Across
- 2. a red blood cell protein that helps maintain its structure
- 3. pressure during contraction of ventricles
- 6. the organ where old red blood cells are removed
- 7. the middle layer of a blood vessel is the tunica _____
- 9. a vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 12. the inner layer of a blood vessel is the tunica ______
- 13. measure of the percent of red blood cells in a sample
- 14. a vessel that carries blood towards the heart
- 15. a leukocyte that releases histamine and heparin
- 17. accumulation of excess fluid in the tissues
- 19. a leukocyte that destroy bacteria
- 21. what oxygen binds to
- 22. pressure during relaxation of ventricles
- 26. pressure that pulls fluid in
- 28. also known as blood clotting
- 30. determines a person’s blood type
- 31. a leukocyte that can turn into a macrophage
- 32. a hormone that stimulate EPO production and is higher in men
- 33. a disorder where blood clotting occurs in an unbroken blood vessel
- 34. the nonliving fluid matrix in blood
- 35. red blood cells arise from this type of cell
Down
- 1. removal of blood clots
- 4. a cancer involved with overproduction of white blood cells
- 5. low white blood cell count
- 8. a hormone that stimulates erythropoiesis
- 9. a plasma protein
- 10. a leukocyte found in lymphatic tissue
- 11. the outer layer of a blood vessel is the tunica _______
- 16. a hormone that decreases blood pressure
- 18. a leukocyte that fights against parasitic infection
- 20. pressure in a capillary that pushes fluid out
- 23. when your red blood cell count is too high
- 24. cell fragments found in blood
- 25. when your red blood cell count is too low
- 27. the process that stops bleeding
- 29. blood travels through by way of this type of gradient