The Blood Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. disease in which the bone marrow becomes cancerous and huge numbers of WBC' are made rapidly
  2. 6. the term for a thrombus that has broken away from the vessel wall to float freely in the blood stream
  3. 7. 90% water; liquid part of blood; non-living fluid matrix
  4. 10. aka white blood cells; WBC's
  5. 11. hereditary bleeding disorders which result from a lack of the elements needed for the blood to clot
  6. 14. red blood cells; RBC's
  7. 16. released by platelets; causes blood vessels to go into a spasm, which narrows the blood vessel to a point, decreasing oxygen loss until clotting occurs
  8. 17. cells that help blood to clot, forming a scab
  9. 18. the river of life that surges within us
  10. 19. the fibrous insoluble protein formed during the clotting of blood
Down
  1. 1. a clot that develops and persists in an unbroken blood vessel
  2. 2. lower than = normal white blood cell count
  3. 3. living blood cells
  4. 5. a decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood
  5. 8. an excessive or abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes, or RBC's
  6. 9. higher than normal white blood cell count; a disease which indicates a bacterial or viral infection in the body
  7. 11. an iron-containing protein; transports most of the oxygen in blood
  8. 12. percentage of blood that accounts for erythrocytes; about 45%
  9. 13. large single-nucleus white blood cell; agranular leukocyte
  10. 15. a substance that the body recognizes as a foreign substance