Ch 32: Match the key term with its associated definition
The ingestion and digestion of bacteria by neutrophils
Phagocytosis
The fluid portion of blood
Plasma
A protein that forms the basis of blood clotting
Plasminogen
The letters used for the term reticuloendothial system
RES
The term for red blood cell
Erythrocyte
A clotting factor present in plasma
Fibrinogen
The process of continually replacing blood cells
Hematopoiesis
Makes up 95% of the mass of the red blood cell
Hemoglobin
The balance between clot formation and clot dissolution
Hemostasis
The process of stopping bleeding from a severed blood vessel
Hemostasis
Integral component of the immune system
Lymphocytes
The mature form of white blood cells
Lymphocytes
The largest classification of leukoctyes
Monocytes
The site of blood cell formation
Bone marrow
A plasma protein primarily responsible for the maintenance of fluid balance
Albumin
The site of activity for most macrophages
Spleen
A term used to describe T lymphocytes
T cells
Another term for plateletes
Thrombocytes