Across
- 5. Device used to measure pulse
- 8. Chamber of the heart with the thickest walls
- 9. Blood vessels responsible for delivering oxygen to body tissues on a cellular level
- 11. White blood cell with a lobed nucleus
- 12. Fragments of cells that assist in blood clotting
- 13. A pair of valves consisting of three cusps that prevents the flow of blood back into the heart
- 14. The atrioventricular valves found at the right side of the heart
- 15. White blood cell with a large, round nucleus
- 16. Stage of the cardiac cycle when heart muscles relax
Down
- 1. Small veins that branch out from capillaries
- 2. Stage of a heart beat when heart muscles contract
- 3. Blood vessel carrying oxygenated blood away from the heart
- 4. Circulation where blood passes through the heart twice in one circuit
- 6. Cells in the blood that transport oxygen
- 7. A small branch of an artery leading into capillaries
- 10. The expansion and contraction of the artery caused by the ejection of blood from the left side of the heart
- 11. Blood vessel that transports oxygenated blood to the heart