Across
  1. 2. Irregular heartbeat
  2. 4. Abbreviation for heart rate
  3. 6. Muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
  4. 8. Suffix meaning “inflammation”
  5. 9. catheterization Procedure that examines blood flow in the heart’s arteries
  6. 11. Stands for myocardial infarction
  7. 13. heart failure Condition in which the heart cannot pump blood effectively
  8. 15. Clue
  9. 17. Root word meaning “heart”
  10. 18. Suffix meaning “enlargement”
  11. 19. Prefix meaning “vessel”
  12. 21. Tiny blood vessel where exchange of oxygen and nutrients occurs
  13. 23. Suffix meaning “blood condition”
  14. 24. Measurement of the force of blood against artery walls
  15. 25. infarction Another name for a heart attack
Down
  1. 1. Hardening and narrowing of the arteries
  2. 3. High blood pressure
  3. 5. Ultrasound test that creates images of the heart
  4. 7. X-ray of blood vessels after dye injection
  5. 10. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  6. 12. Tool used to listen to heart and lung sounds
  7. 13. Stands for coronary artery disease
  8. 14. Test that records the electrical activity of the heart
  9. 16. Prefix meaning “fast"
  10. 17. Stands for congestive heart failure
  11. 20. Blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
  12. 22. The largest artery in the body