Cardiovascular system
Across
- 2. build up of plaque in the vessels
- 3. formation of a sac in the vessels
- 6. chest pain
- 7. medical term for high blood pressure
- 9. protein that transports oxygen
- 11. inflammation of the heart muscle
- 12. largest artery in the body
- 14. valve between the right atrium and ventricle
- 15. outer membrane that surrounds the heart
Down
- 1. loss elasticity in the vessels
- 4. smallest vessels in the body
- 5. pressure when ventricles contract
- 8. inflammation of the veins
- 10. leakage of blood through a closed valve
- 12. irregular heartbeat
- 13. pressure when ventricles relax
- 16. inner layer of the heart