Cardiovascular Terminology
Across
- 2. dioxide, What is removed the blood when it arrives in the lungs?
- 4. What type of cells protect the body against infection?
- 6. What type of circulation carries blood from the heart to the lungs?
- 8. What are the lower chambers of the heart called?
- 10. atrium, What chamber of the heart receives blood from the superior and inferior vena cava?
- 11. What blood vessels carry deoxygenenated blood from the heart?
- 13. Through which artery does blood leave the heart to be transported around the body?
- 14. What is the heart's resting period called?
- 17. What type of blood cells are found in red bone marrow?
- 20. What type of blood travels from the heart to the lungs in the pulmonary artery?
- 21. What is inflammation of a vein known as?
- 22. What is cancer of the blood called?
Down
- 1. A disease of the cardiovascular system causes the walls of vessels to lose elasticity.
- 3. What is the outer layer of the heart called?
- 5. What is the term used to descrive high blood pressure?
- 7. A slightly thick,clear pale yellow fluid.
- 9. What are platelets also known as?
- 12. poisoning, What is septicaemia?
- 15. What type of circulation is the circulation of blood from the heart to the upper and lower body?
- 16. Valve preventing the backflow of oxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the right atria.
- 18. What are the smallest blood vessels?
- 19. O, What types of blood is known as the universal donor?