what is the iron-bearing protein that carries oxygen and gives blood its red color?
what is hemoglobin
Another name for red blood cells
what is erythrocytes
What blood type is the universal donor?
O negative
What is the ratio of RBCs to total blood volume?
what is hematocrit
What is the reduced ability to carry oxygen called?
what is anemia
what is the most numerous type of blood cell?
what is the red blood cell
Another name for platelets
what is thrombocytes
What blood type is the universal recipient?
AB positive
What is most common blood cell?
what is the Red Blood Cells
What is the cell that has no nucleus and is removed from the spleen and the liver by the macrophages (responsible for blood clotting)?
What is the platelet?
Another name for white blood cells
what is leukocytes
What are the proteins found on blood cells that determine blood type and can trigger an immune response?
what are antigens
What part of blood makes clotting possible?
what are platelets
What is the lifespan of a red blood cell????
what is the Lifespan of 100-120 days
What is the process of blood cell formation?
what is hematopoiesis
What does EPO stand for?
erythropoietin
this type of anemia is inherited and causes an abnormal RBC shape
what is sickle cell anemia
What is the process of blood clotting called?
what is hemostasis
A blood clot that breaks off and moves to another part of the body
what is an embolus