Across
- 5. Includes HDL and ceruloplasmin
- 7. Plasma minus clotting factors
- 8. Yellow bile pigment
- 9. Converts fibrinogen to fibrin
- 11. Oxygen-bound hemoglobin (bright red)
- 12. Immunoglobulins from B lymphocytes
- 13. Connective tissue of plasma and formed elements
- 15. Cellular components (RBCs, WBCs, platelets)
- 17. Platelet aggregation inhibitor
- 20. Thrombin precursor
- 22. Liquid matrix (55% blood volume)
- 23. Oxygen-released hemoglobin (dark red)
- 27. Anticoagulant degrading factors V/VIII
- 28. CO₂-bound hemoglobin
- 29. Iron transport protein
Down
- 1. Oxygen-carrying RBC protein
- 2. Includes LDL and transferrin
- 3. Green heme breakdown product
- 4. Fibrinogen, prothrombin, etc.
- 6. Clotting precursor
- 10. Primary osmotic regulator in plasma
- 13. Leukocyte/platelet layer in centrifuged blood
- 14. Percentage of blood volume occupied by RBCs
- 16. Red blood cell
- 18. Natural anticoagulant
- 19. Blood's resistance to flow
- 21. CO-bound hemoglobin (toxic)
- 24. Carriers for molecules (e.g., transferrin)
- 25. Cholesterol transporters (LDL/HDL)
- 26. Iron-containing hemoglobin subunit