Ch.7: Blood

1. The fluid component of blood in which the formed elements are suspended.
4. Collective term for several different hereditary bleeding disorders with similar symptoms. Caused by a deficiency of one or more clotting factors.
5. A condition in which the blood’s ability to carry oxygen is reduced because of a shortage of normal hemoglobin or too few red blood cells.
7. Systemic disease caused by the spread of microorganisms or their toxins in blood. Blood poisoning or toxemia.
8. Oxygen transporting protein in red blood cells gives that gives the cells their characteristic red color.
9. Blood cell that transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues and carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs.
10. A red blood cell surface antigen, first discovered in rhesus monkeys, that is crucial in consideration of blood transfusions.
11. Small cell fragments that are derived from certain cells in the bone marrow. Platelets are important in blood clotting.
12. Process by which phagocytes surround, engulf, and destroy foreign cells.
13. Cancer of the cells that form white blood cells, resulting in over production of abnormal white blood cells.

1. The largest group of solutes in plasma, which include albumins, globulins, and clotting proteins.
2. A compound containing both lipid and protein. Two medically important lipoproteins are the flow - density lipoproteins (LDLs) and high-density (HDLs) that transport cholesterol.
3. One of several types of blood cells that are part of the body’s defense system. Leukocytes are diverse in structure and specific function. Compose about 1% of the volume of blood.
6. Fluid between body cells.
8. Natural process of stopping the flow or loss of blood.