Blood Puzzle
ACROSS
1. A complex liquid organ
4. (Abbr.) A blood test NOT to be done
during dialysis
6. A verb that means a blood vessels reduces in size
11. Glomerular Filtration Rate
12. Puncture a vein
14. Nursing Exam (abbr.)
16. Short for Epogen
18. What ESRD is all about
20. The liquid portion of blood
22. activated coagulation time (abbr.)
23. Another name for a White Blood Cell
25. Destruction of RBC's
26. Corporation (abbr.)
28. Patients
29. A term that means clotting
30. American Nephrology Nurses Association (abbr.)
32. National Institute of Health (abbr.)
34. American Society of Nephrology
(abbr.)
35. Red blood cell
38. Continuous Quality Improvement
(abbr.)
39. Professor
41. Aluminum (abbr.)
42. year
44. Blood acid conc. symbol hydrogen ion
conc.
46. Test for anemia (abbr.)
47. Oxygen deficiency in tissues
48. Calcium (abbr.)
49. The stoppage of blood loss is by _____
52. Small RBC
54. Albumin (abbr.)
55. The gas that makes blood bright red
57. Not positive
58. Renal Physician's Assoc. (abbr.)
62. Preferred Provider Organization (abbr.)
63. Cubic centimeter (abbr.)
64. Abbr. Prothrombin Time
66. Pigmented protein of RBC
67. The number of stages involved in the
clotting process
69. Last month of the year
70. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (abbr.)
71. Cells that play a role in hemostasis
74. Narrowing in blood vessel
76. Enzyme to screen for infectious hepatitis
77. Licensed Vocational Nurse
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2. WBC's that play a role in antibody formation
3. A WBC test that gives the percentage of
different types of cells
5. Blood Urea Nitrogen (abbr.)
7. Occurs when RBC's shrink
8. An immature red blood cell
9. Early Flat Plate Artificial Kidney
10. Et cetera (abbr.)
13. Prescription
15. Short for machine technician
17. Chloride (abbr.)
19. Within
21. Blood vessel carries blood low in oxygen
24. Continuing Education Units (abbr.)
27. Cardiac Index
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31. Prefix for Nephrology
33. Forms the meshwork of a clot
34. artificial kidney (abbr.)
35. A WBC that stains red and is associated
with allergies
36. An anticoagulant
37. A Platelet
38. Increased in uremia, related to muscle
mass
40. Whitish threadlike stringy material
43. Doctor of Philosophy (abbr.)
45. Percentage of RBC's in blood sample
50. A term that means to decompose a clot of
blood cells
51. Urea Removal Ratio/Reduction Rate
53. Intracellular (abbr.)
56. Italian coffee
59. A condition a patient has with a low hematocrit
60. Coagulated mass of blood
61. Albumin (abbr.)
65. Form of IV Iron
68. An essential mineral in RBC production
70. Slang for mother
71. Slang for father
72. Extracellular
73. Abbr. for "Slight"
75. For example (abbr.)
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Blood Puzzle
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