Across
- 1. A cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell (2 words)
- 6. A condition in which there is lack of healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to the body's tissues
- 8. A disease of the immune system due to infection with HIV (3 words)
- 10. An inherited blood disorder that causes the body to have less hemoglobin than normal
- 14. cancer of the body's blood-forming tissues, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic system
- 15. the percentage by volume of red cells in your blood
- 16. White blood cells
- 18. An inherited protein found on the surface of red blood cells (2 words)
- 21. Red blood cells
- 22. Type of stem cell that forms blood cells
- 23. large, abnormal lymphocytes that may contain more than one nucleus (3 words)
Down
- 2. A small bean-shaped structure that filters substances traveling through lymphatic fluid (2 words)
- 3. Tissue of bone marrow, of bone marrow cell lineage, or resembling bone marrow (2 words)
- 4. A severe hereditary form of anemia in which a mutated form of hemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels (3 words)
- 5. a disease in which cancer cells are found in the skin or mucous membranes that line the gastrointestinal tract (2 words)
- 7. A lifelong bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot properly (3 words)
- 9. DNA polymerase enzyme that transcribes single-stranded RNA into DNA (2 words)
- 11. the fluid that flows through the lymphatic system
- 12. A type of white blood cell that, unlike granulocytes, lack visible granules
- 13. A form of small leukocyte (white blood cell) with a single round nucleus, occurring especially in the lymphatic system
- 15. A benign growth where common vascular birthmark occurs, made of extra blood vessels in the skin
- 17. A malignant though often curable disease of lymphatic tissues typically causing enlargement of the lymph nodes, liver, and spleen (2 words)
- 19. A virus that attacks the body's immune system
- 20. A fist-sized organ in the upper left side of abdomen, next to the stomach and behind your left ribs
