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20 Cards in this Set
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What are the three main components of blood?
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Plasma
Buffy coat Erythrocytes |
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This makes up about 55% of blood.
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Plasma
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This makes up about 1% of blood
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Buffy coat
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This makes up about 44% of blood
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Erythrocytes
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This is the percentage of blood volume made of blood cells.
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Hematocrit
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Who generally has a higher hematocrit level?
Males or Females |
Males
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What are the functions of blood
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Transportation
Regulation Protection |
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Erythrocytes (RBC) are a true cell. T or F
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F
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What is the Erythrocyte life cycle?
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Erythrocyte form in red bone marrow
Erythrocytes circulate in bloodstream for 120 days Aged erythrocytes are phagocytized in the liver and spleen Heme components of blood are recycled Erythrocyte membrane proteins and globin proteins are broken down into amino acids, some of which are used to make new erythrocytes |
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A type O- blood type could receive blood from anyone? T or F
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F
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Type O- blood can be given to anyone? T or F
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T
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This disease is characterized by too few RBC's or an iron deficiency
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Anemia
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this is a cancer of the leukocyte-forming cells
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Leukemia
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Megakaryocytes become ____.
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Platelets (Thrombocytes)
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This disease is caused by an abnormally low concentration of platelets in blood.
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thromocytopenia
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This genetic disease is characterized by a lack of clotting factors
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Hemophilia
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This cell is the stem cell for blood.
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Hemocytoblast
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This cell is the precursor to an Erythrocyte or RBC
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Reticulocyte
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This cell is the precursor to a Reticulobyte
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Normo blast
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this cell is the progenitor for platelets and erythrocytes
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myeloid stem cell.
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