Cardiovascular System Crossword
Across
- 9. general term for an irregular heartbeat
- 10. Type O blood is known as the:
- 12. red blood cells protein that binds to and transports oxygen
- 13. layer of the heart that actually contracts
- 14. take blood towards the heart
- 16. Contraction of ventricles
- 18. Helps control blood loss;helps clot
- 20. The right ventricle pumps the oxygen-poor blood from the ____ via the pulmonary arteries
Down
- 1. Pacemaker of the heart
- 2. Fights pathogens
- 3. bottom chambers of the heart
- 4. amount of blood pumped out each side of the heart in 1 minute
- 5. smallest and most numerous of the blood vessels
- 6. medical term for red blood cell
- 7. takes blood away from the heart
- 8. Makes up about 55% of blood
- 11. low blood oxygen due to too few red blood cells or hemoglobin
- 15. top chambers of the heart
- 17. medical term for white blood cell
- 19. Blood Type AB is known as the: