HEMATOLOGY

6. / manufactures stem cells which in turn produces blood cells
9. / move into the body tissues and transforms into macrophages
10. / has a life span of 120 days
11. / a hemoglobin variant with 146 amino acids
16. / used to screen anemia
18. / essential in blood clotting mechanism
19. / a grayish white cellular layer composed of leukocytes and platelets
20. / where T-cells arise
25. / responsible for parasitic infection
27. / solvent used to destroy erythrocytes
28. / blood cell production
29. / cell signalling molecules that aid cell to cell communication in immune responses

1. / fixative solution used when staining blood film
2. / regulates production of platelets
3. / liquid part of blood that contains clotting factors
4. / a type of cell removed by monocyte
5. / capable of sluggish locomotion
7. / interacts with monocytes in the synthesis of antibodies
8. / a cell undergoing granulopoiesis
12. / most frequently used anticoagulant in hematology
13. / measures average hemoglobin concentration in a given volume of packed red cells
14. / destruction of erythrocytes
15. / represents volume of the average erythrocyte
17. / is the process that occurs if an antigen is mixed with its corresponding antibody
21. / refers to the stacking of 4 or more red blood cells
22. / destroys target cells
23. / inappropriate anticoagulant in Wright's stained blood smears
24. / measurement of the degree of anisocytosis
25. / produced when oxygen level in cells are low, which signals bone marrow to produce erythrocytes
26. / transports oxygen in its active form