Across
- 5. thrombus breaks away from the vessel wall and floats freely in the bloodstream
- 8. increases in the number of erythrocytes
- 11. clot in an unbroken blood vessel
- 13. insufficient number of circulating platelets
- 14. progressive condition that reflects the weakening of the heart muscle
- 15. rapid uncoordinated shuddering of the heart muscle
- 16. Small purplish blotches on the skin
- 17. fluid leaking from the circulation into the lung tissue
- 18. Common in those in stand for a long time
- 19. "White Blood"
Down
- 1. blood vessels are inadequately filled
- 2. "Bleeder's disease"
- 3. Results in lower than normal RBC count
- 4. abnormal or unusual heart sounds
- 6. Carrying just one sickling gene
- 7. Abnormal hemoglobin formed becomes spiky and sharp
- 9. lack of an adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
- 10. inflammation of a vein that results when a clot forms in a vessel
- 12. Ventricles began to beat at a slower rate
- 16. results in a decrease in the serous fluid