Blood Characteristic

Small cell fragments that are derived from certain cells in the bone marrow.

• platelets
• plasma
• albumins
• globulins

Granular white blood cell whose granules stain readily with a red stain called eosin.

• monocyte
• eosinophil
• neutrophil
• basophil

Oxygen-transporting protein in red blood cells that gives the cells their characteristic red color.

• thrombin
• hematocrit
• hemoglobin
• hemostasis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

Enzyme gland that contributes to immune responsiveness; where T cells mature.

• basophil
• anemia
• thrombin
• hemoglobin

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Process by which phagocytes surround, engulf, and destroy foreign cells.

• mononucleosis
• Rh factor
• hemostasis
• phagocytosis

Fibrous insoluble protein formed during blood clotting.

• anemia
• albumins
• plasma
• fibrin

The most common group of proteins in blood plasma.

• albumins
• fibrin
• anemia
• globulins

A condition in which the blood's ability to carry oxygen is reduced because of a shortage of normal hemoglobin or too few red blood cells.

• leukemia
• fibrin
• anemia
• albumins

A group of proteins in blood plasma having transport and immune functions.

• fibrin
• platelets
• albumins
• globulins

Hormone that stimulates production of red blood cells.

• neutrophil
• erythropoietin
• erythrocytes
• thrombin