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The blood functions in waste regulation, ---------, immune defense, water and ph balance, transport
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thermoregulation
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Adults have 4=5 --------- of blood.
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liters
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Plasma is a clear ---------- liquid and formed elements are blood cells and platelets.
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extracellular
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Properties of the blood: viscostiy or ----------- to flow.
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resistance
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Properties of the blood: osmolarity or total molarity of -------------- ------------
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dissolved particles
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Plasma is 55 percent of the blood and 45 percent is ______ _______
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formed elements
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Formed elements are blood cells and ______
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platelets
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viscosity is resistance to _____
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flow
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osmolarity is the total molarity of dissolved ______ If too high, fluid absorption into the blood causes high BP. If too low fluid remains in the tissues causing edema. One cause is deficiency of plasma protein due to disease
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particles
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The cardiovascular system consists of the blood, heart, and blood +++++
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vessels
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Blood is a ______tissue composed of plasma, the liquid portion, and cells and cell fragments.
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connective
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Blood transports O2 carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes, and _______
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hormones
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It helps regulate ph, body temperature, and ++++ content of the cells.
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water
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Plasma is 55 percent of the blood. ++++ of the blood is H2O and 8.5 percent is +++++
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91.5 percent plasma
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There aer three types of solutes in the plasma protein: albumen, is most _____, and globulin and fibrogen
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abundant
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Blood provides protection through _____ and by combating toxins and microbes thru phagocytic white blood cells (monocytes) or white blood cells or specialized plasma proteins.
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clotting
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The viscosity of blood, stemming, mainly from RBC's and proteins, is an important factor in blood _____
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flow
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Blood consists of 45 percent formed elements and 55 percent +++++
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plasma
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The hematocrit is the percentage of total blood volume occupied by ____ blood cells.
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red
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Protein is the most abundant plasma solute by weight. The 3 major plasma proteins are: albumins, globulins, and fibrogen. Albumin is the _____ abundant. produced by the liver.
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most
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The liver produces all plasma proteins except Y globulins or antibodies, which are produced by the +++++ cells.
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plasma
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Nonprotein nitrogenous substances in the plasma include amino acids and _______ wastes. The most abundant nitrogneous wastes is ______
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nitrogenous
urea |
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Fibrinogen produced by the
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liver
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Nutrients carried in the plasma include glucose, amino acids, fats, cholesterol, +++++++, vitamens, and minerals. The most important electrolyte is Na.
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phospholipids
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If plasma is allowed to clot, what remains is called _____
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serum
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Albumins contribute to the viscosity and osmolarity of the blood and fluences ++++ and fluid balance.
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BP
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Globulins are antibodies that provide immune system ______ alpha, beta, and gamma globules
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defenses
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Fibrinogen is a precursor of fibrin threads that help form blood ++++
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clots
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All plasma proteins are formed by the liver except ______ which are produced by plasma cells descended from B lymphoctyes.
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globulins
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Nonprotein components of Plasma Plasma contains nitrogenous compounds. Amino acids from ____ protein or tissue breakdown.
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dietary
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Nitrogenous wastes or urea are toxic and products of ________
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catabolism
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Urea is normally removed from the blood by the _____
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kidneys
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Nonprotein nutrients in the blood are glucose vitamens, fats, and ______ Some O2 and CO2 are transported in plasma.
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minerals
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Hemopoiesis is the production of the formed +++++ of blood.
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elements
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Hemopoiesis begins in the embryonic ____ sac and continues in the fetal bone marrow, liver, spleen, and thymus. From infancy onward, it occurs in lymphoid hemopoiesis.
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yolk
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Myeloid hemopoiesis begins with pluripotent stem cells called _______
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hemocytoblasts
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Hemopoietic tissues produce blood ++++. Yolk sac in vertebrae embryo produce stem cells that colonize fetal bone marrow, liver, spleen, and thymus.
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cells
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Liver stops producing blood cells at birth, but spleen and thymus remain involved with white ++++++ cell production.
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blood
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Myeloid hemopoiesis begins with pluripotent stem cells called +++++++ Some of their daughter cells differentiate into committed cells, which have receptors for various stimulatory chemicals and are destined to develop into one specific type or group of ++++++ ++++++
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hemocytoblasts
formed elements |
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Erythropoiesis, the production of RBCs is stimulated by the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) from the kidney.. It is regulated by a +++++ +++++ loop that responds to +++++++ , or decrease in O2 in blood, with increased EPO secretion and thus erythropoiesis.
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negative feedback
hypoxemia |
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Leukopoiesis, the production of WBCs follows three lines starting with B and T progenitor and granulocytmacrophage colony forming units, which become granulocytes and monocytes. These commited cells develop into mature ______ under the influence of colony stimulating factors.
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WBCs
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Lymphoid hemipoiesis in widely distributed lymphoid _____, such as thymus, tonsils, lymph nodes, spleen, and peyser patch in intestine. Red bone marrow produces RBCs, WBCs, and platelets.
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tissues
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Osmolarity is the total molarity of --------- particles. If too high, fluid absorption into the blood causes high ____ and if too low, fluid remains in the tissues causing _____
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dissolved
BP edema |
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Buffy coat= leukocytes and platelets are less than ___ of the whole blood
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1 percent
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The formed elements include: _____ which is 55 percent, the buffy coat of leukocytes and platelets, and ethrocytes or 45 percent of whole blood. Centrifuging blood forces _____ elements to separate from plasma
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plasma
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Plasma contains ntrigoeous compounds: amino acids from dietary protein or tissue breakdown and nitrogenous _____ or urea are toxic end products of catabolism.
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waste
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The formed elements are the ____ in the blood
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solids
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Hemopoiesis is the production of the formed _____ in the blood.
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elements
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Thrombopoiesis is the production of ---------, and is stimulated by thrombopoietin, a hormone that induces the formation of large cells called ++++++, which pinch off bits of peripheral cytoplasm that break up into platelets.
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platelets
megakaryocytes |
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The function of RBCs is _____ O2 amd CO2.
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transport
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Ethryocytes are _____ cells with a sunken center and no organelles.
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discoid or donut
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Ethyrypoitin is produced in the ++++++
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Kidney
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There are ____ million discoid or donut shaped red blood cells. Ethyropoises is the formation of
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4-6
RBCs |
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The pigment of RBC is ______
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hemoglobin
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Check RBC to dertermine the normal count of RBC in the ____
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body
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99percent of 45 percent is RBC and 1percent of of 45 percent is WBC and
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platelets
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RBCs are discoid shape with a sunken center and no organelles but they have a cytoskeleton of spectrin and actin that reinforces ____ membrane.
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plasma
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The most important components of the cytoplasm are ____ and CAH or carbonic anhydrase. Hb transports nearly all of the ____ and O2 in the blood, CAH catablyzes the reversible reaction CO2 + H20 arrow both ways H2CO3
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Hb
CO2 |
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Hb consists of 4 proteins 2 alpha and ____ _____ chains, each with a heme moiety.
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2 beta
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Hormones help with ethropises Ethryopiotin in the kidney and testosterone in ____
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males
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An excessive RBC count is_____. Primary polycythemia results from cancer of bone ______ Seconday polycythemia comes from dehydration, smoking, _____ altitude, and strenuous exercise. Polycythemia increases ______ to sometimes dangerous levels.
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polycythemia.
marrow viscosity |
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A deficiency of RBCs is______
Anemia can result from inadequate _______, hemorrage, or hemolysis. |
anemia
ethyropoiesis |
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The effects of anemia include tissue hypoxia and necrosis, reduced blood ______, and reduced blood viscosity.
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osmolarity
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Sickle cell anemia and thalassemia and hereditary hemoglobin defects result in severe ______
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anemia
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Leukopenia is a WBC defiiciency. May result from chemical or radiation poisoning, _____, and certain drugs.
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infections
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There are 4 types of anemia. Lack of ______ factor, which helps in absorption of vitamen B12 and helps form red blood cells. Called Vitamen _____. No vitamen B12 causes _____ of cells.
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intrinsic
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Another of the 4 types of anemia= Sickle cell cause sickle shaped. Caused by a lack of O2 _____
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tension
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The hemocytoblast is the first stem cell produced in the embryo in ____ sac,
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yolk
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Another of the 4 types of anemia. Hemolytic is a _____ of red blood cells. Chemotherapy can cause.
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breakdown
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Iron deficiency is common in ---------
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anemia
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The quantities of RBCs and Hb are clinically important. They are measured in terms of _______ or the presence of the blood volume composed by RBCs, hemoglobin concentration in g/dL, and RBC _____ or RBCs/uL of Blood. Normal averages are _____ in women than men.
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hermatocrit
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WBC's paly various roles in defending the body from pathogens or _____. Neutrophils, eoinophils, and basophils are classified as _____. Agranulocytes are monocytes and _______
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bacteria
granulocytes lymphocytes |
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A WBC excess called leukocytosis may result from infection, allergy, or from ______, the cancer of the hemopoietic tissue.
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leukemia
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Leukemia is classified as site of origin as myeloid or _____, and by speed of progression as acute or _____
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lymphoid
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Leukemia increases the risk of opportunistic infection and is typically accompanied by RBC and _____ deficiencies.
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platelet
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RBC deficiency is anemia. The four types are inadequate _______, hemorrhage, hemolysis, and sickle cell anemia.
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ethyropoiesis
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Granulocytes include neutrophils, eosinophils, and _________ Least abundant formed element is _______
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basinophils
basinophils |
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Agranulocytes include lymphocytes and ________
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monocytes
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Leukocytes are WBCs, nucleated, and formed in bone marrow from the same stem cell as RBCs, ________
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hematoblast
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Granulocytes have granules in their cytoplasm that ____differently with Wright's stain, and peculiarly shaped lobes and expanded nuclear regions.
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stain
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Neutrophils are phagocytes and increase during acute _____
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infection
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Basophil is the least abundant ______
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leukocyte
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Esoinophils lessen ____attacks by phagocytizing antigen antibody complexes and inactivating inflammatory chemicals.
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allergy
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Monocytes are the largest of the leukocytes and twice the size of red blood ____
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cells
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To make a differential white blood cell count, 100 WBCs are _____ and classified to type.
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counted
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WBC count number _____/total number counted x 100
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observed
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The functions of the blood are: protection, regulation, and ____
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transport
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When the blood clots and the solids are removed, the remaining fluid is the blood ++++
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serum
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Albumin affects osmolarity and ______
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viscosity
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Globulins are divided into 3 classes: alpha, beta, and ____
Play various roles in solute, transport, clotting, and _____ |
gamma
immunity |
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Fibrinogen is a precursor of fibrin that forms framework of a blood ____
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clot
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Viscosity is the resistance of a fluid to flow, resulting from the _____ of its particles.
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cohesion
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An RBC or protein deficiency reduces _____ and causes blood to flow too easily whereas an excess causes blood to flow too sluggishly. Puts strain on heart.
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viscosity
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The osmolarity of blood is the total ++++ of those dissolved particles that cannot pass through the blood vessel wall. The rate of reabsorption is governed by the relative osmolarity of the blood versus the tissue _____. This raises the blood volume resulting in elevated BP and strain on heart. If the osmolarity drops, the tissues become edemous and the BP decreases.
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molarity
fluid. |
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The production of the blood especially its formed elements is _____ tissues.
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hemopoietic
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Blood formation in the bone marrow and lymphatic organs is called myeloid and ______ hemopoiesis.
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lymphoid
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The tissues that produce blood cells are called hemopoietic tissues. The first hemopoietic is called _______All formed elements trace their origins to a common type of bone marrow stem cell, the pluripotent ___cell, formerly called a hemocytoblast.Some of them go on to develop into more specialized cells called colony-forming ++++, each type destined to produce one or another class of formed elements.
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hemopoiesis
stem units |
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Blood plasma also requires continual replacement. It is composed primarily of ____which it obtains from reabsorption from digestive tract. Gets electrolytes there also. Gets gamma globulins from _____connective tissue +++++ cells and its other proteins from ++++
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water
plasma liver |
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The plasma membrane of mature RBC has glycolipids and glycoproteins on the outter surface to determine -------- type. On inner surface, spectrin and actin, two cytoskeleton proteins that give the membrane resiliency and durability.
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blood
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The cytoplasm of an RBC consists mainly of 33 percent solution of hemoglobin, known for O2 and aids in CO2 transport. Aids in buffering of ___ Cytoplasm also contains enzyme, CAH that catalyzes the reaction CO2 + H20 both ways H2CO3.
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ph
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The most important electrolye is =====
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sodium
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The most abundant cation is _____
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sodium
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The osmolarity of blood, stemming mainly from RBCs, proteins, and sodium governs its water content and is thus a major factor in blood _____ and pressure.The protein contribution to osmolarity is the _____ osmotic pressure. Plasma, a liquid = 55 percent and solids, or formed ____ = 45 percent.
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volume
colloid elements |
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The most important components of the cytoplasm are Hb and ____
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CAH or carbonic anahydrase
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Normal hemoglobin count or ___ is 13 to 18, higher in males than females. The quantities of RBC and Hb clinically important. Hematocrit =RBC volume/total volume blood and Hb= ____ and RBC count = ___. Normal averages lower in women than ___
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Hb
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Polycythemia increases blood volume, pressure, and _____, to sometimes dangerous levels.
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viscosity
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An WBC deficiency called leukopenia may result from chemical or radiation poisoning, _____, and cancer.
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infections
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A WBC excess called ______
may result from infection, allergy, or from leukemia or cancer of ______ tissues. |
leukocytemia
hemopoietic |
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Leukemia is classified by site of origin, as myeloid or _____. And by speed or progression as acute or chronic. Increases risk of infection and accompanied by ____ and platelet deficiencies.
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lymphoid
RBC |
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Lifespan of RBC= 120 days and destroyed in _____on left hand side because on right hand side liver.
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spleen
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Blood types are determined by antigenic ______ and glycolipids on RBC surface. Incompatibility of one person's blood against another results from action of plasma antibodies against these RBC _____
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glycoproteins
antigens |
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Hb consists of 4 proteisn: 2 alpha and 2 beta chains each with a heme ____
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moiety
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Shape of RBC _____ or donut shaped.The pigment of RBC is ______
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discoid
hemoglobin |
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Hb consists of 4 molecules of oxygen in the center of 4 molecules of Fe. 2 forms Ferrous Fe2 and Ferric Form ___. Eat in form of Ferric but stomach converts to _____
Stored in Ferric form when used changed to Ferrous |
Fe3
Ferrous |
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The percentage of erythocyte occupied by the blood = the _____
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hermatocrit
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Normal count of RBC in the blood
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4-6 million
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Ethropoises is the formation of
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erythrocytes
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The hormone that helps with the process of ethropoises is erythropoitin which is produced in the ______
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kidney
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3 things to look for in the RBC= 1RBC count, 2Hermatocrit 3 _____ which is normally 13-18.
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Hb
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Pernicious anemia caused by lack of _____ factor B-12 cofactor forms RBC. No vitamen B12. ______ of cells.
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intrinsic
Clumping |
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An Rh negative person who is exposed to ____ RBCs or childbirth develops an anti-D antibody. Later exposures to Rh+ cells can cause a transfusion reaction.
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Rh+
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Rh incompatibility between a sensitized Rh- woman and an Rh+ fetus can cause ______disease of the newborn, a severe neonatal anemia that must be treated by phototherapy or transfusion.
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hemolytic
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The Rh blood group is inherited through genes called --, -----, and ___. Anyone with genotype DD or Dd is Rh+.
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C, D, and E
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Platelets or thrombocytes are disc shaped structures without ______
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nuclei
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Platelets are fragments derived from megakaryocytes and are involved in ______
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clotting
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Normal blood contains 140,000- ______ platelets/uL
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400,000
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Hemostasis refers to the stoppage of _____. It involves vascular spasm, platelet plug _____, and blood clotting or ____
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bleeding
formation coagulation |
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Platelet plug formation involves the aggregation of platelets to stop ______
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bleeding.
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A clot is a network of insoluble ______ fibers or fibrin, in which formed elements of blood are trapped.
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protein
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The chemical involved in clotting are known as clottting or _______ factors.
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coagulation
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A neutrophil is the most abundant ______. 70percent and multi=segmented.
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granulocyte
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A neutrophil is polymorphically nuclear ______ or PML
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leukocyte
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Neutrophils increase in infection or _______
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inflammation
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A basophil is the least abundant WBC and looks a neutrophil with ______
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granules
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A basophil secretes histamine, serotonin, and heparin. It increases in ______
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allergies
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Monocytes are the biggest WBC, a kidney shaped nucleus. Phagocytic removal of damaged cells. )______ come from moncytes.
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macrophages
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There are 2 types of lymphocytes: T and ___lymphocytes. B lymphocytes form antibodies thru ++++ cells. There are 2 types of T lymphocytes. T helper is reduced in AIDS and HIV. They get opportunistic infection. There is also T killer. T T has to do with immunity.
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B
plasma |
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Eosinphil have 2 nuclei. They are for allergies and _____ infections.
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parasitic
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Anticoagulants like _____ prevent clotting.
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heparin
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Decreased WBC count is associated with ______. And linked with drugs, radiation, and chemotherapy.
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leukopenia
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Blood clotting involves a cascade of reactions that may be divided into 3 stages: formation of ______, conversion of prothrombin into thrombin, and conversion of soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin.
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promthrombinase
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Clotting is initiated by the interplay of the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways of blood ----------
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clotting
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Normal coagulation requires vitamen K, a clotting factor, and is followed by clot retraction (tightening of the clot) and ultimately fibrinolysis or ________ of the clot.
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dissolution
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Clotting is an unbroken blood vessel called _______. A thrombus that moves from its orgin is called an embolus.
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thrombosis
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The immature cells, megakarocytes become platelets or ++++++
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thrombocytes
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Three stages in clot formation: Enzyme Prothrombinase is activated. 2. Prothrombinase converts to Prothrombin into Thrombin. 3 Thrombin converts ______, an insoluble into fibrin or clot.
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Fribinogen
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A clot in a vessel that does not move is _______
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thrombosis
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A clot that moves is ______
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embolus
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Leukopoises is the formation of ++++ from mylocytes.
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leukopoises
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There ae 13 clotting ____
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factors
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Neg blood can only be received from a _____person
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neg
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Hemoglobin is formed in the
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spleen
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