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This is an immature form of an erythrocyte.
What is a reticulocyte?
Red blood cells have a nucleus. True or false?
What is false? They have no nucleus and cannot replicate.
Immature red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (WBC) and platelet-producing cells arise from these.
What are pluripotent stem cells?
Another name for platelets.
What are thrombocytes?
Disease caused by an excess of red blood cells (RBC) is called this.
What is polycythemia?
Red blood cells (RBC) have a life span of about this long.
What is 120 days?
This type of granulocyte forms the main component of pus.
What is a neutrophil?
This blood type is sometimes called the universal recipient.
What is Type AB?
A deficiency of red blood cells (RBC) is called this.
What is anemia?
When hemoglobin is saturated with oxygen, it is called this.
What is oxyhemoglobin?
This form of granulocyte kills parasites.
What is an eosinophil?
This is the fifth step in the sequence of events of blood clot formation.
What is sticky fibrin threads form a web at the site of injury?
This is the process of producing large clumps of cells.
What is agglutination?
This is the bursting, breakdown, or destruction of red blood cells (RBC).
What is hemolysis?
Heme is broken down into iron and this- which is excreted into the intestines as a part of bile.
What is bilirubin?
This blood type is sometimes called the universal donor,
What is Type O?
Each red blood cell (RBC) carries a protein called this.
What is an antigen?
This is the medical term for stopping bleeding.
What is hemostasis?
Plasma carries these against the antigen of the other blood types.
What are antibodies?
When a piece of a clot breaks off and circulates through the bloodstream, it is called this.
What is an embolus?
Rh is an abbreviation for this.
What is Rhesus (monkey)?
Each Red blood cell (RBC) contains approximately this many hemoglobin molecules.
What is millions?
This is the process of breaking up a blood clot.
What is fibrinolysis?
Globin is made up of this; and heme contains this.
What is protein and iron?
This vitamin is necessary for clotting.
What is vitamin K?
Note: potassium is labeled K on the periodic table- it is a mineral. It is NOT the same as vitamin K.