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30 Cards in this Set
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agglutin
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glued together; agglutination
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album
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egg white; albumin
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bili
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bile; bilirubin
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embol
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wedge; embolism
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emia
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blood; anemia
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erythro
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red; erythrocyte
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hem
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blood; hemoglobin
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leuko
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white; leukocyte
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lymph
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water; lymphocyte
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phil
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love; neutrophil
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poiesis
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to make; hematopoiesis
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rhage
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break out; hemorrhage
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thromb
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clot; thrombosis
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the formed element BLANK can kill parasitic worms
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eosinophil
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the rarest leukocyte is the
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basophil
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BLANK is an antiprostaglandin drug that inhibits thromboxane A2 formation
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aspirin
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the universal recipient blood type is
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AB
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when monocytes migrate into the interstitial spaces, they are called
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macrophages
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BLANK is the stage of development in the life of an erythrocyte during which the nucleus is ejected
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normoblast
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the most common causes of bleeding disorders
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liver disease, thrombocytopenia (low platelets), vitamin K deficiency
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what determines whether blood is bright red or a dull, dark red?
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oxygenated or not
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what is the buffy coat found in centrifuged whole blood?
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leukocytes and platelets
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name the granulocytes
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neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils
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Mrs. Francis comes to the clinic complaining of fatigue, shortness of breath, and chills. Blood tests show anemia and a bleeding ulcer is diagnosed. What type of anemia is this?
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Hemorrhagic
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Ms. Smith is claiming that Mr. Elm is the father of her child. Ms. Smith's blood type is O negative. Her baby has type A positive blood. Mr. Elm's blood is typed and found to be type B positive. Could he be the father of her child? If not, what blood type would the father be expected to have?
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No. Could be type AB or A.
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A patient is diagnosed with bone cancer and has a hematocrit of 70%. What is this condition called?
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Polycythemia vera
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What vitamin must be supplemented in cases of steatorrhea (inability to absorb fat) to avoid problems?
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Vitamin K
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A woman who is Rh negative becomes pregnant for the first time. Her husband is Rh positive and their first child is Rh positive. Ordinarily, the first such pregnancy causes no major problems, but this baby is born blue and cyatonic.
a.) What is this condition, a result of Rh incompatibility, called? b.) Why is the baby cyatnoic? c.) Since this is the woman's first pregnancy, how can you account for the baby's problem? |
a.) Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) or Erythroblast fetalis
b.) Red blood cells being destroyed, no oxygen c.) Received Rh positive blood through transfusion |
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Knowing the pathways of hemopoiesis, explain why leukemia reduces RBC and platelet count?
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Limited number of stem cells, making white blood cells and not making RBCs or platelets.
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What happens to the reticulocyte count of a new smoker?
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RBC production goes up and reticulocytes go up.
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