Cardiovascular system
Across
- 2. tiny veins
- 4. whooshing sound that indicates abnormal blood flow or a narrow passageway
- 5. sinus syndrome arrhythmia disorder that causes irregular heartbeat pattern or pauses that eventually requires a pacemaker placement
- 6. Carries blood back to the heart
- 9. cardiomyopathy thickened/enlarged heart muscle
- 15. A protein responsible for transporting oxygen inside RBC.
Down
- 1. cell inherited blood cell disorder; RBC’s take an abnormal shape
- 3. known as white blood cells; important to defend against disease
- 7. Reduced blood flow to tissue
- 8. the largest artery of the human body
- 10. fibrous membrane enclosing the heart
- 11. study of blood
- 12. tiny arteries
- 13. Terminology for formation of a blood clot in the blood vessel.
- 14. ventricle one of the two lower chambers of the heart