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- 3. / the ratio of the volume of red blood cells to the total volume of blood.
- 5. a neutrophilic white blood cell.
- 7. blood cells/ the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen to the body tissues
- 11. the production of red blood cells
- 12. yellow compound that occurs in the normal catabolic pathway that breaks down heme in vertebrates
- 15. a protein of the beta globulin group which binds and transports iron in blood serum.
- 17. blood cells / are the cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders
- 18. / immature red blood cells, typically composing about 1% of the red blood cells in the human body. In the process of erythropoiesis
- 19. / a simple form of protein that is soluble in water and coagulable by heat
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- 1. red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans
- 2. the puncture of a vein as part of a medical procedure, typically to withdraw a blood sample or for an intravenous injection.
- 3. the study of the physiology of the blood.
- 4. / any of a group of simple proteins soluble in salt solutions and forming a large fraction of blood serum protein
- 6. / is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates
- 8. into fractions or components
- 9. / a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level.
- 10. / a glycoprotein that in vertebrates circulates in the blood.
- 13. / a biochemical assembly that contains both proteins and lipids, bound to the proteins, which allow fats to move through the water inside and outside cells.
- 14. puncture/ is a medical procedure performed to obtain a sample of arterial blood for gas analysis
- 16. / happens when the number of healthy red blood cells in your body is too low.