Blood Disorders Crossword

Signs & Symptoms of this disease include pale/thin skin, weakness, spots before the eyes, faintness, headache, vertigo.
Protect the body against foreign invaders
Destruction of blood cells
Also called PMN's
Also known as "Christmas Disease"
Raised blood cholesterol(lipid or fat levels)
A rare serious disease involving the destruction of bone marrow
Participate in clot dissolution after healing
A blood disorder with a deficiency of vitamin B12
Implies an increase in the # and concentration of red blood cells above the normal level
Small round cells with a round nucleus that nearly fills the cell with a narrow rim of cytoplasm
Abnormally low # of lymphocytes in the blood
NEVER use this drug for a patient with bleeding disorders
Large cells with a bean-shaped or indented nucleus
Referred to as "tired blood"
The fluid portion of the blood
Assessment is a late symptom of polycythemia vera?
The amount of oxygen-carrying capacity is reduced due to either too few red blood cells or too little hemoglobin
Inadequate production of red cells, white cells, and platelets
Deficiency of this is common in alcoholics and individuals with celiac diseases
An inherited disorder that affects the hemoglobin (Hgb) molecule
Abnormal white cell replication in the bone marrow
In the breakdown of RBCs, bilirubin is
Occurs only in women
Is a blood clot that blocks a major artery feeding the lungs.
Pulmonary embolism is most closely related to
A blood infection is present
Hemochromatosis means there is too much __________ in the blood.
Disorders result from a deficiency of factor VIII?
High proportion of blast cells in the bone marrow and peripheral circulation; onset is abrupt
Higher proportion of mature cells (reduced function) with an insidious onset
Malignant neoplasms involving lymphocyte proliferation in the lymph nodes
Precursors to platelets
Type of blood cancer that causes the body to produce too many immune system cells called lymphocytes
Erythropoietin is produced in the?
A neoplastic disorder in which there is an increase in RBCs often accompanied by an increase in other types of blood cells