Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 3. cancer of white blood cells
  2. 4. vena cava receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart
  3. 5. upper chamber of the heart
  4. 11. valve valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle; bicuspid valve
  5. 12. systolic pressure 120
  6. 14. Smallest blood vessels
  7. 16. caused by loss of blood or low iron in red blood cells
  8. 19. diastolic pressure 80
  9. 20. valve valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
Down
  1. 1. iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
  2. 2. help blood clot
  3. 6. vena cava carries blood from lower regions of the body to right atrium
  4. 7. A hereditary disease where blood does not clot to stop bleeding
  5. 8. Lower chambers of the heart
  6. 9. disease A general term for all diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
  7. 10. Liquid part of blood
  8. 13. Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
  9. 15. pressure The blood pressure generated by the heart during contraction.--top number
  10. 17. artery Carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
  11. 18. carry blood away from the heart