Across
- 1. oxygen carrying protein in a red blood cell
- 6. calf pain swelling and warmth may be signs of
- 7. most abundant blood cell and responsible for tissue oxygenation
- 9. where hematopoiesis occurs after birth
- 11. a deficiency of vitamin K causes a risk for
- 12. the etiology of this disease is bleeding and clotting at the same time
Down
- 2. type of anemia directly related to nutritional deficiency
- 3. a hormone secreted by the kidneys that mediates red cell development
- 4. can be caused by decreased platelet production
- 5. should be avoided in order to prevent a sickle cell crisis
- 8. an indicator of RBC destruction
- 10. blood clot that dislodged from a thrombus