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- 4. the organ that gives oxygen to the system
- 8. pulse
- 9. coronary heart disease
- 11. a test when an x-ray fluid is injected into thveins
- 12. irregular beating of the heart
- 13. another name for high blood pressure
- 14. shortness of breath
- 16. Man's best friend
- 19. arrest sudden loss of heart function
- 20. prefix for outside
- 21. swelling in an artery
- 22. the organ that pumps blood
- 25. the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 27. Large marsupial
- 28. blood pressure
- 29. root word for blood
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- 1. the smallest vessel that blood moves through
- 2. the largest vessel that blood moves through
- 3. suffix for pressure
- 5. instrument to measure pressure
- 6. prefix for excessive
- 7. Likes to chase mice
- 9. catheterization
- 10. blood moves through these back to the heart
- 15. enzymes used to measure items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
- 17. Flying mammal
- 18. a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 23. changes irregular heartbeats
- 24. root word for heart
- 26. Has a trunk