Blood

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