Blood
Across
- 4. Generally indicates an infection
- 6. Nonliving matrix
- 9. ____________________ stimulates production of platelets
- 12. A thrombus that breaks away and floats freely in the bloodstream
- 13. Hemoglobin is an _______________-containing protein
- 15. Red blood cells (RBCs)
- 19. Cell fragments
- 21. coat a thin, whitish layer between the erythrocytes and plasma
- 24. White blood cells (WBCs)
- 27. Abnormally low leukocyte level
- 28. Clotting proteins help to stem blood loss when a blood vessel is injured
- 31. Blood pH becomes too acidic
- 32. 45 percent of blood, a percentage known as the
- 33. Blood pH becomes too basic
Down
- 1. Important in fighting chronic infection
- 2. Hereditary bleeding disorder
- 3. Bone marrow becomes cancerous; turns out excess WBCs
- 5. Include neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils
- 7. Lack visible cytoplasmic granules
- 8. Function to kill parasitic worms and play a role in allergy attacks
- 10. Functions as part of the immune response
- 11. Function as phagocytes at active sites of infection
- 12. Rate of RBC production is controlled by a hormone called _________________
- 14. Evidenced by petechiae (small purplish blotches on the skin)
- 16. A clot in an unbroken blood vessel
- 17. is an excessive or abnormal increase in the number of RBCs
- 18. is the process of blood cell formation
- 20. is a decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood
- 22. Blood transports everything that must be carried from one place to another, such as:
- 23. _____________ produce most erythropoietin as a response to reduced oxygen levels in the blood
- 25. Blood temperature is slightly _________________ than body temperature, at 100.4°F
- 26. cell anemia results from abnormally shaped hemoglobin
- 29. Contain heparin (anticoagulant)
- 30. Antibodies help protect the body from pathogens