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1. 90% water: Plasma

2. Able to double in number in response to infection: Leukocytes

3. Agranulocytes: Leukocytes

4. Biconcave disc shape: Erythrocytes

5. Capable of slipping in and out of capillaries: Erythrocytes

6. Carries dissolved nutrients: Plasma

7. Carries oxygen to tissues: Erythrocytes

8. Contains hemoglobin: Erythrocytes

9-11. Derive from hemocytoblasts: All blood cells

12. Essential in blood clotting: Thrombocytes

13. Fragments of megakaryocytes: Thrombocytes

14. Granulocytes: Leukocytes

15. Have amoeboid movement: Leukocytes

16. Increased numbers can cause leukemia: Leukocytes

17. Lack nuclei: Erythrocytes

18. Life span averages 120 days: Erythrocytes

19. Location of hormones: Plasma

20. Nonliving, sticky fluid: Plasma

21. Platelets: Thrombocytes

22. Reduced numbers can cause anemia: Erythrocytes

1. Normal blood pH: 7.35 - 7.45

2. What type of tissue is blood?: Connective tissue

3. Average blood volume in your body: 5 liters

4. Blood cell formation (scientific name for): Hemopoiesis

5. Stem cell that blood cells form from: Hemocytoblast

6. Place where blood cell formation occurs: Red bone marrow

7. Plasma protein that maintains osmotic balance: Albumin

8. Plasma protein that forms net-like structure when clotting: Fibrinogen

9. Organ where phagocytosis of erythrocytes occurs: Spleen

10. Blood clot formation (scientific name for): Hemostasis