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A RED BLOOD CELL WITH A NUCLEUS |
ERYTHROBLAST |
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A stem that can differentiate in either WBC or RBC |
HEMOCYTOBLAST |
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A white blood cell type that would be increased in allergic or parasitic conditions |
EOSINOPHIL |
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Aging or damaged RBC's are removed most by the |
SPLEEN |
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All the circulating red blood cells in an adult originate in |
THE BONE MARROW |
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An abnormally low WBC count |
Leukopenia |
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Another name for a circulating non-nucleated red blood cell |
ERYTHROCYTE |
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Another name for a WHITE BLOOD CELL |
Leukocyte |
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Bilirubin results from the breakdown of |
ERYTHROCYTES |
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Blood cell antigens are located in/on the |
CELL MEMBRANE |
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Blood cell production is stimulated by the harmone |
ERYTHROPOIETIN |
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Hemoglobin affinity (attraction) for oxygen is highest in |
THE FETUS |
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Your patient's bone marrow is working hard to keep up with RBC demand. You actually find a few ______ on his blood analysis |
RETICULOCYTE |
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Your patient has a very low hematocrit, low RBC count, high MCV and low MCH. You would suspect |
LOSS OF RBC THROUGH A HEMORRHAGE OR HEMOLYSIS |
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More than 95% of the protein in a red blood cell is |
HEMOGLOBIN |
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Most threatening for a newborn due to Rh factor |
RH POSITIVE FATHER |
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Plasma proteins are produced in the |
LIVER |
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The WBC that releases histamine and heparin when degranulated |
BASOPHILS |
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The WBC that rises the quickest in response to a bacterial infection |
NEUTROPHILS |
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The ____ develop from megakaryocytes |
PLATELETS |
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The average life span of a red blood cell is |
4 MONTHS |
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The biggest difference between interstitial fluid and plasma is that plasma has |
MORE PROTEINS |
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The blood cell also known as a polymorphonucleocytes because of the segmented nucleus and has tiny neutral pin staining granules |
NEUTROPHIL |
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The blood type most valued by hospitals due to being from "universal donors" |
O-TYPE |
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The cell type that produces antibodies |
LYMPHOCYTE |
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The extrinsic coagulation pathway starts |
OUTSIDE THE BLOOD STREAM |
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The inactivation and clumping by antibodies and antigens is referred to as |
AGGLUTINATION |
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The inorganic ion necessary for hemoglobin formation |
IRON |
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The most abundant plasma protein is |
ALBUMIN |
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The patient has a high hematocrit, a high total protein level, a high albumin level. The most common cause would be |
DEHYDRATION |
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The patient now has leukocytosis and neutrophilia in his CBC, this would indicate probably a |
BACTERIAL INFECTION |
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The vitamin most essential for blood clotting |
K |
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Injections of EPO, often seeing in "doping" in endurance athletes, may cause a stroke due to |
POLYCYTHEMIA |
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The plasma protein involved in the clotting process |
FIBRINOGEN |
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Lymphocytes spend most of their time |
MIGRATING THROUGH THE BODY TISSUES |
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Your other patient has a leukopenia, high fever, and a possible abdominal abscess. When you look at her CBC, you see a moderate number of bands and even a few metamyelocytes |
LEFT SHIFT |
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Your patient has an elevated hematocrit. This means he has a higher |
PROPORTION of RBC |
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The largest WBC, often increased in chronic infections |
MONOCYTE |
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3 Blood cells that are PHAGOCYTE |
EOSINOPHILS MONOCYTE |
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Bilirubinemia (too much bilirubin in the blood) can result from the following 2 scenarios |
EXCESS RED BLOOD CELL BREAKDOWN CIRRNOSIS-CARING OF THE LIVER ANS BILE SYSTEM |
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Which of the following are GRANULOCYTE |
EOSINOPHILS NEUTROPHILS BASOPHILS |
