Blood and Lymph

5. Blood producing cells located in the bone marrow
7. A condition when fat molecules are present in the blood. Often after a recent meal
10. Study of the immune system
14. A condition of increased numbers of white blood cells
16. The best indicator of red blood cell regeneration
17. The youngest erythrocyte normally seen in circulation
18. Protein with in the erythrocyte that carries oxygen
19. The study of blood
20. Hormone produced by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells
22. Cells that remove irregular and damaged portions of the cell membrane

1. A chemical that prevents the blood from clotting
2. Enlargement of the spleen
3. A condition of the blood causes by the breakdown of hemoglobin
4. An abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells.
6. The study of serum
8. Disease of the lymph glands; often refers to enlarged lymph nodes
9. A cell without granules
11. Results from a decreases number of erythrocytes in circulation
12. A platelet deficiency
13. Irregularly shaped red blood cells
15. A cell whose surface has evenly distributed little spiny projections, sort of like a hedgehog.
21. The process of destroying blood, Clinically refers to lysis or breakage of erythrocytes
23. Low level of oxygen in the blood