Across
- 3. Related to jaundice.
- 7. Process by which the body stops blood from leaking out of a wound.
- 9. Inactive form of fibrin, the clotting protein.
- 12. Toward the back.
- 13. Fainting.
- 15. Outermost layer of the brain, including the cerebral cortex.
- 17. Contraction portion of the cardiac cycle.
- 18. Hormone released by the thymus gland that helps to maintain the immune system.
- 19. Fibrous plasma protein that forms clots.
- 20. Automated test used to test for conditions that affect the number and ratio of cell types in the blood.
- 22. Lack of oxygen.
- 24. Hormone controlling the reproductive cycle.
- 26. Proteins that form part of the immune response.
- 27. Protein that activates fibrinogen to form fibrin.
- 28. Fluid mass of food within the gastrointestinal tract.
- 29. Number describing the diameter of a needle's lumen.
Down
- 1. Wavelike muscular contraction propelling food along the gastrointestinal tract.
- 2. Farther away from the midline or site of attachment.
- 4. Body cavity containing the stomach, intestines, spleen, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, and kidneys.
- 5. Muscle performing a movement.
- 6. Movement that brings a body part closer to the central axis.
- 8. Hormone released by the pancreas that promotes uptake of glucose by the body's cells.
- 10. Reddened, swollen area in which blood collects under the skin.
- 11. Skin layer underlying outer epidermis.
- 14. A small red spot appearing on the skin that is caused by a tourniquet that is too tight.
- 16. Clotting.
- 21. Functional unit of the kidney that filters blood plasma to form urine.
- 23. Characteristic of a sample in which red blood cells have been broken.
- 25. Nerve cell carrying motor information away from the central nervous system.