Bio20 Circulatory System

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Across
  1. 5. blood pressure of blood vessels under stress
  2. 6. the act of expanding an aperture
  3. 7. blood pressure at rest
  4. 8. a chamber connected to other chambers or passageways
  5. 10. type of leukemia that is cancer of lymphocytes
  6. 12. movement through a circuit
  7. 14. a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
  8. 16. vessels constricts to restrict flow
  9. 19. a minute blood vessel connecting arterioles with venules
  10. 21. fluid of the lymphatic system
  11. 23. localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply
  12. 24. rate the rate at which the heart beats
  13. 26. another component of the immune response system
  14. 29. tank used for collecting and storing a liquid
  15. 30. disease in which clotting proteins are missing
  16. 32. a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
  17. 33. bed a layer of tissue densely packed with capillaries
  18. 35. the business end of a blood clot that holds back the blood
Down
  1. 1. the large artery carrying blood from the heart to the body
  2. 2. vessels expand to allow more blood flow
  3. 3. a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium
  4. 4. fluid between cells
  5. 9. kills off bacteria by enveloping the bacteria and dissolving it
  6. 11. the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum
  7. 13. a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
  8. 15. constant study state
  9. 17. circulation circulation that supplies blood to all the body except to the lungs
  10. 18. blood cell a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
  11. 20. portion of the blood cell that gets involved in the clotting process
  12. 22. part of the immune response system
  13. 25. pressure the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels
  14. 27. an enclosed volume in the body
  15. 28. the fluid that is pumped through the body by the heart
  16. 29. an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
  17. 31. the molecule that allows the attachment of the O2 molecule to the red blood cells
  18. 34. a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart