Blood

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  1. 1. DNA testing is used for ______ cases, disaster victim identification, and paternity testing
  2. 4. type of leukemia that develops slowly
  3. 5. blood has four main components: red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and ______
  4. 8. another word for blood clotting
  5. 13. a vital element of cancer and organ transplant treatments
  6. 15. also referred to as "the royal disease"
  7. 19. collected simultaneously with a platelet donation
  8. 23. main job of plasma is to ____ blood cells throughout the body
  9. 24. PT is measured to find a cause for ____ bleeding or bruising
  10. 26. in HDN, a mother produces antibodies that cross the placenta and destroy the baby's ___ ______ _____
  11. 28. white blood cells protect the body from ______
  12. 29. donations made for a specific person with a doctor's prescription
  13. 31. before 1968, _______ ______ was a common cause of death for newborns
  14. 33. hemophilia is a bleeding disorder where the blood doesn't ______ normally
  15. 34. the study of blood
  16. 35. the _____ the match of antigens, the more likely the organ or tissue transplant will be successful
  17. 37. checking the antigens can tell if donor tissue is ______ for transplant to another person
  18. 40. only people who have identical pattern of antigens
  19. 43. a human antibody to the Rh antigen
  20. 44. another name for platelets
  21. 47. haploid gametes and ___ blood cells don't carry identical DNA in the human body
  22. 48. hemophilia is more common in ______
  23. 49. Tissue Typing is the name given to the test which identifies someone's _____
  24. 50. leukemias are named for the type of _______ cell that is affected
  25. 52. a prothrombin time test can be used to check for ______ problems
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  1. 2. diseases that cause the body to attack its own cells
  2. 3. set of antigens
  3. 6. considered more reliable than many other kinds of crime scene evidence
  4. 7. done with an apheresis machine which collects red cells and then returns the plasma and platelets to the donor
  5. 9. leukemia cells don't ______ when they become old or damaged
  6. 10. about 7-8% of your total body weight is this
  7. 11. name for DNA
  8. 12. each of us has several _______ _______ located on the surface of most of our white cells
  9. 14. regions of DNA that encode and regulate protein synthesis
  10. 16. another name for white blood cells
  11. 17. half of each person's antigens are inherited from the mother and the other ____ from the father
  12. 18. a protein needed for normal blood clotting
  13. 19. abbreviation for prothrombin time blood test
  14. 20. a _____ ______ test is a blood test that identifies substances called antigens on the surface of body cells and tissues
  15. 21. a function of blood is that it _______ oxygen and nutrients to the lungs and tissues
  16. 22. scientific tests or techniques used in connection with the detection of crime
  17. 25. type of leukemia that develops quickly
  18. 27. refers to genetic marker
  19. 30. another name for red blood cells
  20. 32. donations for your own use with a doctor's prescription
  21. 36. refers to white cell
  22. 38. play a major role in blood clotting
  23. 39. hemophilia can sometimes be acquired, but is usually ______
  24. 41. the average life expectancy for a a hemophilic person in the early 1900s
  25. 42. vitamin needed to make prothrombin and other clotting factors
  26. 45. in a platelet apheresis, the machine collects the platelets, some plasma, and then the donor's red cells are ____
  27. 46. the _______ rate for HDN used to be approximately 50%
  28. 51. DNA is present in nearly every ____ of our bodies