Cardiovascular System Crossword

What are the thinnest blood vessels?
What is the muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body?
This gas is carried by red blood cells and delivered to tissues.
This is how many chambers the heart has.
These contain valves so that blood travels in only one direction.
These have large, thick walls to withstand high blood pressure.
This is the word that means sticky and thick.
The heart is about the size of your clenched ____________.
When the heart contracts, it produces a force against the walls of vessels called blood ___________.
Drinking this substance can cause high blood pressure.
Someone with diabetes has a high amount of ____________ in their blood.
A blood clot in the brain is called a _________________.
This can happen if parts of the heart muscle die from lack of blood.
This word means hardening of the arteries.
This "gunk" builds in up arteries of people with bad eating habits and high cholesterol.