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- 4. Test that records the electrical activity of the heart
- 5. Suffix meaning hardening
- 8. Instrument used to measure blood pressure
- 11. Blood pressure
- 14. Test that uses sound waves to look at the heart and its vessels
- 17. Combining form meaning vein
- 18. Shortness of breath
- 19. Inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart
- 21. The lower chambers of the heart that pump blood out
- 22. The muscular middle layer of the heart wall that contracts to pump blood
- 23. Prefix meaning fast
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- 1. The largest artery in the body that carries blood from the heart
- 2. The upper chambers of the heart that receive blood
- 3. Coronary artery bypass graft
- 6. Swollen and dilated veins usually found in the legs
- 7. Medical term for high blood pressure
- 8. Instrument used to listen to heart and lung sounds
- 9. Electrocardiogram
- 10. Condition caused by fat buildup hardening the artery walls
- 11. Prefix meaning slow
- 12. Procedure using x-ray dye to look at blood vessels
- 13. Congestive heart failure
- 15. A weakened artery wall that balloons outward
- 16. Combining form meaning heart
- 20. The smallest blood vessels where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged
