Blood Components & Proteins

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Across
  1. 5. Includes HDL and ceruloplasmin
  2. 7. Plasma minus clotting factors
  3. 8. Yellow bile pigment
  4. 9. Converts fibrinogen to fibrin
  5. 11. Oxygen-bound hemoglobin (bright red)
  6. 12. Immunoglobulins from B lymphocytes
  7. 13. Connective tissue of plasma and formed elements
  8. 15. Cellular components (RBCs, WBCs, platelets)
  9. 17. Platelet aggregation inhibitor
  10. 20. Thrombin precursor
  11. 22. Liquid matrix (55% blood volume)
  12. 23. Oxygen-released hemoglobin (dark red)
  13. 27. Anticoagulant degrading factors V/VIII
  14. 28. CO₂-bound hemoglobin
  15. 29. Iron transport protein
Down
  1. 1. Oxygen-carrying RBC protein
  2. 2. Includes LDL and transferrin
  3. 3. Green heme breakdown product
  4. 4. Fibrinogen, prothrombin, etc.
  5. 6. Clotting precursor
  6. 10. Primary osmotic regulator in plasma
  7. 13. Leukocyte/platelet layer in centrifuged blood
  8. 14. Percentage of blood volume occupied by RBCs
  9. 16. Red blood cell
  10. 18. Natural anticoagulant
  11. 19. Blood's resistance to flow
  12. 21. CO-bound hemoglobin (toxic)
  13. 24. Carriers for molecules (e.g., transferrin)
  14. 25. Cholesterol transporters (LDL/HDL)
  15. 26. Iron-containing hemoglobin subunit