Across
- 1. root word meaning fat
- 2. root word (combining form) that means vein
- 6. vessel widens
- 9. pertaining to the circulation of the whole body
- 10. abnormal condition of hardening
- 12. vessel narrows
- 14. root word (combining form) that means artery
- 15. fatty build up on the inside wall of a blood vessel
- 16. vessel that takes blood away from the heart
- 17. having a traveling "plug" (can be a clot, air, or fat)
- 19. flow of blood into a tissue
Down
- 1. outpouching of a blood vessel wall
- 3. vein that has been damaged and bulges outwards
- 4. root word (combining form) that means pressure
- 5. vessel that takes blood back towards the heart
- 7. root word (combining form) that means vessel
- 8. process of vessel closure
- 11. tiny vessels for exchange of nutrients & wastes
- 12. to form a blood clot
- 13. root word that means clot
- 18. central opening within a blood vessel or catheter