Abeka Biology Quiz 15 with Complete Solutions

Abeka Biology Quiz 15 with Complete Solutions The dangerous condition that results when a person loses too much blood and his blood pressure falls to a critical low is shock About 55 % of the blood volume is a liquid called plasma Red blood cells are produced in the bone marrow The heart, the blood vessels, and the blood they contain compose what system cardiovascular hand sized organ, located in the abdominal cavity behind the stomach, that serves as a reservoir for red blood cells spleen tiny, disk-shaped cell fragment in the blood that serves as a roving patch kit platelet inherited disease in which elongated crystals form in red blood cells under certain conditions causing the cells to become brittle and abnormally shaped sickle cell anemia iron-containing blood protein that transports oxygen through the body hemoglobin inherited disease in which a person's blood lacks the ability to clot hemophilia blood protein that helps in the clotting of blood