Across
- 4. = disease of the hemoglobin
- 5. = excessive fat in the blood
- 9. = condition characterized by red blood cells in a variety of shapes
- 12. = instrument used to measure blood pressure
- 13. = condition in which red blood cells assume a spherical shape
- 15. = surgical removal of a tonsil
- 17. = presence of bilirubin in the blood
- 18. = white blood cells
- 19. = protein that provides protection against disease
- 20. = a stationary clot of blood
- 21. = foreign material that is in motion
- 22. = excessive blood loss
Down
- 1. = deficiency in the number of red blood cells
- 2. = cell that helps blood clot
- 3. = excess of red blood cells
- 6. = capable of producing a clot
- 7. = reduction of red blood cells noticed by the patient as weakness and fatigue
- 8. = red blood cells
- 10. = blockage of a vessel (embolism) caused by a clot that has broken off from where it formed
- 11. = drug that breaks down blood clots
- 14. = formation of blood cells
- 16. = immature red blood cell