Blood Type Key Terms
Across
- 3. To make reactive to an antigen
- 4. of Agglutination- The clumping of red blood cells as a result of a reaction to a specific antibody
- 5. A pair of genes located on a specific site of a specific chromosome
- 6. (Antibodies)- Antibodies found in the plasma of blood
- 7. Transfusion- The transfer of whole blood from one individual to another
- 9. Fetalis- Is a blood disorder found in human fetuses and infants in which the mother's antibodies attack the developing baby's red blood cells
- 10. Is a unit that one organism inherits from a parent organism and is the determining factor of a specific phenotype of an organism
- 11. Code- Is the sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that determines the specific protein synthesis
- 12. Pertains to the legal aspects of the practice of medicine
- 14. The destruction of red blood cells and the release of hemoglobin
- 15. White blood cells
- 16. Fluid of the blood where red blood cells are suspended
Down
- 1. Red blood cells
- 2. Serum that contains antibodies for one of more antigens
- 4. The expression of a specific trait in an organism
- 5. (Antigens)- Substances found on the surface of erythrocytes
- 8. Is a protein found in the blood, primarily responsible for carrying the oxygen from the lungs to the tissue of the body and CO2 from the tissue of the body to the lungs
- 13. The genetic makeup of an organism