Blood and Immunity

1. is harmful overreaction of the immune system
7. is about 90% water
11. abbreviation for white blood count
13. a tumor of the blood-forming tissue in the bone marrow
17. results from bone marrow destruction and affects all blood cells
18. an immature neutrophil with a solid curved nucleus
22. the protein that forms a clot in the blood coagulation
23. erythrocyte is the scientific term for
24. hem/o, hemat/o
25. the prevention of blood loss, which includes the process of blood clotting
26. a white blood cell
27. the inactive precursor of fibrin
29. a simple protein found in blood plasma
32. the stoppage of bleeding

2. is a hereditary disease that appears mostly in mediterranean populations
3. blood clotting
4. is a hereditary deficiency of a specific clotting factor
5. a mature form of B cell that produces antibodies
6. clot thromb/o
8. substances produced by immune cells that counteract microorganisms and other foreign materials are called
9. mature in bone marrow
10. a deficiency of hemoglobin results in the disease called
12. a mutation alters the hemoglobin
14. a neoplastic overgrowth of white blood cells is called
15. abbreviation for red blood count
16. a substance that provokes an immune response
19. the plasma that remains after blood coagulates is
20. platelets of thrombocytes are involved in
21. stain weakly with both acidic and basic dyes
25. complete blood count
28. is protection against disease
30. the white blood cells active in immunity are the
31. a blood platelet