Cardiovascular
Across
- 5. – Red blood cells.
- 7. – Reduced blood and oxygen to tissues.
- 9. Pressure – Blood pressure during heart relaxation.
- 10. – Surgery creating a path around blocked coronary arteries.
- 13. – Swelling.
- 14. – Microscopic vessel supplying tissues with blood.
- 16. – Formation of blood clots.
- 18. – Platelets aiding in clotting.
- 19. – High blood pressure.
- 21. Tamponade – Fluid in pericardium restricting heart pumping.
- 23. – Plaque buildup in arteries causing narrowing.
- 27. – Hardening of arteries.
- 29. – Ballooning of a weakened blood vessel wall.
- 30. – Immune deficiency caused by HIV infection.
- 31. – Oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells.
Down
- 1. – Ultrasound of the heart.
- 2. – Process to stop bleeding.
- 3. – Blood delivery to tissues.
- 4. Antibodies – Proteins that attack B antigens.
- 6. – Balloon procedure to open blocked arteries; may place a stent.
- 8. - hormones produced by kidney for homeostasis of RBC
- 11. – Proteins that fight foreign antigens.
- 12. – White blood cells.
- 15. – Small arteries leading to capillaries.
- 17. – Test to measures blood pH, oxygen, and CO₂ in arterial blood.
- 20. Heart Disease – Narrowed arteries supplying the heart.
- 22. Output – Blood pumped by heart per minute.
- 24. Artery – Large upper-arm artery near biceps.
- 25. – Fatty buildup in arteries.
- 26. – Blood vessels carrying blood away from the heart.
- 28. – Moving clot or plaque blocking a vessel.