Phlebotomy

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion (6)
  2. 4. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus (9)
  3. 6. An amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates (5)
  4. 10. Medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood (13)
  5. 11. An agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but (10)
  6. 12. Human ___ cells that have the same antigens (9)
  7. 13. The tenth month of the Hindu calendar (3)
  8. 14. A leukocyte with ___ granules easily stained by basic stains (8)

Down

  1. 1. Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules (9)
  2. 3. Any substance that stimulates an immune response in the body (7)
  3. 4. The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid (11)
  4. 5. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color (10)
  5. 7. To impregnate, combine, or supply with ___ (10)
  6. 8. A localized swelling filled with blood (8)
  7. 9. Process in which ___ engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris (12)
  8. 15. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries (5)