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Three main types of cells (cytes) |
1-Erthrocytes (red blood cells) 2-Leukocytes (white blood cells) 3-Thrombocytes (Platelets) |
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How do the Lymph nodes and spleen protect the body? |
By filtering out dangerous things like infectious agents and cancerous cells. |
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What does anemia mean |
a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells |
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Having too many platelets can cause what? |
Thrombosis (spontaneous clots) |
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What is hemoglobin? |
The protein that carries oxygen |
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Leukemia is? |
cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by the abnormal increase in white blood cells |
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Thrombolytic |
a drug that breaks down blood clots |
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What does RBC mean? |
Red blood count |
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Uremia |
the presence of urine in the blood |
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What does -penia stand for? |
deficiency |
