Cardiovascular Puzzle
Across
- 2. hormone that increases the production of red blood cells
- 5. type of white blood cell; causes allergy response
- 7. when a blood clot moves to another place
- 11. lots of oxygen (bright red)
- 12. type of white blood cell active during allergic response; produces histamine and promotes inflammation
- 15. percentage of red blood cells in the blood
- 16. phagocytic white blood cell; first responders to site of infection (bacteria, virus, & some fungi)
- 17. protein the the body that attacks any foreign material
- 18. fluid portion of the blood
- 19. the thickening of blood
Down
- 1. little oxygen (dark red)
- 3. stopping bleeding
- 4. type of white blood cell that directly attack specific microorganisms, tumor cells, & transplanted cells (B & T cells)
- 6. platelets
- 8. An enzyme in blood plasma that causesthe blood to clot by converting fibrinogen to fibrin
- 9. largest white blood cell; become macrophages; phagocytize bacteria, dead cells, and other intercellular debris
- 10. can be donated to all other blood types
- 13. antibodies will attack this protein (does not belong inside the body)
- 14. formation of all blood cells
- 15. molecules that transport oxygen