Cardiovascular System: Blood Puzzle
Across
- 2. Required for blood clotting
- 3. Rapid heart rate
- 6. Protein that does not belong inside the body
- 7. Carry blood toward the heart
- 9. Low in oxygen; dark red
- 10. A person trained to draw blood from a patient for clinical or medical testing, transfusions, donations, or research
- 11. First step in healing; stops bleeding
- 13. What is it called when heavier cells settle to the bottom of a blood sample (the abbreviation)
- 14. Formation of all the blood cells
- 16. Platelets
- 17. White blood cells
- 18. Plenty of oxygen; bright red
- 19. Shape of the red blood cell
Down
- 1. Formation of erythrocytes
- 4. Protein the body produces to "attack" any foreign material
- 5. Process of blood clotting
- 6. Carry blood away from the heart
- 8. Red blood cells
- 12. A decrease in the oxygen-carrying capacity of the red blood cells
- 15. Formation of thrombocytes