A | B |
erythrocyte | red blood cell |
leucocyte | white blood cell |
thrombocyte | platelet |
plasma | liquid part of blood |
lymph | tissue fluid that flows in vessels |
example of granular leucocyte | neutrophil, eosinophil, basophil |
examples of agranular leucocyte | monocytes and lymphocytes |
hemoglobin | oxygen-carrying pigment in RBC |
site of blood cell formation | red bone marrow |
anemia | lack of RBCs or of hemoglobin |
clotting | coagulation |
clumping | agglutination |
Ion needed for blood clotting | calcium ion |
hemophilia | inherited lack of AHG (anti-hemophilic globulin) |
End product of a coagulation reaction | fibrin strands |
anti-coagulant | heparin |
clotting proteins present in the blood | prothrombin and fibrinogen |
Large janitor cells which clean up debris | monocyte |
Proteins which attack foreign antigens | antibodies |
Blood Type O negative | universal donor |
Blood Type AB positive | universal recipient |
target of AIDS virus | T cells |
filters lymph | lymph nodes and spleen |
increased WBC count due to cancer | leukemia |