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23 Cards in this Set
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Transportation of Blood
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O2, CO2, metabolic wastes, nutrients, heat and hormones
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Glucose, fatty acids, urea, epinephrine, insulin, growth hormone
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Regulation of Blood
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regulate blood pH, body temperature and water content of cells by interactions with dissolved ions and proteins
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Protection of blood
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protection from disease and loss of blood
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protects immune system and cardiovascular system
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pH level of blood
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7.35 to 7.45
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saline levels in blood
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0.85 to 0.9%
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sodium chloride
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components of blood
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plasma and formed elements
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Formed elements
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RBC, WBC and platelets
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Plasma protein characteristics
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Clotting factors (fibrinogen), globulins (including antibodies) and albumins and specialized carrier proteins (lipoproteins)
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Other solutes in blood plasma
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Glucose, fatty acids, enzymes, hormones, gases (O2, CO2), ions (Na+, K+, HCO-3, CI-, Ca+2) and wastes (urea, uric acid, ammonium salts, creatine, creatinine and bilirubin)
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Name for WBC
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Leukocytes
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Granular leukocytes
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Neutrophils, Eosinophils and Basophils
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contain no granules in the cytoplasm
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Agranular leukocytes
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lymphocytes, monocytes
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no granules in cytoplasm
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lymphocytes include
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Tcells, Bcells and natural killer cells
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Leukocytosis
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high white blood cell count
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Leukopenia
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low white blood cell count
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Erythrocytes are
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Red blood cells
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Hemoglobin consists of
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Globin and Heme
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Globin
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a protein that is made up of two alpha and two beta chains
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Heme
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an iron containing, ringlike nonprotein pigment that binds to each of the four globin chains
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RBC only live ? days
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120
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RBC contain
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plasma membrane and a cytoplasm but no nucleus or other organelles
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Anemia
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not enough RBC or not enough hemoglobin
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Polycythemia
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too many RBC (over 65%)
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