Cardiovascular System
Across
- 1. constantly circulating fluid in the body
- 6. abnormality in rhythm of heart
- 10. cancers of blood cells
- 14. collects oxygenated blood from lungs and carries back to heart
- 15. disease that involves plaque build-up in artery wall
- 16. upper chamber though which blood enters the heart
Down
- 2. necessary to rid the body of carbon dioxide
- 3. one of two large chambers at the base of the heart
- 4. natural pacemaker of heart
- 5. fluid that carries blood components in one’s body
- 7. carry blood to the heart
- 8. the smallest unit of life
- 9. carry blood away from the heart
- 11. supplies blood to the heart muscle
- 12. condition in which an individual lacks adequate blood red cells
- 13. fist-sized muscular organ, necessary for life