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Across 3. joined or paired 6. measures the amount of light transmittd thru a fluid 9. milliequivalents per liter 11. yellow discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by elevated bilirubin levels 12. calcium 15. electrolytes, especially Na, K, Cl 16. alanine aminotransferase 17. instrument used to determine the concentration of particles in solution by measuring the refraction (bending) of light passing through it 19. nutritional hypomagnesemia of lactating cattle grazed on succulent, immature grass, manifest as ataxia progressing to coma and death (2 Words) 21. international units/ liter 22. alkaline phosphatase 26. a system for insuring the maintenance of proper standards by periodic inspection (2 Words) 27. enzyme derived primarily from the pancreas that functions in the breakdown of starch 30. one-tenth of a liter 32. aspartate aminotransferace 33. after eating 35. chief nitrogen containing compound of urine. end product of protein metabolism 36. obstruction or suppression of bile flow resulting in the accumulation of biliary substances in blood 38. large proteins that constitute the majority of protein in plasma and function to maintain the osmotic pressure of blood 41. yellow or red pigments found in certain plants and animal fats, many of which can be converted to vitamin A by most animals (except cats) 42. bile pigment derived from the breakdown of heme 44. sodium 45. serum separator tube

Down 1. the science of measuring color 2. all of the body fluid lying outside the cells (2 Words) 4. gamma glutamyl transpeptidase 5. sugar 7. to adjust the reading of an instrument to corrspond with a sample of known measure 8. cloudiness; distrubance of solids in a solutin so that it is not clear 9. milligrams per deciliter 10. a group of laboratory tests performed on serum 13. waste product fromed during normal muscle cell metabolism that passes into the blood and is excreted in urine 14. the study of serum and the rxns of antigens and antibodies 18. normal range of values (2 Words) 19. a group of large plasma proteins that include immunoglobulins 20. a specimen of fluid, blood or tissue based on the assumption that it represents the whole 23. able to be measured or counted 24. blood or blood condition 25. potassium 28. an end product of protein metabolism in reptiles and birds (2 Words) 29. able to be identified but not measured or counted 31. creatine phosphokinase 34. group of compounds synthesized from cholesterol by hepatocyes that aid in digestion of fats (2 Words) 37. enzyme 38. urea or nitrogen 39. blood urea nitrogen 40. an enzyme that catalyzes the decomposition of urea to ammonia and CO2 43. red top tube