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- 3. the passage of blood cells through the intact walls of the capillaries, typically accompanying inflammation.
- 6. a group of proteins in your blood. They are made in your liver by your immune system.
- 8. The percentage of the total blood volume which are contributed by formed elements.
- 10. Is the rupturing of red blood cells and the release of their contents into surrounding fluid. Hemolysis inside or outside the body.
- 11. A decrease in the Oxygen carrying capacity of the red blood cells
- 13. an immature erythrocyte, containing a nucleus.
- 14. a blood-plasma glycoprotein, which plays a central role in iron metabolism and is responsible for ferric-ion delivery.
- 17. a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level.
- 18. an orange-yellow pigment that occurs normally when part of your red blood cells break down.
- 19. 55% of blood volume
- 20. a protein, specifically a clotting factor , that is essential for proper blood clot formation.
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- 1. condition in which the skin, whites of the eyes and mucous membranes turn yellow because of a high level of bilirubin
- 2. Red blood cells
- 4. the process which produces red blood cells, which is the development from erythropoietic stem cell to mature red blood cell.
- 5. a small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting.
- 7. white blood cells
- 9. a protein in your red blood cells that accounts for over 95% of the red blood cells and are formed by two globins
- 12. are immature red blood cells (RBCs).
- 15. 50 to 70 percent of the circulating white blood cells are
- 16. rotein made by your liver, helps keep fluid in your bloodstream so it doesn't leak into other tissues.
- 17. The growth and maturation of the blood cells and other formed blood elements in the bone marrow.
