Across
- 3. - Suffix meaning “surgical removal”
- 5. infarction - Medical term for a heart attack
- 7. - Tool used to listen to heart sounds
- 10. - Suffix meaning “inflammation”
- 11. - Disease where arteries become narrowed and hardened due to plaque buildup
- 13. - Test that records the electrical activity of the heart
- 18. catheterization - Procedure where a thin tube is inserted into the heart to diagnose or treat conditions
- 22. - The inner lining of the heart chambers
- 23. - Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
- 25. - The largest artery in the body; carries blood away from the heart
Down
- 1. - Ultrasound test that shows images of the heart
- 2. - High blood pressure
- 4. - Prefix meaning “vessel” or “blood vessel”
- 6. - Abbreviation for blood pressure
- 8. - Suffix meaning “enlargement”
- 9. - Lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out to the body or lungs
- 12. - Abbreviation for coronary artery disease
- 14. - Abbreviation for congestive heart failure
- 15. - The muscular middle layer of the heart wall
- 16. - Prefix meaning “heart”
- 17. - Upper chamber of the heart that receives blood returning to the heart
- 19. Monitor - Portable device worn to continuously record heart rhythms
- 20. - Abbreviation for heart rate
- 21. - Abbreviation for myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- 24. - Irregular heartbeat