The Cardiovascular System

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  1. 4. Abbreviation for "potassium chloride"
  2. 5. Condition where the pericardial sac (around the heart) is inflamed.
  3. 8. Carries blood towards the heart (plural)
  4. 9. Prefix meaning around (dash included)
  5. 12. Complete stopping of the heart (2 words)
  6. 13. Condition where an artery swells due to a weakened wall
  7. 14. Root word meaning plug or blockage (dash included)
  8. 17. Suffix meaning narrowing (dash included)
  9. 20. The largest artery in the body
  10. 22. Portable ECG/EKG machine (2 words)
  11. 24. Abbreviation for "hypertension"
  12. 26. Where the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen occurs (plural)
  13. 27. Medical term for high blood pressure
  14. 28. Suffix meaning hardening (dash included)
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  1. 1. A heart attack (2 words)
  2. 2. Smaller arteries that meet the capillaries (plural)
  3. 3. Root word meaning heart (dash included)
  4. 6. Device placed in a patient's chest to help regulate heart beats
  5. 7. Abbreviation for "atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease"
  6. 10. Instrument used to check blood pressure
  7. 11. Abbreviation for "coronary artery bypass graft"
  8. 15. Suffix meaning written record (dash included)
  9. 16. Procedure where x-ray contrast is injected into blood vessels to look at any vessel
  10. 18. Instrument used to listen to the heart and other bodily sounds such as the lungs and intestines
  11. 19. Abbreviation for "millimeters of mercury"
  12. 21. Carries blood away from the heart (plural)
  13. 23. Prefix meaning fast (dash included)
  14. 25. Prefix meaning slow (dash included)
  15. 29. Root word meaning pulse (dash included)