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30 Cards in this Set
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What's blood plasma?
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Straw-colored, viscous fluid made up 90% water. The other 10% are solutes of nutrients, ases, salts, hormones and proteins
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Erythrocytes are also called?
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Red blood cells (RBCs)
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Red blood cells, in general,
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are small biconcave cells with hemoglobin, but no nucleus and few organelles
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What's the hematrocrit?
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Measure of erythrocytes as a percentage of total blood volume
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Leukocytes are also called?
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White Blood Cells
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White Blood Cells, in general
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Have a nucleus and help defend against disease
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What are the two main categories of white blood cells
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Granulocytes and agranulocytes
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Granulocytes include
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Neutrophils, basophills and eosinophils
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Basophils contain
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secrete anti-coagulant and vasodilatory substances as histamines and serotonin
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3 traits of Neutrophils
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1. Active phagocytes that mostly attack bacteria 2.most abundant white blood cell 3. and can be dvidied into segmented neutrophils (or segs) and banded neutrophils (or bands).
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Eosinophils
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Attack parastic worms and increase in [ ] during allergic rxns
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Agrunulocytes
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Include lymphocytes and monocytes
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Monocytes differentiate into what, after entering where?
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Macrophages after entering sites of infection
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What are platelets?
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fragments of large, multi nucleated megakaryocytes formed in red marrow
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What's blood plasma?
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Straw-colored, viscous fluid made up 90% water. The other 10% are solutes of nutrients, ases, salts, hormones and proteins
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Erythrocytes are also called?
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Red blood cells (RBCs)
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Red blood cells, in general,
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are small biconcave cells with hemoglobin, but no nucleus and few organelles
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What's the hematrocrit?
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Measure of erythrocytes as a percentage of total blood volume
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Leukocytes are also called?
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White Blood Cells
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White Blood Cells, in general
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Have a nucleus and help defend against disease
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What are the two main categories of white blood cells
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Granulocytes and agranulocytes
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Granulocytes include
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Neutrophils, basophills and eosinophils
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Basophils contain
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secrete anti-coagulant and vasodilatory substances as histamines and serotonin
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3 traits of Neutrophils
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1. Active phagocytes that mostly attack bacteria 2.most abundant white blood cell 3. and can be dvidied into segmented neutrophils (or segs) and banded neutrophils (or bands).
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Eosinophils
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Attack parastic worms and increase in [ ] during allergic rxns
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Agrunulocytes
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Include lymphocytes and monocytes
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Monocytes differentiate into what, after entering where?
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Macrophages after entering sites of infection
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What are platelets?
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fragments of large, multi nucleated megakaryocytes formed in red marrow
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Platelets are also known as
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Thrombocytes
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What % of blood is blood plasma?
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55%
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