RBC (RED BLOOD CELLS)
These red blood cells have a distinctive biconcave shape.
What are RBCs?
This WBC is the most numerous and responds first to bacterial infections.
What are neutrophils?
Platelets are fragments of this large bone marrow cell.
What are megakaryocytes?
About 91% of plasma is made up of this substance.
What is water?
This blood type is known as the universal donor.
What is O negative?
A clot that forms and remains in one location.
What is a thrombus?
This protein inside RBCs carries oxygen.
What is hemoglobin?
These WBCs increase during allergies and parasitic infections.
What are eosinophils?
This event begins the clotting process.
What is vessel damage?
Albumin, globulin, and fibrinogen belong to this component category of plasma.
What are plasma proteins?
This blood type is the universal recipient.
What is AB positive?
A clot or piece of debris that travels through the bloodstream.
What is an embolus?
Unlike most cells, RBCs lack this structure.
What is a nucleus?
These WBCs release histamine during allergic reactions.
What are basophils?
This enzyme converts fibrinogen into fibrin.
What is thrombin?
This component makes up about 55% of total blood volume.
What is plasma?
These identifying markers are found on the surface of RBCs.
What are antigens?
A traveling clot that becomes lodged and blocks a vessel.
What is an embolism?
This part of hemoglobin binds to carbon dioxide.
What is globin?
These WBCs leave the bloodstream and become macrophages in tissues.
What are monocytes?
This protein forms long threads that strengthen a blood clot.
What is fibrin?
This fluid remains when clotting factors are removed from plasma.
What is serum?
These proteins in plasma attack foreign antigens.
What are antibodies?
Tissue death caused by a lack of blood supply.
What is an infarct?
This location in the body is where RBCs are produced.
What is red bone marrow?
This type of WBC is responsible for antibody production.
What are lymphocytes?
This term describes the tightening or retraction of a clot.
What is syneresis?
These molecules in plasma help transport substances and regulate pH.
What are plasma proteins?
This Rh combination between mother and fetus may cause erythroblastosis fetalis.
What is an Rh-negative mother with an Rh-positive baby?
This complication occurs when plaque buildup triggers a local clot
What is a thrombus?