24 terms

Terms	Definitions
Albumin	Any protein that is water soluble
Anemia	The body does not have enough healthy red blood cells
Basophil	least common of granulocytes
Coagulation	Blood forms clots
Eosinophil	Leukocytes responsible for fighting multicellular pathogens
Erythrocyte	Red blood cells
Erythropoietin	glycoprotein hormone that controls red blood cell production
Fibrin	protein in the involvement of blood clotting
Hematocrit	Erythrocyte volume fraction
hematopoiesis	immature cells develop into mature cells
Hemaglobin	Protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
Hemolysis	breakdown of red blood cells
Hemostasis	Stops bleeding
Leukocyte	White blood cells
lymphocyte	WBC in defending from toxins
Monocyte	type of WBC which attacks bacteria or viruses
neutrophil	most plentiful kind of WBC
Plasma	Yellow colored liquid component of blood
Platelet	Thrombocytes
Red blood Cell	Erythrocytes
Reticulocyte	Premature RBC's
Serum	Component not a blood cell, nor a clotting factor
Thrombocyte	Platelets
White blood cell	leukocytes. Fight off germs

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