Across
- 2. coat:fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets
- 5. promoter
- 6. in which the blood doesn't have enough healthy red blood cells
- 8. fluid part of blood
- 10. protein involved in the clotting of blood
- 13. in vertebrates that helps in the formation of blood clots
- 15. molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs
- 17. of your total blood volume that is composed of red blood cells
- 18. thinner
- 19. appear in many specific kinds of inflammatory reactions, particularly those that cause allergic symptoms
Down
- 1. known as a white blood cell
- 3. fluids contain too much acid
- 4. that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against it
- 7. sudden blocking of an artery
- 9. for combating multicellular parasites and certain infections in vertebrates
- 11. factor:inherited protein found on the surface of red blood cells
- 12. known as a red blood cell
- 14. protein produced mainly by plasma cells that is used by the immune system
- 16. cells of the blood
- 20. cell:cause red blood cells to become misshapen and break down.
