Exam 13: The Blood

​Smoking increases ____ levels in the blood, thus increasing the possibility of unwanted clotting.

​Megakaryoblasts mature into ____.

The conversion of fibrinogen into fibrin is catalyzed by ____.​

​The term ____ means eating cells.

​A piece of a blood clot that dislodges and is transported by the bloodstream is called a(n) ____.

​Hematopoiesis occurs in the ____.

​Clotting in an unbroken blood vessel is called ____.

A reduction in the amount of oxygen that red blood cells can transport is a condition known as ____________________.​

​One example of granular leukocytes are ____.

Clot retraction is called ____.​

​Red blood cells pick up ____ in the lungs, and transport it via the blood to all cells of the body.

​Chemical secretions from ____ attack some worm parasites in the body.

​The most numerous white blood cell type are the ____, which comprise 60-70% of all white blood cells.

​Red blood cells make up about ____% of the volume of blood cells.

The genetically inherited clotting disorder ____ is associated with the expression of a recessive gene on the X chromosome.​

White blood cells as a group are called ____.​

​An abnormal production of white blood cells is associated with a type of cancer called ____.

Ninety-one percent of plasma is ____________________.​

​Plasma accounts for about 55% of blood.

​An inherited form of anemia in which erythrocytes rupture or are destroyed at a faster rate than normal is known as ____.