The Cardiovascular System

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  1. 1. What are the tissue cells of the cardiovascular system that is known as the hardening of the arteries? (*Hint: Include the word cells)
  2. 3. What is a connecting tissue layer separating the cardiac structures from the remainder of the middle mediastinum?
  3. 4. What is the name of the disease where there's a problem with the rate or rhythm of the heart's beat?
  4. 9. What is the name of the disease where any valve in the heart has damage or is diseased?
  5. 10. What is the type of muscle cell(s) that make up the major cells in the wall of blood vessels?
  6. 13. What is the abbreviation for the cardiovascular term that means a group of conditions that suddenly stop or severely reduce blood from flowing to the heart muscle?
  7. 16. What cardiovascular tool uses ultrasound on the heart?
  8. 19. What is the name of the cardiovascular disease that is an enlargement or ballooning in the aorta? (*Do not write in the word disease)
  9. 20. Which cardiovascular tool can reveal fluid in or around the lungs and can provide an image of the heart? (*Do not include a hyphen)
  10. 22. What cardiovascular tool has the abbreviation ECG?
  11. 23. What abbreviation stands for the name of the condition that means when the aortic valve narrows and blood cannot flow normally?
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  1. 2. What are the cells in the cardiovascular system that form a single cell layer that lines all blood vessels? (*Hint: Include the word cells)
  2. 4. What's the name of the disease that defines the build-up of fats, cholesterol, and other substances in and on the artery walls?
  3. 5. What can determine a cardiovascular disease with a hypodermic needle? (*Hint: It is a laboratory analysis)
  4. 6. What organ pumps 2000 gallons of blood each day?
  5. 7. What is the abbreviation for when there's lockage in your veins, vessels that bring blood back from your brain/body to your heart?
  6. 8. What is the suffix that translates to a four letter word that completes the term blood ___, which is the purpose of veins in the cardiovascular system?
  7. 11. What is the suffix that can be combined with the prefix athero and will become the term of the most common cardiovascular disease?
  8. 12. What is the combining form of the root word that translates to the word heart? (*Hint: Do not include parenthesis)
  9. 14. What is the prefix that translates to the word in which it completes the term cardiac ______? (*Hint: The word that completes the term has six letters)
  10. 15. What cardiovascular tool has the abbreviation CT?
  11. 17. What is the abbreviation for the term that is used when the heart's rhythm is irregular or rapid?
  12. 18. What is a combining form of a root word that translates to the word vessel? (*Hint: Do not include parenthesis)
  13. 19. What is the abbreviation for the term that automatically analyzes the heart rhythm in people who are experiencing cardiac arrest?
  14. 21. What is the name of the disease where there is an issue with the lining of the heart?