Cardiovascular System

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  1. 2. Blood's liquid matrix
  2. 7. Leukocytes are ___ cells because that have a nucleus.
  3. 8. White blood cells help to fight this
  4. 11. Is in the shape of a biconcave disc
  5. 13. A series of reactions that stops the bleeding when a blood vessel wall breaks
  6. 14. Threads that reinforce the platelet plug
  7. 15. This delivers oxygen, nutrients, water, hormones, and white blood cells to each cell
  8. 16. An inflammatory chemical that attracts other white blood cells to the site of infection
  9. 17. Rarest white blood cells
  10. 19. A pump made of cardiac muscle
  11. 22. Blood clotting
  12. 23. The heart is made of _____ chambers.
  13. 24. Coagulation provides a long-lasting fix that gives the blood vessel time to _____.
  14. 25. What does blood remove from each cell?
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  1. 1. Second most numerous white blood cell
  2. 3. Largest leukocytes
  3. 4. Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body cells
  4. 5. 90% of plasma is made up of this
  5. 6. Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart from the body cells
  6. 9. Granulocytes that use enzymes to digest parasitic worms
  7. 10. Cell fragments that are binded to exposed collagen fibers by the Von Wilebrand factor
  8. 12. Tiny blood vessels that connect arteries and veins at the body cells
  9. 13. Protein that uses iron to bind four oxygen
  10. 18. The % of blood made up by erythrocytes (higher in males)
  11. 20. Another name for platelets
  12. 21. Most numerous white blood cells (50-70%)