Fill in the Blank (Final study guide)

White thrombus

A platelet plug formed during homeostasis is also called a ________

Leukocytosis

An abnormal elevation of WBCs above the normal count of 11,000 cells/mm^3 is called ___

Polycythemia

An abnormal increase in red blood cells is called _______

Thrombocytopenia

An insufficiency of circulating platelets is called ______

Malaria

Sickle-cell trait is apparently an adaptation for the prevention of _______

Physiological jaundice

The condition in which fetal RBCs are destroyed faster than the infant liver can rid the body of the breakdown products of hemoglobin is called _______

Hemoglobin

The iron-containing protein found in RBCs that transports the majority of oxygen carried in the blood is ________

Hematoporesis

The process of blood cell formation within the red marrow of bones called ______

Hemophilia

Hereditary bleeding disorders that result from lack of clotting factors are referred to as _______

Universal recipients

Persons who can receive blood transfusions from blood groups A, B, AB, and O called ______