The ground substance of the blood is the .

The blood cells and cell fragments suspended in the ground substance are referred to as .

The most common clinical procedure for collecting blood for blood tests is the .

Interactions between the dissolved proteins and the surrounding water molecules determine the blood's .

When the clotting proteins are removed from the plasma, the remaining fluid is the .

The process of blood cell formation is called .

For erythropoiesis to proceed normally, the myeloid tissues must receive adequate amounts of amino acids, iron, and .

The blood test used to determine the percentage of formed elements in whole blood is the .

Immunoglobulins in plasma that react with antigens on the surfaces of foreign red blood cells when donor and recipient differ in blood type are .

T cells and B cells are representative cell populations of WBCs identified as .