Across
- 1. – Occurs when blood flow to the brain is blocked.
- 3. – Another name for high blood pressure.
- 6. infarction – Medical term for a heart attack.
- 7. – Abbreviation for electrocardiogram.
- 8. – The smallest blood vessel where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged.
- 9. – Abbreviation for heart rate.
- 11. – Root word meaning “vessel.”
- 13. – Suffix meaning “blood condition.”
- 16. pressure cuff – Tool used to measure blood pressure.
- 17. – Irregular heartbeat pattern.
- 18. – Imaging test that uses dye and X-rays to see blood vessels.
- 20. – The muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
- 23. – Tool used to listen to the heart and lungs.
Down
- 2. – Test that records electrical activity of the heart.
- 3. – Abbreviation for “good” cholesterol.
- 4. – Uses sound waves to create images of the heart.
- 5. – Suffix meaning “inflammation.”
- 6. – Abbreviation for myocardial infarction (heart attack).
- 10. – Root word meaning “heart.”
- 12. – Root word meaning “vein.”
- 14. – Disease caused by plaque build-up in the arteries.
- 15. – A blood vessel that carries blood to the heart.
- 19. – A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
- 21. – The largest artery in the body.
- 22. – Abbreviation for blood pressure.