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53 Cards in this Set
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Whole blood |
55% liquid 45% solid |
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Plasma |
Liquid part of blood |
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Formed elements |
Solid portions of blood. 3 different types of blood cells |
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Erythrocytes |
Red blood cells Life span 120 days |
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Leukocytes |
White blood cells Fights infection Migrates from bloodstream to tissue to infection site Granular or agranular |
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Plasma (duty) |
Transports fats, proteins, gases, salts, and hormones. |
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Granular |
Eosinophils, basophils, and neutrophils |
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Eosinophils |
Release chemicals that neutralize toxic chemicals |
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Basophils |
Release histamine |
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Neutrophils |
Ingest bacteria and other harmful organisms |
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Anis/o |
Unequal |
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Bilirubin/o |
Bilirubin (a bile pigment) |
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Cholesterol/o |
Cholesterol |
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Granul/o |
Granules |
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Lipid/o |
Fat |
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Norm/o |
Normal |
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Poikil/o |
Variation; irregular |
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-edema |
Accumulation of fluid |
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-plastic |
Pertaining to formation |
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Mono- |
One |
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Chrom/o |
Color |
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Erythr/o |
Red |
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Hemat/o; hem/o |
Blood |
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Leuk/o |
White |
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Myel/o |
Bone marrow |
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Reticul/o |
Network |
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Thromb/o |
Clot |
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-blast |
Immature, growing thing |
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-crit |
Separate |
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-cytosis |
Increase in the number of cells |
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-emia |
Blood condition |
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-penia |
Deficient; decrease |
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-phoresis |
Transmission |
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-phoresis |
Production; manufacture; formation |
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CBC |
Complete blood count |
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Hb; Hgb |
Hemoglobin |
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HTC; HcT |
Hematocrit |
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RBC; rbc |
Red blood cells |
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WBC; wbc |
White blood cell |
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T lymphocytes |
Produced in the red bone marrow |
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B lymphocytes |
Develop and mature in red bone marrow |
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Immun/o |
Immunity; safe |
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Lymphaden/o |
Lymph node |
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Lymphangi/o |
Lymph vessels |
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Lymph/o |
Lymph |
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Splen/o |
Spleen |
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Thym/o |
Thymus gland |
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-immune |
Immunity; safe |
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-stitial |
Pertaining to a place |
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Tonsils |
Made our of lymphatic tissue |
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Peyers patches |
Lymphatic filters located in small intestine |
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HIV |
Human immunodeficiency virus |
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AID |
Acquired immunodeficiency virus |
