Stroke Crossword

Type of stroke where a blood clot or cholesterol plaque blocks a blood vessel
Type of stroke where a blood vessel leaks or breaks.
Blood is carried to the brain by blood vessels called...
The area of brain damage following a stroke is called a...
What is it called when the blood supply to your brain is blocked temporarily?
Occurs when an artery inside the brain bursts and bleeds into the brain.
The most common cause of intracerebral haemorrhage.
Bleeding on the surface of the brain
A weak spot in the wall of an artery that balloons out
A tangled mass of blood vessels, that can occur anywhere in the body (including the brain) If occurring in the brain, can lead to a haemorrhagic stroke
Type of stroke occurring from a blood clot forming usually in the heart and travelling through bloodstream to the brain.
Type of stroke occurring due to blood leaving behind cholesterol laden 'plaques' as it travels through the arteries
The acronym for symptoms indicating possible stroke
Screening tool used to assess swallow of suspected/confirmed stroke patients
Common shoulder injury experienced after a stroke