The Circulatory System
Across
- 3. fatty deposits which lead to heart disease
- 6. symptoms include bruising easily & slow blood clotting
- 8. blood cancer due to nonfunctional white blood cells
- 14. instrument used for listening to heart
- 15. largest blood vessels in your body
- 17. results due to a lack of iron in your diet
- 18. top number when blood pressure is measured
- 19. the study of blood & its disorders
- 20. sometimes caused by long airplane flights
- 21. very high blood pressure
- 23. very low blood pressure
- 24. most common type of blood cell
Down
- 1. blood cells that fight germs & viruses
- 2. study of the heart
- 4. sagging, swollen veins
- 5. bottom number when blood pressure is measured
- 7. watery part of blood
- 9. abnormal patterns of cardiac activity
- 10. smallest blood vessels in your body
- 11. another name for blood clot
- 12. surrounds your heart
- 13. procedure w/ balloon for fixing blocked arteries
- 16. device used to restore normal cardiac rhythm
- 17. hardening of the arteries
- 22. organ that pumps blood throughout your body