2016 Lab Week Crossword Puzzle (Lab Terms)

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Across
  1. 4. Hormone produced naturally by the pancreas and controls the level of glucose in the blood.
  2. 5. Red blood cell
  3. 7. The liquid portion of blood remaining after a clot forms.
  4. 10. Process of forming a fibrin clot.
  5. 11. Sudden obstruction or plugging up of an artery.
  6. 12. A measure of how close a determined value is to the true value.
  7. 16. Formed in the liver from the breakdown of hemoglobin.
  8. 17. The study of hormones.
  9. 20. Procedure that removes waste substance from the circulating blood.
  10. 24. Requiring oxygen.
  11. 25. Carrier of genetic information.
  12. 26. A newborn in its first month of life.
  13. 28. Capillary blood collector.
  14. 30. Rupture or destruction of red cells resulting in the release of hemoglobin.
  15. 31. The study of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, parasites.
  16. 32. Reaction vessel (similar to a tube) used in photometric analyzers.
Down
  1. 1. Low lint material used to clean in the lab.
  2. 2. Solution of sodium chloride in water.
  3. 3. Serum based material with assigned target values.
  4. 6. Manual device used to count white and red cells.
  5. 8. Condition where red cell count or hemoglobin level is below normal.
  6. 9. The presence of blood in the urine.
  7. 13. Substance that stops the blood from clotting.
  8. 14. Plasma protein produced in the liver and converted to fibrin through the action of thrombin.
  9. 15. Excessive amount of fat in blood.
  10. 18. Having reduced color or hemoglobin content.
  11. 19. Laboratory tool used to transport a measured volume of liquid.
  12. 21. The organ in which urines formed.
  13. 22. Reproducibility of test results.
  14. 23. Substance with the potential to produce cancer in humans and animals.
  15. 27. Clumping of red cells that appear to be stacked like a roll of coins.
  16. 29. Pricking needle used to obtain drops of blood for testing.