Across
- 2. The study of formed cellular blood elements
- 5. The process by which blood loss is prevented through clot formation and blood flow in the vessels is maintained
- 7. An assay that can determine the presence or absence of an element
- 9. White blood cell
- 14. Cancer of the lymph nodes
- 17. Cancer of the blood or bone marrow
- 19. Flat cells that line the cavities of the blood and lymphatic vessels
- 20. The liquid portion of whole blood containing water, electrolytes, glucose, fats, proteins, coagulation factors, and gases
- 21. Variation in red cell sizes
- 23. An assay that can determine the amount of an element present
- 25. An increase in the number of immature leukocytes in the peripheral blood (2 words)
- 26. Red blood cell
- 27. Breakdown of blood clots
- 28. Stain used to color cells or tissues while they are still living
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- 1. A class of white blood cell containing neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils
- 3. The proportion of red blood cells in whole blood expressed as a percentage
- 4. An immature red blood cell normally found in the peripheral blood that lacks a nucleus
- 6. Erythrocytes that stain with a grayish or bluish tinge with Romanowsky stains from residual RNA
- 8. The process of cells engulfing and destroying a foreign particle
- 10. The destruction of red blood cells
- 11. The process of stopping blood flow from a wound
- 12. The iron-containing pigment of red blood cells that carries oxygen
- 13. A large cell in the bone marrow that produces platelets
- 15. An excess of red blood cells in the peripheral blood
- 16. The formation of a blood clot
- 18. General term used to denote granulocytic cells and their precursors, including basophils, eosinophils, and neutrophils
- 21. A condition with reduced oxygen delivery to the tissues
- 22. The layer of white cells and platelets lying directly on top of the red cell layer after sedimentation or centrifugation (2 words)
- 24. Platelet