Chapter 17: Blood Crossword

The blood delivers ____________ from the lungs to all body cells.
What cell creates platelets?
Another name for red blood cells.
Another name for white blood cells
White blood cells and platelets form the __________ ________.
What makes up the nonliving portion of blood?
A _________ is the percentage of red blood cells.
47 +- 5% is the hematocrit for __________.
42 +- 5% is the hematocrit for _________.
7.35- _______ is the normal pH range for blood.
What is the most abundant plasma protein?
Erythrocytes are ____________.
________ bind reversibly with oxygen.
Blood cell formation.
stimulates formation of red blood cells
Blood transports __________ from the endocrine system.
Ruby red blood
Dark red blood
Abnormal hemoglobin causes ________ -cell anemia
WBCs can leave capillaries via ____________.
Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
Lymphocytes, monocytes
Cytoplasmic granules stain specifically with _________ stain
Most numerous WBCs (phagocytes)
Release enzymes to digest parasitic worms
Rarest WBCs; contain histamine
Second most numerous WBC; Crucial to immunity
act against virus-infected
give rise to plasma cells, which produce antibodies
Largest leukocytes; differentiate into macrophages
Production of WBCs