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Plasma
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The liquid part of blood
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Serum
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The fluid remaining after blood clot
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Formed elements
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Are erythrocytes
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Erythrocyte
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Red blood cells
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Leukocytes
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White blood cells
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megakaryocytes
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the fragments of the cytoplasm of a bone marrow cell
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Bone marrow
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Either yellow fatty, or red hematopoietic
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hematopoiesis
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The generation of blood cells
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progenitor cells
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2 types of specialized multi potent stem cells
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Lymphoid progenitor cells
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Give rise to lymphocytes, a type of leukocyte or white blood cell
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Myeloid progenitor cells
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Give rise to all other blood cells
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granulocytes, monocytes, erythrocyte, and megakaryocytes
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Extramedullary hematopoiesis
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Blood cell production by the liver and spleen in an adult
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Hemoglobin
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The compound in red blood cells to which oxygen attaches for transport from lungs to tissues, and it synthesis requires iron, vitamin b 12, vitamin b6, and folic acid
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erythropoietin
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A hormone synthesized by the kidney
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