Across
- 2. epidemic is confined to a local area
- 3. located in the thoracic cavity between trachea and sternum
- 6. most abundant plasma protein
- 7. a baterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease
- 8. wide spread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community
- 10. rarest white blood cells
- 15. the flu
- 17. long,thin appendages on bacteria
- 18. largest of white blood cells
- 19. red blood cells
Down
- 1. a protein inside RBCs that carries O2 from the lungs to tissue and organs in the body and CO2 back to lungs
- 2. a force that prevents excessive loss of plasma from the capillaries into the interstitial fluid
- 4. stimulates the stem cells in bone marrow to produce more RBCs
- 5. filters blood
- 9. chemical mediators
- 11. released by damaged tissue cells and mast cells
- 12. toxin/foreign substance which induces an immune response
- 13. small circular pieces of DNA
- 14. global epidemic
- 16. fluid inside lymphatic vessels