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