Across
- 2. abbreviation for left atrium
- 3. term for high blood pressure
- 4. irregular heartbeats
- 7. a tool used to measure someone’s blood pressure
- 9. tiny vessels where oxygen exchange happens
- 11. prefix meaning blood vessel
- 13. abbreviation for beats per minute
- 14. this organ pumps blood through the body
- 15. blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart
- 17. a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death
- 19. abbreviation for heart rate
- 20. suffix meaning inflammation
- 21. prefix meaning heart
- 22. suffix meaning enlargement
Down
- 1. a test to record the electrical signals in the heart
- 3. when the heart struggles with pumping blood
- 5. blood vessels that return deoxygenated blood to the heart
- 6. Abbreviation for blood pressure
- 8. suffix meaning surgical removal
- 10. a ultrasound used to view the heart
- 12. the largest artery in the body
- 16. a tool used to listen to a heartbeat
- 17. a method for evaluating heart function and blood flow
- 18. What means pain in the chest
- 23. abbreviation for aortic valve