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29 Cards in this Set
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BLOOD HAS WHAT THREE GENERAL FUNCTIONS
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- TRANSPORTATION
- REGULATION - PROTECTION |
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THE TEMPERATURE OF BLOOD IS ABOUT WHAT TEMPERATURE
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38 DEC C. (100.4 DEG F.)
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THE PH OF BLOOD IS SLIGHTLY ______.
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ALKALINE
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PH OF BLOOD RANGES FROM _____ TO _____.
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7.35 - 7.45
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BLOOD CONSTITUTES ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL BODY WEIGHT
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8%
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WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE VOLUME OF BLOOD IN AN AVERAGE-SIZED ADULT MALE
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5 TO 6 LITERS
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WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE VOLUME OF BLOOD IN AN AVERAGE-SIZED ADULT FEMALE
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4 TO 5 LITERS
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WHOLE BLOOD IS COMPOSED OF WHAT TWO MAIN COMPONENTS
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BLOOD PLASMA AND FORMED ELEMENTS
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APPROX WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WHOLE BLOOD IS FORMED ELEMENTS
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45%
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APPROX WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WHOLE BLOOD IS PLASMA
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55%
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NORMALLY, MORE THAN 99% OF THE FORMED ELEMENTS IN WHOLE BLOOD ARE _____.
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RBC'S
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PALE, COLORLESS WHITE BLOOD CELLS (WBC'S) AND PLATELETS OCCUPY LESS THAN WHAT PERCENT OF TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME
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1%
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WBC'S AND PLATELETS FORM A VERY THIN LAYER, CALLED THE _______, BETWEEN THE PACKED RBC'S AND BLOOD PLASMA IN CENTRIFUGED BLOOD
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BUFFY COAT
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BLOOD PLASMA IS FORMED BY WHAT (INCLUDING PERCENTAGE)
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- 91.5% WATER
- 7% PROTEINS - 1.5% SOLUTES OTHER THAN PROTEIN |
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PROTEINS IN THE BLOOD, THE (PLASMA PROTEINS), ARE SYNTHESIZED MAILY BY WHAT
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THE LIVER
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THE MOST PLENTIFUL PLASMA PROTEINS ARE THE ALBUMINS, WHICH ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ALL PLASMA PROTEINS
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55%
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WHAT ARE THE FORMED ELEMENTS OF WHOLE BLOOD
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RBC'S, WBC'S, AND PLATELETS
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WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF GRANULAR LEUKOCYTES
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- NEUTROPHILS
- EOSONOPHILS - BASOPHILS |
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WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF AGRANULAR LEUKOCYTES
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- T AND B LYMPHOCYTES AND NATURAL KILLER CELLS
- MONOCYTES |
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THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE FORMED ELEMENTS OF BLOOD DEVELOP IS CALLED WHAT
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HEMOPOIESIS
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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY SITE OF HEMAPOIESIS
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RED BONE MARROW
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RED BLOOD CELLS (RBC'S) OR ERYTHROCYTES CONTAIN WHAT OXYGEN-CARRYING PROTEIN
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HEMOGLOBIN
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_______ IS A PIGMENT THAT GIVES WHOLE BLOOD ITS RED COLOR
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HEMOGLOBIN
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HEMOGLOBIN ALSO TRANSPORTS ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD
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23%
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A HEALTHY ADULT MALE HAS ABOUT HOW MANY RBC'S PER MICROLITER OF BLOOD
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5.4 MILLION
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A HEALTHY ADULT FEMALE HAS ABOUT HOW MANY RBC'S PER MICROLITER OF BLOOD
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4.8 MILLION
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RBC'S LOVE ONLY ABOUT HOW LONG BECAUSE OF WEAR AND TEAR ON THEIR PLASMA MEMBRANES AS THEY SQUEEZE THROUGH BLOOD CAPILLARIES
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120 DAYS
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A SEQUENCE OF RESPONSES THAT STOPS BLEEDING WHEN BLOOD VESSELS ARE INJURED IS KNOW AS WHAT
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HEMOSTASIS
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WHAT THREE MECHANISMS CAN REDUCE LOSS OF BLOOD FROM BLOOD VESSELS
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- VASCULAR SPASM
- PLATELET PLUG FORMATION - BLOOD CLOTTING (COAGULATION) |
