Chapter 6
Across
- 4. inactive plasma protein
- 5. a foreign substance to the body that invokes an immune response
- 7. when a person has a low amount of RBC's or hemoglobin
- 8. when oxygen binds to heme in the lungs
- 10. the rupturing of red blood cells
- 12. cells/cell pieces(RBC, WBC, platelets)
- 14. another name for white blood cells
- 15. B and T cells
- 17. prevents excessive loss of plasma
- 18. the largest of the white blood cells
- 19. person has sicken shaped RBC's
- 20. liquid medium for carrying substances in the blood
Down
- 1. combine with and help transport substances in the blood
- 2. larger, have a nucleus, lack hemoglobin, and translucent
- 3. when the heme gives up oxygen
- 6. most organic molecules in the blood
- 9. most abundant plasma protein
- 11. a pigment with a high affinity for oxygen
- 13. another name for RBC's
- 16. small concave discs in the blood