Cardac "blood" A&p

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Agglutination

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clumping of (foreign) cells, induced by cross-linking of anigen-antibodycomplexes

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Agglutinins

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antibodies in the blood plasma that cause clumping of coruscles or bacteria

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Agglutinogens

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antigens that stimulate the formation of a specific agglutinin; antigns found on red blood cells that are responsible for determining the ABO blood group classification

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Albumin

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a protein found in virtually all animals; most abundant abundant plasma protein

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Alkalosis

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a condition in which the blood has a lower hydrogen ion concentration than normal and an increased ph

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Androgen

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a steroid sex hormone primaily produced by the interstitial cells of the testis and manufactured in small quantities by the adrenal cortex in either gender

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Anemia

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reduce oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood caused by a decreased number of erythrocytes or decreased percentage of hemoglobin in the blood

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Antigen

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any substance including toxins, forein proteins, or bacteria that, when introduced to the body, is recognized as foreign and activates the immune system

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Basophils

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white blood cells whose granules stain deep blue with basic dye; have a relatively pale nucleus and granular appearing cyoplasm

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Clot

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a network of fibrin fibers and trapped blood cells, also called a hrombus if it occurs within the cardiovascular system

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Clotting Factors

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plasma proteins, synthesized by the liver, that are essential to the clotting response

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Coagulations

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Clotting (of blood)

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Diapedesis

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the passage of blood cells through intact vessel walls into the tissues

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Embolus

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an air bubble, fat globule, or blood clot drifting in the bloodstream

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Eosinophils

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granular white blood cells whose granular readily take up a stain called eosin

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Erythrocytes

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red bloo cells

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Erythropoietin

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a hormone released by tissies, especially the kidneys, exposed to low oxygen concentrations; stimulates erythropoiesis (red blood cell formation) in bone marrow

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Fibrin

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the fibrous insoluble protein formed durning the clotting of blood

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Fibrinogen

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a blood protein that is converted to fibrin during blood clotting

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Formed Elements

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cellular portion of blood

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granulocytes

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white blood cells containing granules that are visible with the light microscope; includes eosinophils, basophils, and neutrophils; also called granular leukocytes

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Hematocrit

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the percentage of the volume of whole bood contributed by cells; also calle volume of packed red cells (vprc) or packed cell volume (PCV)

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Hematopoiesis

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formation of blood cells

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Hemocytoblasts

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sem cells whose divisions produce each of various populations of blood cells

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Hemoblobin

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the oxygn-transporting pigment of erthrocytes

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Hemolysis

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the repture of ryth-rocytes

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Hemophilia

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an inherited clotting defect caused by absence of a blood-clotting factor

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Hemostasis

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the cessation of bleeding

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Heparin

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an anticoagulant released by activated basophils and mast cells

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Leukemia

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a cancerous condition in which there is an excessive production of immature leukocytes

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Leukocyte

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white blood cell

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Lymphocytes

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agranular white blood cell formed in the bone marrow that mature in the lymphoid tissue

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Monocyte

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large single-nuceus white blood cell; agranular leukocyte

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Neutrophil

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a microphage that is very numerous and normally the first of the mobile phgocytic cells to arrive at an area of injury or infection

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Plasma

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the fluid portion of the blood

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Platelet

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one of the irregular cell fragments of blood; involved in clotting

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Polycythemia

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presence of an abnormally large number of erythrocytes in the blood

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Red Blood Cell

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RBC; has no nucleus and contains large quantities of hemoglobin

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Serum

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the ground substance of blood plasma from which clotting agants have been removed

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Thrombin

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an anzyme that induces clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin

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Thrombus

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a fixed clot that develops and persists in an unbroken blood vessel