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- 2. This side of the heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs
- 4. the process of donating a specific blood component, such as red cells, plasma or platelets is called this
- 7. The size of a red blood cell
- 9. This is the largest artery in the body
- 13. These kinds of white blood cells roll along blood vessel walls in search of bacteria to eat
- 17. These connect arteries to veins
- 18. White blood cells fight these
- 19. This kind of blood cell makes up only 1% of your blood
- 20. This body part is about equal in size to your heart
- 21. This is the only vein that carries oxygenated blood in the body
- 27. This is what is carried away from body tissues by the blood
- 30. This pumps your blood
- 31. This blood type is the universal recipient of red blood cells
- 33. These cells are responsible for carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 36. These animals have over 800 blood types
- 37. Where red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are made
- 38. These carry blood back toward your heart
- 40. This is how long a red blood cell lives for
- 41. Red blood cells do not contain one of these, making it impossible to to repair themselves once damaged
- 42. Makes blood red
- 43. Another word for platelet
- 45. This liquid portion of the blood makes up about 55% of the blood’s volume
- 47. Earthworms, leeches, and insects have blood that is this color
- 48. Blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart
- 49. This is the number of liters of blood in the body
- 50. Your heart is one of these
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- 1. This is the movement of blood through the heart and around the body
- 3. This is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and liquid plasma
- 5. The percentage of the human body weight that blood makes up
- 6. This is the sound of the valves in the heart as they push blood from one chamber to another
- 8. Another word for high blood pressure
- 10. The color of lobster and crabs' blood
- 11. The heart has this many ventricles, and also this many atria
- 12. This is the only artery which carries deoxygenated blood
- 14. A cancer of the blood system in which excess immature, white blood cells are produced
- 15. This device separates plasma from the cells in blood
- 16. This is a wall of tissue that separates the right and left sides of the heart
- 22. This side of the heart receives blood from the lungs and pumps it out to the body
- 23. A white blood cells life span
- 24. These are blood cells that help stop bleeding
- 25. There are this many chambers in the heart
- 26. The study of blood is called this
- 28. There are approximately 60,000 miles of these in the human body
- 29. Most common type of blood cell
- 32. Another word for a red blood cell
- 34. White blood cells are also known as these
- 35. The number of weeks that red blood cells can be stored for
- 39. This blood type is the universal donor of red blood cells
- 40. These are fibers that weave around platelets at a cut or injury to plug up the flow of blood and form a scab
- 44. This is the shape of red blood cells
- 46. The amount of blood that a newborn baby has in their body