Across
- 2. A tool used by doctors to listen to heart and lung sounds
- 4. A condition characterized by abnormally high blood pressure
- 6. An ultrasound test that uses sound waves to create images of the heart
- 11. A test that record the electrical activity of the heart
- 14. Abbreviation for Electrocardiogram
- 16. Prefix meaning slow, often used to describe heart rate
- 17. Occurs when blood supple to part of the brain is interrupted or reduced
- 19. A condition where the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm
- 21. A blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart
- 22. Abbreviation for Myocardial Infarction commonly known as a heart attack
- 23. The main muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
- 25. The hardening and narrowing of arteries due to plaque buildup
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- 1. A vessel that returns deoxygenated blood back of the heart
- 3. Common abbreviation for Blood Pressure
- 5. The medical instrument used specifically to measure blood pressure
- 7. Stands for congestive heart failure
- 8. The smallest type of blood vessel where gas exchange occurs
- 9. Root word meaning heart
- 10. The thick middle muscular layer of the heart wall responsible for pumping
- 12. Measures pressure/flow within the heart.
- 13. Root word referring to a blood vessel
- 15. Prefix meaning fast or rapid
- 18. Abbreviation for Coronary Artery
- 20. Suffix meaning Inflammation
- 24. A disease caused by the abnormal enlargement or bulging of an artery wall