Blood: Introduction and erythrocytes

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Clues

  • 20% of the carbon dioxide in the blood binds to haemoglobin, but to the globins amino acids rather than the heme group - this type of haemoglobin is known as (20)
  • Blood cell formation is known as (14)
  • By weight, the most abundant plasma solutes are _______ - accounting for about 8% of plasma weight (6, 8)
  • Iron deficiency anemia is where (3, 6, 3, 8)
  • Red blood cells are known as (12)
  • Thalassemias and sickle cell anemia are possible causes of (9, 6)
  • The protein 'spectrin' maintains _____________ of the erythrocytes (3, 9, 5)
  • This is an abnormal excess of erythrocytes that increases blood viscosity (12)
  • When no oxygen is bound to iron, the haemoglobin is known as (16)
  • When oxygen is bound to iron, the haemoglobin is called (14)

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