Circulatory System

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Across
  1. 1. malignant disease of the bone marrow or lymph tissue
  2. 4. also called platelets, play in role in blood clotting
  3. 6. fatty plaques deposited on the walls of arteries
  4. 9. white blood cells
  5. 12. foreign substance circulating in the bloodstream
  6. 13. cells that have a lifespan of 3-9 days
  7. 14. veins that are dilated and swollen
  8. 18. smallest branches of arteries
  9. 19. connect arterioles with venules
  10. 21. blood cells that have a lifespan of 120 days
  11. 22. hardening or thickening of the arterial walls
Down
  1. 2. red blood cells
  2. 3. ballooning out of an artery wall
  3. 5. high blood pressure
  4. 7. heart muscles do not beat adequately to supply the blood needs of the body
  5. 8. inflammation of a vein
  6. 10. infarction medical term for heart attack
  7. 11. carries oxygen and carbon dioxide
  8. 15. made up of water, proteins, nutrients, electrolytes, gases, metabolic wastes, hormones, enzymes
  9. 16. inadequate number of red blood cells
  10. 17. carry blood back to the heart
  11. 20. carry blood away from the heart