Across
- 2. great solvent; makes up 90-92% of plasma
- 5. iron-based protein that carries oxygen in RBC
- 9. essential nutrient for blood to clot properly
- 11. blood cells that clot blood
- 12. production of blood cells in bone marrow
- 14. most abundant plasma protein; osmoregulation
- 15. process of forming a blood clot
- 17. type of WBC; B cells/T cells
- 19. fights pathogens/disease
- 20. largest WBC
Down
- 1. type of tissue blood is
- 3. WBC that fights parasitic infection
- 4. releases histamine in an inflammatory response
- 6. ions used in blood clotting process
- 7. traveling blood clot
- 8. 1st step in hemostasis
- 10. abnormally low number of WBCs
- 13. matrix of blood; makes up 55%
- 16. no nucleus; most abundant blood cell
- 18. most abundant WBC; first on the scene