Chapter 14: Blood

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Across
  1. 5. hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells.
  2. 6. anticoagulant secreted by liver cells.
  3. 8. Blood clot in a vessel supplying a vital organ(brain, heart).
  4. 10. overproduction of red blood cells.
  5. 14. Pigment excreted in the bile.
  6. 15. plasma minus fibrinogen and most clotting factors.
  7. 16. Required for hemoglobin synthesis.
  8. 18. universal donor.
  9. 20. condition in which white blood cells are overproduced.
  10. 21. An abnormal blood clot that forms in a blood.
  11. 22. Condition in which the O2-carrying capacity of the blood is reduced, due to deficiency of RBCs or hemoglobin.
  12. 25. Death of tissues which have blocked blood vessels due to blood clot formation.
  13. 26. Engulfing and digestion of pathogens; neutrophils and monocytes are most mobile and active phagocytes.
Down
  1. 1. Many chemicals used in coagulation.
  2. 2. Universal Recipient.
  3. 3. Accumulation of fat in arterial linings can sometimes cause abnormal clot formation; a common form of thrombosis.
  4. 4. A red blood cell.
  5. 5. A blood clot moving through the blood vessels.
  6. 7. Clumping of red blood cells.
  7. 9. Reaction that restricts spread of infection; promoted by basophils, by secretion of heparin and histamine; involves swelling and increased capillary permeability.
  8. 11. protein-splitting enzyme that can digest fibrin.
  9. 12. Attraction of WBCs to an infection site, by chemicals released by damaged cells.
  10. 13. process that stops bleeding from damaged blood vessels.
  11. 17. red pigment responsible for the color of blood.
  12. 19. digests fibrin threads, and dissolves the blood clot.
  13. 23. A mass lodging in and obstructing a blood vessel.
  14. 24. Clear, straw-colored fluid matrix of blood.