Across
- 2. Invading foreign substance that induces the formation of antibodies.
- 4. Substance that works against the formation of blood clots; a class of medication used in certain patients to prevent blood from clotting
- 6. Literally means one who specializes in the study of the blood; physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of blood diseases.
- 10. Immature red blood cell that is found only in bone marrow and still contains a nucleus.
- 11. Hereditary blood condition characterized by prolonged coagulation and tendency to bleed.
- 12. Literally means study of the blood.
- 14. Collection of blood that has escaped from a blood vessel into the surrounding tissues; results from trauma or incomplete hemostasis after surgery.
- 16. Plasma protein found in body fluids and cells.
- 18. Condition in which there is a reduction in the number of circulating red blood cells, the amount of the hemoglobin, or the volume of packed red cells (hematocrit).
- 19. A protein inside red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to tissues and organs in the body and carries carbon dioxide back to the lungs.
Down
- 1. Destruction of red blood cells.
- 3. Mature red blood cell, which does not contain a nucleus.
- 4. One of a group of simple proteins found in blood plasma and serum
- 5. Capable of forming a clot.
- 7. Hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells.
- 8. Process of clumping together, as of blood cells that are incompatible
- 9. Insoluble protein formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin in the blood-clotting process.
- 13. Formation of red blood cells.
- 15. Blood protein converted to fibrin by the action of thrombin in the blood-clotting process.
- 17. Protein substance produced in the body in response to an invading foreign substance (antigen)