Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Blood and Immunity Crossword
Across
- 8. a blood clot
- 10. left side to rest of body
- 11. number of times heart contracts per minute
- 12. a mass carried in the circulation; usually a blood clot
- 13. right side to lungs
- 15. Accumulation of fatty deposits within artery
- 17. Returns excess fluid and proteins from tissues to bloodstream
- 19. outside thin lining; covers heart
- 20. are stimulated by electrical impulses
- 21. is fluid that circulates through vessels
- 23. is usually blood clot; can also be air, fat, bacteria, or other solid materials
- 24. heart attack
- 25. relaxation
- 28. surrounding fibrous sac
- 29. Clotting factors convert fibrinogen to threads of fibrin
- 30. Located between lungs
Down
- 1. carry oxygen to cells
- 2. Protects against foreign substances
- 3. 90 percent water
- 4. Carry blood back to heart
- 5. Circulates blood throughout body
- 6. thick muscular layer that makes up heart wall
- 7. Carry blood away from heart
- 9. upper receiving chambers
- 14. Lower pumping chambers
- 16. Smallest vessels; Site of exchange between blood and tissues
- 18. contraction
- 22. inside lining; lines chambers and valves
- 26. blockage in a cerebral vessel
- 27. wave of increased pressure as ventricles contract