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the liquid part of blood |
plasma |
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the percentage of red blood cells in the blood |
hematocrit |
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takes up 55% of the blood |
plasma |
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takes up 45% of the blood |
45% |
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what type of tissue is blood |
connective |
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what makes up less than 1 percent of the blood |
leukocytes and platelets |
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what % of blood is erythrocytes |
45% |
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what is the process in which blood clots |
hemostasis |
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dz where clotting factors are absent |
hemophilia |
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dz where rbc is sickle shaped |
sickle cell anemia |
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five types of wbc |
neutrophils eosinophils basophils lymphocytes monocytes |
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what’s the function of wbc |
crucial to body’s defense |
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other name for rbc |
erythrocytes |
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what part of rbc carries o2 |
hemoglobin |
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wbc that provide the main source of immunity |
lymphocytes |
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lives 100-120 days |
erythrocytes |
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live 13-20 days |
leukocytes |
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lives 8-9 days |
platelets |
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blood is slightly __________ |
alkaline |
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plasma is _____ water |
90% |
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what is bloods ph |
7.35-7.45 |
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anucleate contain very few organelles |
erythrocytes |
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normal wbc count |
11,000 |
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low wbc count |
leukopenia |
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what are the 2 major groups of wbc |
granulocytes and agranulocytes |
