Across
- 5. drains the systemic circulation from the lungs and leads to the azygos vein
- 9. oxygen-carrying compound in erythrocytes
- 10. upper chambers of the heart
- 12. number of times the heart contracts (beats) per min.
- 13. aka bicuspid valve
- 15. ability of vein to distend and store blood
- 16. smallest of blood vessels where physical exchange occurs between the blood and tissue cells surrounded by interstitial fluid
- 18. one of the three primary germs layers that differentiate early in embryonic development
- 23. masses of developing blood vessels & formed elements from mesodermal cells scattered throughout the embryonic disc
- 25. in the blood, the liquid extracellular matrix
- 27. aka WBC
- 29. force exerted by the blood against the wall
- 30. liquid connective tissue
- 31. cardiac septum located between the two ventricles
Down
- 1. granulocytes that stain with a basic (alkaline) stain
- 2. interruption in the normal conduction pathway
- 3. very small artery that leads to a capillary
- 4. valve located at the base of the aorta
- 6. sulcus that marks the boundary between the atria and ventricles
- 7. red,iron-containing pigment to which oxygen binds in hemoglobin
- 8. aka thrombocytes
- 11. network of 10-100 capillaries connecting arterioles to venules, "spider-web"
- 14. chronic high blood pressure
- 17. stem cells that give rise to blood vessels
- 19. hemoglobin without an oxygen molecule bound to it
- 20. muscle of the heart
- 21. difference between the maximum and resting CO
- 22. aka RBC
- 24. deficiency of RBC/hemoglobin
- 26. blood vessel that conducts blood away from the heart
- 28. period of time when the heart muscle is relaxed and the chambers fill with blood