Cardiovascular System Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• atria : a chamber of the heart receiving blood from the veins; superior heart chambers
• monocytes : large single-nucleus white blood cell;
• ventricles : discharging chambers of the heart
• hemocytoblast : stem cells that give rise to all the formed elements of the blood
• murmur : a condition in which the heart produces or is apt to produce a recurring sound indicative of disease or damage
• basophils : white blood cells whose granules stain deep blue with basic dye; have a relatively pale nucleus and granular-appearing cytoplasm
• hemostasis : the stopping of a flow of blood
• erythrocytes : red blood cells
• hematopoiesis : formation of blood cells
• hemoglobin : the oxygen-transporting pigment of erythrocytes
• eosinophils : granular white blood cells whose granules readily take up a stain called eosin
• leukocytes : white blood cell
• pericardium : the membranous sac enveloping the heart
• systemic circulation : systems of blood vessels that carries nutrient- and oxygen-rich blood to all the body organs
• granulocytes : a white blood cell with secretory granules in its cytoplasm
• neutrophils : the most abundant of the white blood cells
• platelets : one of the irregular cell fragments of blood; involved in clotting
• lymphocytes : agranular white blood cells formed in the bone marrow that mature in the lymphoid tissue
• aorta : major systemic artery; arises from the left ventricle of the heart
• plasma : the fluid portion of the blood
• diastole : a period (between contractions) of relaxation of the heart during which it fills with blood
• hypertension : abnormally high blood pressure
• systole : the contraction phase of heart activity
• agranuloctyes : white blood cells with a one-lobed nucleus. no granules in cytoplasm