Across:
3.are minute discs and irregularly-
shaped fragments that are not whole
cells
4.are thick-walled elastic blood vessels
6.when the ventricles relax and another
set of valve closes,you hear it
7.is the largest artey in the body
8.is slightly located on the left side of the
chest
11.are two large veins
13.is one of the transport system of the
body
16. the membrane enclosing the heart,
consisting of an outer fibrous layer and
an inner double layer of serous
membrane.
18. any of the tubes forming part of the
blood circulation system of the body,
carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted
blood toward the heart.
19. each of the two upper cavities of the
heart from which blood is passed to the
ventricles
20. any of the fine branching blood
vessels that form a network between the
arterioles and venules.
23.is the yellowish liquid portion of the
blood.
24.transports the blood from the lungs to
the heart
25. relating to a system, especially as
opposed to a particular part.
Down:
1.When you have a cut or wound
2.The heart is the “pumping station” of
the body.
5.Is the rhythimic throbbing of arteries
as blood from the heart is pumped out
into them.
9. a medical instrument for listening to
the action of someone's heart or
breathing, typically having a small disk-
shaped resonator that is placed against
the chest and two tubes connected to
earpieces.
10. an instrument for measuring blood
pressure, typically consisting of an
inflatable rubber cuff that is applied to
the arm and connected to a column of
mercury next to a graduated scale,
enabling the determination of systolic
and diastolic blood pressure by
increasing and gradually releasing the
pressure in the cuff.
12.When the valves between chambers
close and the ventricles contract,you
hear it.
14. a partition separating two chambers,
such as that between the nostrils or the
chambers of the heart.
15. each of the two main chambers of
the heart, left and right.
17. the main artery of the body.
21.flaps of tissue that open and close
and the ventricle contract.
22. relating to or denoting the arteries
that surround and supply the hea
26. the pressure of the blood in the
circulatory system
27. a condition marked by a deficiency
of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in
the blood
28. a malignant progressive disease in
which the bone marrow and other blood-
forming organs produce increased
numbers of immature or abnormal
leukocytes
29. (especially of a disease or physical
abnormality) present from birth.