Cardiovascular System
Across
- 4. Fever: caused by gram positive, spherical bacteria called streptococci that infect not only heart but also joints, kidneys, skin and brain.
- 5. Serious infection of heart valves which may cause severe inflammation not only in valves but also in the inner lining of the heart
- 9. hardening of the arteries, develops when deposits called plaques form along the inner walls of medium to large arteries
- 10. The blood vessels that take blood away from the heart.
- 12. circulation: Takes oxygen-rich blood to the tissues and organs of the body
- 14. rhythm disorder which results in irregular and uncontrolled beating of heart
- 16. Veins: Twisting and inflammation of veins near the skin surface that occurs when defective or weak valves cannot regulate the flow of deoxygenated blood in one direction.
- 17. Defects: an abnormality in the formation of one or more parts of the circulatory system
- 18. circulation: Takes oxygen-depleted blood to the lungs and oxygen-rich blood back to the heart again
Down
- 1. Very small vessels that lie between the arteries and veins.
- 2. stiffness and hardness in blood vessels, it causes hindrance in pulsation and effective flow of circulatory fluid through channels.
- 3. A condition resulting in the abnormal enlargement, thickening and stiffening of heart muscles
- 6. Weakening of the blood vessel wall causes a ballooning bulge
- 7. Blood vessels that return blood to the heart
- 8. Heart Failure: A serious disorder in which heart is incapable of pumping enough blood as required by cells to meet their oxygen requirements
- 11. Disorders: the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system
- 13. Attack: Also known as Myocardial Infarction, a medical emergency which arises when a portion of heart is not supplied with oxygenated blood due to blockage in any of the coronary arteries of coronary circulatory system
- 15. Affecting mainly males, it is a hereditary disorder of circulatory fluid caused by the absence of one of the blood clotting factors