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15 Cards in this Set
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Liquid matrix in blood that dissolves and suspends various cells and cell fragments
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Plasma
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Fluid that bathes body cells
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Interstitial Fluid
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Functions of Blood
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Transportation, Regulation, and Protection
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Components of whole blood
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Blood plasma and formed elements (cells and cell fragments)
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Proteins confinded to the blood, also play a role in maintaining proper blood osmotic pressure
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Plasma proteins
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Synthesize most of the plasma proteins
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Hepatocytes
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Types of plasma proteins
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Albumins, Globulins, and Fibrinogen
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Plasma proteins that develope into cells that produce gama globulins
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Antibodies/Immunoglobulins
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Principal components of Formed Elements
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Red Blood Cells (RBC's), White Blood CElls (WBC's), and Platelets
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Types of WBC's
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Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, and Basophils
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The percentage of total blood volume occupied by RBC's
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Hematocrit
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The process by which formed elements in the blood develope
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Hemopoiesis
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Highly vascularized connective tissue located in teh microscopic spaces between trabeculae of spongy bone tissue
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Red Bone Marrow
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Cells that have the capacity to develope into several different types of cells
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Pluripotent Stem Cells
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Stem cells derived from Pluripotent Stem cells
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Myeloid Stem Cells and Lymphoid Stem Celsl
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