Across
- 4. a disease involving the liver
- 5. a disorder that results in too little oxygen being transported to the body cells
- 6. a word used to describe small arteries
- 8. tough, white sac in which the heart is encased
- 12. when a section of the heart becomes deprived of blood
- 13. blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart
- 15. a common reading is 120/80
- 16. describes circulation in the heart
- 18. describes circulation in the lungs
- 19. the muscular wall that separated the heart into left and right chambers
Down
- 1. a word used to describe very small veins
- 2. the blood vessels that supply oxygen-rich blood directly to the heart
- 3. blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- 4. the small blood vessels with extremely thin walls
- 7. the most important blood protein or antigen in a blood group
- 9. the resting phase of heart action
- 10. contracting and pumping phase of heart action
- 11. describes circulation in the kidney
- 14. iron containing blood protein that carries oxygen
- 17. the straw-colored liquid that makes up 55% of the bloods volume
- 18. the contraction of the heart felt in an artery
- 20. describes circulation in the liver