Across
- 5. - Root word meaning vessel
- 7. infarction - Heart attack caused by blocked blood flow
- 8. - Root word meaning vein
- 9. - Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 10. - Pumps blood throughout the body
- 11. - High blood pressure
- 12. - Ultrasound of the heart
- 13. - Hardening of arteries due to plaque buildup
- 15. - Disease of the heart muscle
- 18. - Test that records the heart’s electrical activity
- 19. - Root word meaning fatty plaque
Down
- 1. - Suffix meaning blood condition
- 2. pressure cuff - Measures blood pressure
- 3. - Root word meaning heart
- 4. - Tiny blood vessels where gas and nutrient exchange occurs
- 6. - Irregular heartbeat
- 9. - Imaging test that uses dye to view blood vessels
- 14. - Device used to listen to the heart and lungs
- 16. - The largest artery in the body, carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart
- 17. - Blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart