Across
- 4. High blood pressure
- 6. Ultrasound of the heart
- 7. Abbreviation for blood pressure
- 10. Electrocardiogram, records heart’s electrical activity
- 13. Heart attack
- 14. Tool to listen to heart and lungs
- 16. Prefix meaning vessel
- 17. Largest artery in the body
- 20. Abnormally slow heart rate
- 22. Root meaning heart
Down
- 1. Tiny blood vessel where exchange of nutrients occurs
- 2. Procedure to examine heart and vessels
- 3. Hardening of the arteries due to plaque
- 4. Pumps blood throughout the body
- 5. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 8. Sac surrounding the heart
- 9. Blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
- 11. Lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out
- 12. Abbreviation for heart rate
- 13. Heart muscle layer
- 15. Abnormally fast heart rate
- 18. Irregular heartbeat
- 19. Upper chamber of the heart that receives blood
- 21. Flap that prevents backflow of blood
- 23. Abbreviation for oxygen level