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Hematocrit |
percentage of blood volume occupied by erythrocytes. |
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Hemoglobin |
red, respiratory pigment of erythrocytes; consists of 6% heme and 94% globin. |
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Leukopoiesis |
production of white blood cells. |
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Erythropoiesis |
production of red blood cells. |
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Erythrocyte |
red blood cell; biconcave cell containing hemoglobin |
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Leukocyte |
WBC |
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Thrombocyte |
Blood Platelet |
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Plasma |
pale yellow fluid consisting of ~90% water and ~10% other substances/molecules. |
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Hemocytoblast |
the mother cell; this cell gives rise to all the formed elements of the blood. |
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Homostasis |
important in the regulation of blood clotting to control bleeding and blood loss. |
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Can undergo diapedesis? |
Leukocytes |
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Make up the majority of the formed elements? |
Erythrocytes |
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Make up the fewest numbers of the formed elements? |
Leukocytes |
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Second largest number of formed elements? |
Thrombocytes |
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Not truly a cell but cell fragments (cytoplasmic fragments) of megakaryocytes? |
thrombocytes |
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Have no mitochondria and energy is derived through anaerobic metabolism? |
Erythrocytes |
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Contains a nucleus? |
Leukocytes |
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Contain Mitochondria? |
Leukocytes |
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Involved in immune system responses? |
Leukocytes |
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Their production is stimulated by erythropoitin? |
Erythrocytes |
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Which antigen(s) would correspond with blood type A? |
antigen A |
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Which antigen(s) would correspond with blood type O? |
No antigens |
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Which antigen(s) would correspond with blood type AB? |
Antigen A, Antigen B |
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Which antibody(ies) would correspond with blood type B? |
Antibody A |
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Which antibody(ies) would correspond with blood type AB? |
No antibodies |
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Which antibody(ies) would correspond with blood type O? |
antibody A, Antibody B |
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which blood type is considered to be the 'universal donor'?? |
Blood type O |
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Which blood type is considered to be the 'universal recipient'? |
blood type AB |
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The hormonal stimulus that prompts red blood cell formation is? |
Erythropoietin |
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The most numerous WBC is the? |
neutrophil |
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Blood proteins play an important part in? |
blood clotting, immunity, maintenance of blood volume |
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The white blood cell that releases histamine and other inflammatory chemicals is the? |
Basophil |
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The blood cell that can become an antibody-secreting cell is the? |
lymphocyte |
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Which of the following does not promote multiple steps in the clotting pathway? |
Factor XI (the ones that do: PF3, thrombin, Ca2+) |
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The normal pH of the blood is about? |
7.4 |
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Suppose your blood is AB positive. This means that? |
agglutinogens A and B are present on your red blood cells, there are no anti-A or anti-B antibodies in your plasma, your blood is Rh1, |