Across
- 7. plasma and formed elements make up this word
- 9. it pumps your blood and beats really fast when you spot someone dashing
- 10. the process of which blood uses to close up woulds
- 11. the yellow liquid in your blood
- 12. a protein with a complex quaterary structure
- 15. A type of white blood cell that is an important part of the immune system and helps the body fight infection (starts with N)
- 17. the stopping of bleeding, halts the loss of blood through the walls of damaged vessels. At the same time, it establishes a framework for tissue repairs.
- 19. An elevated number of red blood cells in the blood; signs include a high hematocrit and a high hemoglobin concentration.
- 20. a thing which carries blood out through your body
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- 1. Place where blood is collected, typed, separated into components, stored, and prepared for transfusion to recipients.
- 2. a white blood cell that starts with the letter L
- 3. the process of receiving blood
- 4. a major blood vessle that carries oxygen rich blood throughout the body
- 5. Skin discoloration caused by the escape of blood into tissues from ruptured blood vessels.
- 6. they carry vital information to cells through the blood
- 8. The study of blood and its disorders.
- 13. The process of withdrawing blood from a vein.
- 14. The walls of blood vessels contain smooth muscle and an inner lining of simple squamous epithelium
- 16. an inherited blood disorder (starts with an H)
- 18. A dangerous condition in which bacteria and bacterial toxins are distributed throughout the body in the bloodstream.
