PHS - CIRCULATORY SYSTEM KMP

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Across
  1. 4. high blood pressure
  2. 5. dilated, swollen veins that have lost elasticity
  3. 10. hardening or thickening of arterial walls
  4. 11. valve the blood travels through exiting the left ventricle
  5. 15. vessel that is one cell layer thick
  6. 17. muscular layer of the heart
  7. 18. type of blood cell that fights infection
  8. 19. inflammation of a vein
  9. 21. the period of rest, ventricular filling
  10. 26. foreign substance in the bloodstream
  11. 27. low number of erythrocytes or hemoglobin
  12. 30. type of vessel that might contain a valve to prevent the backflow of blood
  13. 31. fatty plaques on the walls of the arteries
  14. 33. heart attack
  15. 34. wall that separates the heart into left and right sides
Down
  1. 1. blood cell that assists in clotting
  2. 2. blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  3. 3. low blood pressure
  4. 6. blood cell that contains hemoglobin
  5. 7. double layer membrane surrounding the heart
  6. 8. type of vessel returns blood to the heart
  7. 9. valve exiting the right ventricle
  8. 11. smallest arteries
  9. 12. inherited disease that leads to prolonged bleeding
  10. 13. the average adult has 4-6 ___ of blood in their body
  11. 14. malignant disease of the bone marrow
  12. 16. ballooning out of an arterial wall
  13. 20. valve between the left atrium and left ventricle
  14. 22. period of ventricular contraction
  15. 23. inner layer of the heart that allows for the smooth flow of blood
  16. 24. the liquid part of blood
  17. 25. smallest veins
  18. 28. largest artery
  19. 29. blood returning from the body enters the right ___ (chamber of the heart)
  20. 32. valve between the right atrium and right ventricle