Chapter 10.1 Flashcards
What system includes the heart, blood vessels, blood?
Cardiovascular system
What is a thick fluid containing many solid particles?
Blood
What is the straw-colored liquid part of the blood?
Plasma
What is the condition that occurs when blood pressure falls to a critical low, usually because of injury or burn?
Circulatory shock
What part of the blood is designed for carrying oxygen throughout the body?
Red blood cells
What is the iron-containing blood protein that gives blood its characteristic red color?
Hemoglobin
What disorder comes from having too little oxygen being transported to body cells?
Anemia
Where are the red blood cells and all other blood cells produced?
Red bone marrow
What is the organ that stores surplus red blood cells?
Spleen
What type of blood cells function as part of the immune system and are produced in the red marrow and lymph nodes?
White blood cells
What is the form of cancer in which white blood cells are produced in uncontrollable numbers?
Leukemia
What are the tiny, disk-shaped cell fragments produced in the bone marrow that serve as patch kits?
Platelets
What process is used by the blood cells to seal a break in blood vessels?
Clotting
What is the blood clot on the surface of the skin that allows healing to begin?
Scab
What inherited disease results in the partial or complete inability to form blood clots?
Hemophilia
