Blood

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  1. 6. An adult would have about five _______ of blood.
  2. 8. A disorder where the number of red blood cells is lower than normal.
  3. 9. Formed by platelets to prevent bleeding from a cut.
  4. 13. Made by white blood cells to help fight infections.
  5. 14. The gas carried by red blood cells from the lungs to cells.
  6. 15. The chemical in red blood cells that combines with oxygen.
  7. 16. You need to have this in your diet to make haemoglobin.
  8. 17. Another name for a red blood cell.
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  1. 1. If you have an infection then the number of these blood cells will increase.
  2. 2. Nutrients (food) is carried by this part of the blood.
  3. 3. A waste product from cells carried away by the plasma.
  4. 4. Plasma is mostly made up of this.
  5. 5. These form blood clots.
  6. 7. A red blood cell does not have this.
  7. 10. This is where red blood cells are made (two words).
  8. 11. Another name for a white blood cell.
  9. 12. A waste gas carried from the cells to the lungs by plasma (two words).