Blood Components
These "cells," also known as erythrocytes, are responsible for carrying oxygen.
erythrocytes (red blood cells)
This blood type is known as the "universal donor."
Type O negative
These tiny cell fragments are responsible for starting the clotting process.
thrombocytes (platelets)
This condition occurs when you don't have enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen.
anemia
This is the average life span (in days) of a human red blood cell.
120 days
This iron-rich protein in red blood cells binds to oxygen molecules.
hemoglobin
These are the two blood type alleles that show codominance.
A & B
This liquid component makes up about 55% of your total blood volume.
plasma
This inherited disease causes red blood cells to become rigid and C-shaped.
sickle cell anemia
The location in the body where blood cells are produced.
red bone marrow
These cells, or leukocytes, are the primary defenders of the immune system
white blood cells
A person with Type O blood has this specific genotype.
ii ( or OO)
This protein "net" traps blood cells to form a stable clot.
fibrin
This group of genetic disorders results in blood that does not clot properly.
hemophilia
Blood makes up approximately this percentage of total human body weight.
7%
This specific process occurring in bone marrow, is how all blood cells are formed.
hematopoiesis
If a parent with Type AB and a parent with Type O have a child, these are the possible blood types.
Type A or Type B
This term refers to the process of blood clumping together, often during a mismatched transfusion.
agglutination
This type of cancer begins in the bone marrow and results in high numbers of abnormal white blood cells.
leukemia
This organ is responsible for destroying old red blood cells and "purifying" the blood.
spleen
This measures is the percentage of total blood volume that is made of red blood cells.
hematocrit
This specific protein (antigen) on the RBC surface determines if a blood type is a "positive" or "negative."
Rh factor
A blood clot that forms and stays in an unbroken blood vessel is called this.
thrombus
This hormone, produced by the kidneys, stimulates the production of more red blood cells.
erythropoietin
This scientist won a Nobel Prize for discovering the ABO blood group system in 1901.
Karl Landsteiner