The Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 1. cardiovascular disease
  2. 2. disease of the heart muscle; enlarged heart
  3. 4. insufficient
  4. 5. thin muscular tubes that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
  5. 8. lifelong condition that causes your blood sugar level to become too high
  6. 10. chest
  7. 12. carries the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart's left atrium
  8. 13. An invasive test which injects dye into the veins to reach the coronary arteries
  9. 16. excessive
  10. 18. uses radio waves, magnets, and a computer to create pictures of the heart
  11. 20. peripheral vascular disease
  12. 21. hardened arteries
  13. 22. muscular pumping 'device'
Down
  1. 1. blood vessels that connect small arteries and veins
  2. 3. carries deoxygenated blood and carbon dioxide back to the heart
  3. 4. when the heart is unable to pump blood around the body properly
  4. 6. EKG/ECG
  5. 7. fast
  6. 8. diabetes mellitus
  7. 9. uses sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart.
  8. 11. chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the heart
  9. 13. coronary artery bypass graft surgery
  10. 14. radiofrequency
  11. 15. heart failure
  12. 17. excision
  13. 19. shows the shape and size of the heart, lungs, and major blood vessels