DHO Cardiovascular System (Key Terms and D&D)

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Across
  1. 1. Cancer of the bone marrow or lymph tissue
  2. 10. Lining within the heart
  3. 13. Vessel that carries blood to the heart
  4. 15. Muscular wall preventing oxygenated blood and deoxygenated blood from mixing
  5. 17. Gnarled, dilated vein that has lost elasticity
  6. 19. Valve that prevents oxygenated blood from flowing back into the left ventricle
  7. 21. When plaque deposits in the walls of an artery
  8. 22. Upper chamber of the heart
  9. 23. Heart attack
  10. 24. Liquid of the body that is made up of erythrocytes, leukocytes, plasma, and thrombocytes
  11. 25. Part of the blood that is responsible for carrying substances for clotting, nutrition, and electrolytes to the tissues (plus more)
  12. 28. Hardening of an artery
  13. 29. Inflammation of a vein
  14. 31. Vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  15. 32. Double layered membrane around the heart
  16. 33. Foreign substance circulating in the blood stream
Down
  1. 2. Red blood cell
  2. 3. Pertaining to the lungs
  3. 4. Heart muscle
  4. 5. Inadequate number of red blood cells
  5. 6. Composed of protein and iron, carries oxygen and carbon dioxide
  6. 7. Period of rest
  7. 8. Part of the blood responsible for creating clots
  8. 9. Valve that prevents blood from flowing back into the left atrium
  9. 11. Abnormal heart beat
  10. 12. White blood cell
  11. 14. Ventricular contraction period
  12. 16. Valve that prevents blood from flowing from the right ventricle back into the right atrium
  13. 17. Lower chamber of the heart
  14. 18. When the heart muscles does not adequately supply blood to the body
  15. 20. Disorder where the blood is unable to clot
  16. 26. Ballooning out of a wall of a blood vessel
  17. 27. Vessels that can carry oxygenated or deoxygenated blood to or from the tissues
  18. 30. High blood pressure