Across
- 4. a person trained to draw blood for clinical or medical testing,transfusions, donations or research
- 8. formation of red blood cells
- 9. low in oxygen; dark
- 10. required for blood clotting
- 11. decrease in the oxygen carrying capacity in red blood cells
- 14. include antibodies and transport proteins
- 16. molecule that houses an iron molecule
- 17. blood collected from a superficial vein
- 19. formation of platelets
Down
- 1. platelets
- 2. protein the body produces to "attack" any foreign material
- 3. protein that combines with 02 and made up of 4 heme molecules
- 4. heavier cells settle at the bottom
- 5. plenty of oxygen; bright
- 6. formation of all blood cells
- 7. protein that does not belong inside the body
- 12. red blood cells
- 13. white blood cells
- 15. binding site of oxygen
- 18. machine that shakes blood to separate blood and plasma