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Blood is pumped away from the heart through the?

arteries

Blood moves back to the heart through the

veins

The vessels linking these larger vessels (arteries and veins) are the microscopic

Capillaries

The straw-colored liquid part of the blood is

about 90% water

Plasma

The most plentiful of the blood proteins regulate the amount of water in the blood.

Albumin

Help transport fats throughout the body and help fight infections

Globulins

Another blood protein made in the liver helps in the clotting of blood.

Fibrinogen

If a person loses too much blood or plasma

Circulatory shock.

Is a masterpiece of design for its job

of carrying oxygen, also known as erythrocytes

Red blood cells

A special iron-containing blood protein that binds easily to oxygen and gives blood its characteristic red color

Hemoglobin

A unique disease of the erythrocytes that makes them clump together into elongated crystals under certain conditions.

Anemia

Red blood cells and all other blood cells are produced

Red bone marrow

Surplus red blood cells are stored

in the

Spleen

Also known as leukocytes, they function as part of

the immune system, helping the body to fight disease causing organisms.

White blood cells

A form of cancer in which white blood cells are produced in uncontrolled numbers

Leukemia

Tiny disk-shaped cell fragments produced in the bone marrow to serve as patch kits

Platelets

An inherited disease that results in the partial or complete inability to form blood clots.

Hemophilia