Chapter 10 and 11 Disorders
Across
- 2. oxygen content of the blood is lower than normal
- 7. small purplish blotches
- 9. ventricles begin to beat at their own rate, which is much slower, some or all the time
- 11. results from an insufficient number of circulating platelets
- 14. rapid rate of heart
- 16. common in people who stand long periods of time and in obese individuals
- 17. abnormal or unusual heart rate sounds
- 18. if a thrombus breaks away from the vessel wall and floats freely in the bloodstream
- 19. the abnormal hemoglobin formed becomes spiky and sharp
- 20. inflammation of a vein that results when a clot forms in a vessel with poor circulation
- 21. heart rate that is substantially slower than normal
Down
- 1. forces the heart to pump and repump the same blood because the valve does not close properly and backflow
- 3. reduced oxygen carrying capacity of the blood caused by a decreased number of erythrocytes or decreased percentage of hemoglobin in the blood
- 4. "bleeder's disease"
- 5. is a rapid, uncoordinated shuddering of the heart muscle
- 6. bacterial infection of the endocardium
- 7. is inflammation of the pericardium
- 8. a common consequence of thrombophlebitis is clot detachment
- 10. "white blood" the bone marrow becomes cancerous, and huge numbers of WBCs are turned out rapidly
- 12. the valve flaps become stiff
- 13. a clot that develops and persists in an unbroken blood vessel
- 15. lack of an adequate blood supply to the heart muscle