Blood Components & Clotting Crossword Puzzle

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PLASMA : This straw-coloured liquid accounts for 55% of blood volume.
FORMED ELEMENTS : These blood cells account for 45% of blood volume.
WATER : Plasma contains 90-92% of this.
PLASMA PROTEINS : Plasma contains 7-8% of these.
ERYTHROCYTES : Normally, in whole blood, there are 4-6 million of these cells that are made in the red bone marrow.
HEMOGLOBIN : In every rbc, there are about 200 million of these quaternary proteins that contain 4 globular proteins + 4 heme molecules (with iron).
OXYGEN : One hemoglobin molecule carries four of these molecules.
REDUCED : This is what hemoglobin becomes when its globular portion binds to h+ions.
NUCLEUS : Rbcs lack this, and only have a 120-day life span.
LEUKOCYTES : These disease-fighting cells have irregularly-shaped nuclei & are fewer in number than rbcs, with 5000-10,000 cells per mm3.
GRANULAR : These leukocytes include neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils, which are involved in non-specifc defense.
AGRANULAR : These leukocytes include monocytes  (non-secific defense) and lymphocytes (specific defense).
STEM CELLS : All blood cells originate these “parent” cells in bone marrow.
HEMOSTASIS : This is the term for stopping bleeding.
VASCULAR SPASM : This 1st mechanism of hemostasis involves contraction of the smooth muscle in the walls of the damaged vessel.
BLOOD COAGULATION : This 3rd mechanism of hemostasis involves a series of events that leads to blood clot formation.
HEMOPHILIA : This is an inherited clotting disorder due to a deficiency in a clotting factor.
PROTHROMBIN : This inactive enzyme is a blood protein (globulin) produced by the liver and is activated by thromboplastin.
THROMBIN : Prothrombin is converted to this active enzyme by the enzyme thromboplastin and ca2+.
FIBRINOGEN : This inactive enzyme is a blood protein (globulin) produced by the liver and is activated by thrombin.
FIBRIN : The enzyme thrombin catalyzes the reaction that converts fibrinogen into this insoluble protein made up of sticky, thin threads.

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plasma : this straw-coloured liquid accounts for 55% of blood volume.
formed elements : these blood cells account for 45% of blood volume.
water : plasma contains 90-92% of this.
plasma proteins : plasma contains 7-8% of these.
erythrocytes : normally, in whole blood, there are 4-6 million of these cells that are made in the red bone marrow.
hemoglobin : in every rbc, there are about 200 million of these quaternary proteins that contain 4 globular proteins + 4 heme molecules (with iron).
oxygen : one hemoglobin molecule carries four of these molecules.
reduced : this is what hemoglobin becomes when its globular portion binds to h+ions.
nucleus : rbcs lack this, and only have a 120-day life span.
leukocytes : these disease-fighting cells have irregularly-shaped nuclei & are fewer in number than rbcs, with 5000-10,000 cells per mm3.
granular : these leukocytes include neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils, which are involved in non-specifc defense.
agranular : these leukocytes include monocytes (non-secific defense) and lymphocytes (specific defense).
stem cells : all blood cells originate these “parent” cells in bone marrow.
hemostasis : this is the term for stopping bleeding.
vascular spasm : this 1st mechanism of hemostasis involves contraction of the smooth muscle in the walls of the damaged vessel.
blood coagulation : this 3rd mechanism of hemostasis involves a series of events that leads to blood clot formation.
hemophilia : this is an inherited clotting disorder due to a deficiency in a clotting factor.
prothrombin : this inactive enzyme is a blood protein (globulin) produced by the liver and is activated by thromboplastin.
thrombin : prothrombin is converted to this active enzyme by the enzyme thromboplastin and ca2+.
fibrinogen : this inactive enzyme is a blood protein (globulin) produced by the liver and is activated by thrombin.
fibrin : the enzyme thrombin catalyzes the reaction that converts fibrinogen into this insoluble protein made up of sticky, thin threads.