Across
- 4. Hormone produced naturally by the pancreas and controls the level of glucose in the blood.
- 5. Red blood cell
- 7. The liquid portion of blood remaining after a clot forms.
- 10. Process of forming a fibrin clot.
- 11. Sudden obstruction or plugging up of an artery.
- 12. A measure of how close a determined value is to the true value.
- 16. Formed in the liver from the breakdown of hemoglobin.
- 17. The study of hormones.
- 20. Procedure that removes waste substance from the circulating blood.
- 24. Requiring oxygen.
- 25. Carrier of genetic information.
- 26. A newborn in its first month of life.
- 28. Capillary blood collector.
- 30. Rupture or destruction of red cells resulting in the release of hemoglobin.
- 31. The study of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, parasites.
- 32. Reaction vessel (similar to a tube) used in photometric analyzers.
Down
- 1. Low lint material used to clean in the lab.
- 2. Solution of sodium chloride in water.
- 3. Serum based material with assigned target values.
- 6. Manual device used to count white and red cells.
- 8. Condition where red cell count or hemoglobin level is below normal.
- 9. The presence of blood in the urine.
- 13. Substance that stops the blood from clotting.
- 14. Plasma protein produced in the liver and converted to fibrin through the action of thrombin.
- 15. Excessive amount of fat in blood.
- 18. Having reduced color or hemoglobin content.
- 19. Laboratory tool used to transport a measured volume of liquid.
- 21. The organ in which urines formed.
- 22. Reproducibility of test results.
- 23. Substance with the potential to produce cancer in humans and animals.
- 27. Clumping of red cells that appear to be stacked like a roll of coins.
- 29. Pricking needle used to obtain drops of blood for testing.