Across
- 3. immediate vasoconstriction
- 5. immature red blood cells
- 7. within a cell
- 9. oxygen carrying part of red blood cells
- 10. squeezing of leukocytes through blood vessel wall
- 12. white blood cell
- 14. Excessive or profuse bleeding
- 16. Manufacture of new White blood cells Also derived from red bone marrow stem cells
- 18. chemical released by platelets that causes vasoconstriction
- 19. cancer of white blood cells
- 20. protein portion of hemoglobin
Down
- 1. percent of red blood cells in blood
- 2. Ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall
- 4. hemoglobin with no oxygen
- 6. lack of red blood cells
- 8. production of red blood cells
- 11. mature red blood cell
- 13. hemoglobin carrying oxygen-bright red in color
- 15. clear, straw-colored liquid portion of blood
- 17. the iron based component of hemoglobin that carries oxygen
