Across
- 4. controlled in the long-term l by water/sodium intake and kidney function
- 8. protein that carries oxygen
- 9. this node carries signals from the atria to the ventricles
- 12. is the “top” number in a blood pressure measurement
- 13. hemoglobin deficiency
- 14. carry blood back to the heart
- 16. these ions causes heart muscles to contract
- 17. serum + clotting factors
- 18. the leakiest type of capillaries
- 19. red blood cells
- 21. hormone that stimulates production of red blood cells
- 22. tissue that produces blood cells
Down
- 1. large blood proteins with a variety of functions
- 2. the percentage of blood that is cells
- 3. their main role is to fill the ventricle
- 5. this part of the cardiovascular system collects interstitial fluid and returns to blood vessels
- 6. blood vessels getting smaller
- 7. organ with the tightest capillaries
- 10. are the smallest parts of blood vessels
- 11. lowest blood pressure
- 13. / blood vessels that contain blood under high pressure
- 15. 1/resistance
- 17. cell fragment important in blood clotting
- 20. “blood thinner” discovered on a cattle farm