The Blood

3. mass movement of chloride ions into the red blood cells, to balance the charges maintaining electrical neutrality
5. a cell (such as a macrophage or neutrophil) that engulfs and consumes foreign material
8. the most numerous type of white blood cell
10. iron-containing protein, transports oxygen
13. clumping of red blood cells
14. The clumping together of cells or particles caused by antibodies which assists phagocytosis
15. carbonic acid dissociates into hydrogen ions and ...
16. the continuous relationship between hemoglobin oxygen saturation and oxygen tension
17. it's about the same size as a RBC, large nucleus takes up most of the space with a small sliver of cytoplasm around the edge, plays a role in immune system response

1. another word for red blood cells
2. carbon dioxide diffuses into water to form
4. has a higher affinity for oxygen than adult heamoglobin
5. yellow liquid in the blood, makes up 50% of the blood
6. another word for blood clotting
7. the movement of the oxygen dissociation curve to the right of normal, which occurs due to increased levels of carbon dioxide, such as when a person increases their exercise level, which causes an increased concentration of carbonic acid to be formed
9. fragments of large megakaryocytes found in the red bone marrow
11. shape of red blood cells
12. illustrates the change in haemoglobin saturation as partial pressure changes