Cardiovascular System Study Guide

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Across
  1. 4. heart defect cause during fetal development
  2. 9. only artery that carries deoxygenated blood
  3. 10. plasma is made up of 92% of this
  4. 12. arteries that supply blood directly to the heart
  5. 13. thick, muscular layer of the heart
  6. 15. loss of movement on one side of the body
  7. 18. artery that is on the upper arm
  8. 19. formation of blood clot in vessel
  9. 20. stent that holds an artery open
  10. 21. coagulation is also known as
  11. 22. redness, swelling, pain and heart are signs of
  12. 23. disease causing slow blood clotting & risk for bleeding
  13. 25. blue appearance of skin
  14. 26. formation of blood cells
  15. 30. inflammation of a vein
  16. 32. recommended # of minutes of exercise per day
  17. 33. blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood
  18. 34. low amounts of RBC in blood
  19. 35. surrounds, engulfs & digests bacteria
  20. 39. blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood
  21. 41. receives oxygen from the placenta
  22. 43. stroke due to bleeding in brain
Down
  1. 1. pain in chest due to ischemia
  2. 2. oxygen binds to this in RBCs
  3. 3. ballooning of an artery wall
  4. 5. blood flow from heart to lungs and then back to heart is in what system
  5. 6. loss of elasticity of the artery
  6. 7. low platelets
  7. 8. number of minutes without blood to brain causing brain cell death
  8. 11. smallest blood vessels
  9. 14. another name for fever
  10. 16. stroke due to blood clot
  11. 17. rupture of RBC
  12. 24. the silent killer
  13. 27. strongest blood vessels
  14. 28. picture of electrical activity of the heart
  15. 29. slow heart rate
  16. 31. change or deviation from normal heart rate
  17. 36. fast heart rate
  18. 37. also knowns as the pacemaker of the heart
  19. 38. inadequate blood flow to organs
  20. 40. defects in the heart valve
  21. 42. substance that traveled in blood and lodge