Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 5. drains the systemic circulation from the lungs and leads to the azygos vein
  2. 9. oxygen-carrying compound in erythrocytes
  3. 10. upper chambers of the heart
  4. 12. number of times the heart contracts (beats) per min.
  5. 13. aka bicuspid valve
  6. 15. ability of vein to distend and store blood
  7. 16. smallest of blood vessels where physical exchange occurs between the blood and tissue cells surrounded by interstitial fluid
  8. 18. one of the three primary germs layers that differentiate early in embryonic development
  9. 23. masses of developing blood vessels & formed elements from mesodermal cells scattered throughout the embryonic disc
  10. 25. in the blood, the liquid extracellular matrix
  11. 27. aka WBC
  12. 29. force exerted by the blood against the wall
  13. 30. liquid connective tissue
  14. 31. cardiac septum located between the two ventricles
Down
  1. 1. granulocytes that stain with a basic (alkaline) stain
  2. 2. interruption in the normal conduction pathway
  3. 3. very small artery that leads to a capillary
  4. 4. valve located at the base of the aorta
  5. 6. sulcus that marks the boundary between the atria and ventricles
  6. 7. red,iron-containing pigment to which oxygen binds in hemoglobin
  7. 8. aka thrombocytes
  8. 11. network of 10-100 capillaries connecting arterioles to venules, "spider-web"
  9. 14. chronic high blood pressure
  10. 17. stem cells that give rise to blood vessels
  11. 19. hemoglobin without an oxygen molecule bound to it
  12. 20. muscle of the heart
  13. 21. difference between the maximum and resting CO
  14. 22. aka RBC
  15. 24. deficiency of RBC/hemoglobin
  16. 26. blood vessel that conducts blood away from the heart
  17. 28. period of time when the heart muscle is relaxed and the chambers fill with blood