Across
- 3. cancer of white blood cells
- 4. vena cava receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart
- 5. upper chamber of the heart
- 11. valve valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle; bicuspid valve
- 12. systolic pressure 120
- 14. Smallest blood vessels
- 16. caused by loss of blood or low iron in red blood cells
- 19. diastolic pressure 80
- 20. valve valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
Down
- 1. iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
- 2. help blood clot
- 6. vena cava carries blood from lower regions of the body to right atrium
- 7. A hereditary disease where blood does not clot to stop bleeding
- 8. Lower chambers of the heart
- 9. disease A general term for all diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
- 10. Liquid part of blood
- 13. Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
- 15. pressure The blood pressure generated by the heart during contraction.--top number
- 17. artery Carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
- 18. carry blood away from the heart