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Blood is specialized CT made up of??
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plasma and blood
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Plasma forms ___% of blood volum?
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55
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blood is 55%____ and 45%____?
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plasma and elements
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Eurythrocytes or RBC's are not true cells. they are filled with the pigment??
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hemoglobin
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Normal count 5-5.5 million/cubic m.m blood in____and less than _____ in females.
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males, half
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What is the lifespan of Eurythrocytes/RBC's?
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about 120 days.
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RBC's function as _______ and can also_______
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oxygen carriers, hold and release Co2
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variation in size is called
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anisocytosis
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the increase in size is called
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macrocytosis
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reduction of size is called?
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microcytosis
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ioncrease in number is called??
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polycythemia
may be physiological or pathological |
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reduction of number happens in certain types of?
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anemia
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variation of shape is called?
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poikilocytosis
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Destruction of RBC's, with liberation of hemoglobin is called
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hemolysis
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the phenomenon where RBC's pile in a regular row as they pass through a narrow capillary.
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rouleaux formation
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Leukocytes
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these are true cells
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an increase in number of leukocytes
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leukocytosis
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a reduction in number of leukocytes is?
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leukopenia
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this is a malignant condition of bone marrow where immature leukocytes released into blood, leukocytic count shows an excessive increase
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leukemia
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what are the two types of leukocytes?
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Granular leukocytes
non granular leukocytes |
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Granular leukocytes are with_______
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cytoplasmic granulaes
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Non granular (agranulari leukocytes) have no______
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cytoplasmic granules
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Neutrophil leukocytes function in?
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phagocytosis
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normal percentage of neutrophil leukocytes is_____
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60-75%
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pathological increase in number of neutrophil leukocytes is called?
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neutrophilia
ex; acute bacterial infections |
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eosinophil leukocytes function is to....
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breakdown antigen antibody complexes
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pathological increase of number of eosinophil leukocytes is called
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eosinophilia
ex; allergic conditions and parasitic infestation |
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basophil leukocytes function is to...
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produce histamine and heparin
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pathological increase is called?
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basophilia
ex; chicken pox |
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T-lymphocytes function in...
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cell mediated immune responses
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B-lymphocytes differentiate to plasma cells which....
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produce antibodies
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Normal percentage of lymphocytes is_____%. and a percentage increase is called_______
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20-25%
lymphocytosis ex; viral and fungal infectioins |
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Monocytes function is .....
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phagocytic
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normal percentage of monocytes is ____%, a percentage increase is called?
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5-8%
monocytosis, ex; malaria |
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Thrombocytes function is
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blood clotting
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the central dark zone in thrombocytes is called the_______ , the outer lighter zone is called the______
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chromomere
hyalomere |
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drugs may depress bone marrow with reduction of platelet number, a condition known as _______
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thrombocytopenia
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HEMOPOIESIS
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FUCK YOU
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the mother cell as most authorities believed, is the
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hemocytoblast
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hemocytoblast divides and differentiates into 3 daughter cells named?
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rubriblast
myeloblast megakaryoblast |
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Rubriblasts are
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the mother cell of RBC's
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Myeoblasts are
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the mother cell of granular WBCs
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megakaryoblast are
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the mother cell of blood platelets
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hemocytoblasts give rise to?
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lymphoblasts, the mother cell of lymphocytes
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