DHO Cardiovascular System (Key Terms and D&D)
Across
- 1. Cancer of the bone marrow or lymph tissue
- 10. Lining within the heart
- 13. Vessel that carries blood to the heart
- 15. Muscular wall preventing oxygenated blood and deoxygenated blood from mixing
- 17. Gnarled, dilated vein that has lost elasticity
- 19. Valve that prevents oxygenated blood from flowing back into the left ventricle
- 21. When plaque deposits in the walls of an artery
- 22. Upper chamber of the heart
- 23. Heart attack
- 24. Liquid of the body that is made up of erythrocytes, leukocytes, plasma, and thrombocytes
- 25. Part of the blood that is responsible for carrying substances for clotting, nutrition, and electrolytes to the tissues (plus more)
- 28. Hardening of an artery
- 29. Inflammation of a vein
- 31. Vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 32. Double layered membrane around the heart
- 33. Foreign substance circulating in the blood stream
Down
- 2. Red blood cell
- 3. Pertaining to the lungs
- 4. Heart muscle
- 5. Inadequate number of red blood cells
- 6. Composed of protein and iron, carries oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 7. Period of rest
- 8. Part of the blood responsible for creating clots
- 9. Valve that prevents blood from flowing back into the left atrium
- 11. Abnormal heart beat
- 12. White blood cell
- 14. Ventricular contraction period
- 16. Valve that prevents blood from flowing from the right ventricle back into the right atrium
- 17. Lower chamber of the heart
- 18. When the heart muscles does not adequately supply blood to the body
- 20. Disorder where the blood is unable to clot
- 26. Ballooning out of a wall of a blood vessel
- 27. Vessels that can carry oxygenated or deoxygenated blood to or from the tissues
- 30. High blood pressure