Across
- 2. Platelets
- 6. Red blood cells
- 8. sider/o
- 9. Iron containing pigment found in RBCs
- 15. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- 16. ____ carries oxygen and nutrients to the body's cells
- 17. White blood cells
- 20. The transfer of blood into another person's circulation
- 22. The study of blood
- 24. Blood disorder when the blood does not clot
- 25. The shape of an RBC
- 26. Causes RBCs to be abnormally shaped; ____ cell disease
- 27. Based on genetic makeup
Down
- 1. Carry blood away from the heart
- 3. Where new blood cells are created
- 4. The stopping of the flow of blood
- 5. Ven/o
- 7. A, B, AB, O
- 10. Systolic/Diastolic; the average is 120/80
- 11. Fights any invading germs in the blood
- 12. Blood cancer
- 13. ____ is 90% water
- 14. Acquired during life (not born with)
- 18. Mass of coagulated liquid/blood
- 19. The ratio of the volume of RBCs to the total blood volume
- 21. Protection against disease
- 23. Lack of healthy RBCs and hemoglobin