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Blood

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1 _________ carry oxygenated blood (blood that has received oxygen from the lungs) from the heart to the rest of the body.

1 Arteries Home

2 Red blood cells contain an iron-rich protein called ______________

2 Hemoglobin

3 _____________ (also called thrombocytes) are tiny oval-shaped cells made in the bone marrow.

3 Platelets

4 __________ cells are a key part of the body's system for defending itself against infection.

4 White Blood

5 _________________, an inherited condition that almost exclusively affects guys, involves a lack of particular clotting factors in the blood.

5 Hemophilia

6 __________ are cancers of the cells that produce white blood cells.

6 Leukemia

7 ____________ is a hereditary disease that results in the production of abnormal hemoglobin. Most common in people of African descent.

7 Sickle Cell Anemia

8 Lower-than-normal number of red cells in the blood.

8 Anemia

9 The blood then travels through the ________ back to the heart and lungs, where it receives more oxygen.

9 Veins