Across
- 5. Organ clearing old RBCs
- 6. Short term for oxygen transporter
- 7. The final, mature
- 8. Major iron-storage protein
- 9. Spiky red cells with irregular projections
- 13. Passed genetically
- 15. Increased number of immature red cells in peripheral blood
- 17. Stage where red cell precursor expels nucleus
- 18. Iron-containing part of hemoglobin
- 21. Egg-shaped red cells
- 23. RBC with abnormal shapes
- 25. Gas transported by hemoglobin
- 26. marrow Site of adult blood cell formation, for short
- 27. deficiency Most common cause of microcytic anemia
- 28. Erythropoiesis occurring outside the bone marrow
- 30. Liver disorder causing abnormal oxygen
Down
- 1. Oxygen carrying protein in red blood cells
- 2. Spherical red blood cells
- 3. Variation in RBC size
- 4. Technical name for a sickle cell
- 6. Destruction or rupture of RBC
- 10. Blood slide to view red cell morphology
- 11. marrow Tissue containing erythropoietic site
- 12. Abnormally large red blood cells
- 14. Process of RBC production
- 16. Low red blood count or hemoglobin
- 19. Term of senescent red blood cells
- 20. Central element for heme synthesis
- 22. Presence of abnormally shaped red blood cells
- 24. Vitamin deficiency with macrocytic anemia
- 29. Average RBC size, for short