| A | B |
|---|
| erythrocytes | red blood cells |
| leukocytes | white blood cells |
| thrombocytes | platelets |
| plasma | liquid portion of blood |
| hematocrit | percentage of red cells in whole blood |
| hemopoiesis | formation & development of blood cells |
| hemoglobin | red, oxygen-carrying pigment in red blood cells |
| phagocytosis | process by which white cells engulf invading bacteria |
| oxygen | gas that is carried to the cells from the lungs |
| carbon dioxide | waste product that is carried from the cells to the lungs |
| thrombin | converts fibrinogen to fibrin, which is the basis of a clot |
| heparin | naturally occuring anticoagulant |
| 7.4 | pH of the blood |
| type AB blood | universal recipient |
| type O blood | universal donor |
| Rh factor | antigen D |
| anemia | a deficiency in the number of erythrocytes or a reduced hemoglobin level |
| sickle-cell anemia | valine is substituted for glutamic acid at one position in a hemoglobin molecule |
| hemophilia | sex-linked inherited condition in which the blood will fail to clot in a normal period of time |
| hemmorrhage | any undue loss of blood |
