Blood Components
Across
- 3. Red blood cells (RBCs; combine with oxygen in the lungs for transport to tissues
- 8. Blood protein that maintains osmotic pressure in blood and tissues
- 9. Blood cell formation in the red bone marrow
- 13. Piece of a blood clot that dislodges and is circulated in the blood
- 14. Blood plasma without the clotting factors
- 15. Blood protein that helps with blood clotting
- 16. Dissolution of the blood clot
- 17. Clumping of red blood cells
Down
- 1. Clotting
- 2. White blood cells (WBCs); protects the body from infection
- 4. A blood clot
- 5. Death of tissues
- 6. Blood cells involved in clotting; platelets
- 7. Involved in the production of antibodies
- 10. Fluid part of the blood
- 11. Iron-containing oxygen-transport red blood cells
- 12. Blood protein antibodies