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Name the Agranulocytes |
Monocytes and lymphocytes |
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Name the Granulocytes |
Basophils, neutrophils, and eosinophils |
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Monocytes |
Biggest blood cell Kidney shaped Phagocytize bacteria and viruses |
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What is basophil's function? |
Enhance inflammatory response |
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What is neutrophil |
Phagocytize bacteria |
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What does eosinophil's function? |
Fight parasitic organisms |
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What is a lymphocyte's function? |
Regulate immune response |
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What is hematocrit |
Percent of blood made up of RBC's Assesses oxygen carrying capacity Range Men: 40%-54% Women: 38%-46% |
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What is an antigen |
Surface of eurythrocytes |
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What are platelets |
Cell fragments |
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What is anemia? |
Deficiency of RBC's or of hemoglobin in the blood |
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Hemolytic disease |
When mother's body creates antibodies when a baby has a different rh but only happens to second or third child |
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Agglutination |
Clumping |
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Universal donor |
Type O blood |
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Universal Recipient |
Type AB |
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What hormones does the hypothalamus secrete? |
Releasing factors |
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What hormones does the pineal gland secrete? |
Melatonin Biological clock |
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What hormones does the pituitary gland secrete? |
ADH/Oxytocin Water homeostasis/ birth contractions |
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What hormones does the thyroid gland secrete? |
Thyroxine Metabolic rate |
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What hormones does the adrenal glands secrete? |
Adrenaline/cortisol Fight or flight/ anti-stress |
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