The Blood Crossword

4. disease in which the bone marrow becomes cancerous and huge numbers of WBC' are made rapidly
6. the term for a thrombus that has broken away from the vessel wall to float freely in the blood stream
7. 90% water; liquid part of blood; non-living fluid matrix
10. aka white blood cells; WBC's
11. hereditary bleeding disorders which result from a lack of the elements needed for the blood to clot
14. red blood cells; RBC's
16. released by platelets; causes blood vessels to go into a spasm, which narrows the blood vessel to a point, decreasing oxygen loss until clotting occurs
17. cells that help blood to clot, forming a scab
18. the river of life that surges within us
19. the fibrous insoluble protein formed during the clotting of blood

1. a clot that develops and persists in an unbroken blood vessel
2. lower than = normal white blood cell count
3. living blood cells
5. a decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood
8. an excessive or abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes, or RBC's
9. higher than normal white blood cell count; a disease which indicates a bacterial or viral infection in the body
11. an iron-containing protein; transports most of the oxygen in blood
12. percentage of blood that accounts for erythrocytes; about 45%
13. large single-nucleus white blood cell; agranular leukocyte
15. a substance that the body recognizes as a foreign substance