Across
- 1. prefix meaning above, over, or excessive
- 4. the muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory/cardiovascular system
- 7. abbreviation for echocardiogram
- 8. a type of vessel that have very thin walls and exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen
- 9. abbreviation for coronary artery bypass grafting
- 11. a disease that affects the cardiovascular system by causing hardening of the arteries
- 12. combining form that means pulse
- 14. a disease that affects the cardiovascular system by slowing the heart
- 15. three-layered blood vessels that bring oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues
- 16. the interior lining for the chambers of the heart
- 17. abbreviation that means acute myocardial infarction
- 18. abbreviation that means the point of maximum impulse of the heart during an exam
- 20. suffix that means 'a recording of'
- 21. a disease that affects the cardiovascular system by causing the heart to become inflamed
- 23. a disease that affects the cardiovascular system by causing the artery swell because of a weakened artery wall
- 25. a tool that listens to internal sounds of body, like the heartbeat
Down
- 2. the main trunk of the arteries that carry blood from the left side of the heart to the arteries of most limbs and organs
- 3. a tool that takes an ultrasound of the heart that evaluates the pumping of the heart
- 5. a tool that measures your blood pressure
- 6. a tool that uses electrodes to graph of voltage versus time of the electrical activity of the heart
- 10. prefix meaning above, over, or excessive
- 13. a suffix meaning 'pressure', also a word on its own
- 15. a tool that uses medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside of different organs or cavities, like the heart or blood vessels
- 19. a disease that affects the cardiovascular system by causing excessive pressure of the blood against the artery walls, aka high blood pressure
- 22. combining form that means chest
- 24. abbreviation that means a patient has dyspnea on exertion