Across
- 1. malignant disease of the bone marrow or lymph tissue
- 4. also called platelets, play in role in blood clotting
- 6. fatty plaques deposited on the walls of arteries
- 9. white blood cells
- 12. foreign substance circulating in the bloodstream
- 13. cells that have a lifespan of 3-9 days
- 14. veins that are dilated and swollen
- 18. smallest branches of arteries
- 19. connect arterioles with venules
- 21. blood cells that have a lifespan of 120 days
- 22. hardening or thickening of the arterial walls
Down
- 2. red blood cells
- 3. ballooning out of an artery wall
- 5. high blood pressure
- 7. heart muscles do not beat adequately to supply the blood needs of the body
- 8. inflammation of a vein
- 10. infarction medical term for heart attack
- 11. carries oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 15. made up of water, proteins, nutrients, electrolytes, gases, metabolic wastes, hormones, enzymes
- 16. inadequate number of red blood cells
- 17. carry blood back to the heart
- 20. carry blood away from the heart