Heart and Blood Vessels Ch.8
Across
- 3. caused when blood is disturbed
- 5. plays an important role in the immune system
- 7. low blood pressure
- 11. is a surgery to replace a failing heart
- 14. prevent back flow of the blood as it moves through the heart
- 15. thick walled and have three layers
Down
- 1. controls the rate at which heart pumps
- 2. a stress hormone that increases heart rate
- 4. is rich in carbon dioxide but low in oxygen
- 6. is measured as the systolic over the diastolic pressure
- 8. responsible for returning blood to the heart
- 9. a muscular partition that separates the left and right side of the heart
- 10. damage to a part of the brain cause of interruption in blood supply
- 12. a defect in the arterial wall
- 13. pump apart of the circulatory system