PHS - CIRCULATORY SYSTEM KMP
Across
- 3. high blood pressure
- 4. blood vessel type that is one cell layer thick
- 9. double layer outer membrane surrounding the heart
- 10. dilated, swollen veins that have lost elasticity
- 13. valve between the left atrium and left ventricle
- 16. wall that separates the heart into left and right sides
- 17. type of vessel returns blood to the heart
- 18. foreign substance in the bloodstream
- 19. malignant disease of the bone marrow
- 21. low number of erythrocytes or hemoglobin
- 24. type of blood cell that fights infection
- 25. inner layer of the heart that allows for the smooth flow of blood
- 26. valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
- 27. the average adults has 4-6 ____ of blood in their body
- 29. valve the blood travels through exiting the left ventricle
- 33. hardening or thickening of arterial walls
- 34. heart attack
Down
- 1. blood cell that assists in clotting
- 2. smallest arteries
- 5. valve exiting the right ventricle
- 6. blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 7. blood returning from the body enters the right ___ (chamber of the heart)
- 8. low blood pressure
- 11. blood cell that contains hemoglobin
- 12. liquid portion of blood
- 14. smallest veins
- 15. inherited disease that leads to prolonged bleeding
- 20. fatty plaques on the walls of the arteries
- 22. largest artery
- 23. type of blood vessel that might contain a valve to prevent the backflow of blood
- 28. thick, muscular layer of the heart
- 29. ballooning out of an arterial wall
- 30. the period of rest, ventricular filling
- 31. inflammation of a vein
- 32. period of ventricular contraction