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Blood
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made up of Plasma (liquid) and blood cells (solid)
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3 types of blood cells
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erythrocytes
leukocytes thrombocytes |
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thrombocytes
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platelets responsible for clotting of blood
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hemocytoblast
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stem cell - the beginning of all blood cells
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hematopoiesis
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growing and maturing of all the blood cells
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erythropoiesis
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growing and maturing of red blood cells
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leukopoiesis
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growing and maturing of white blood cells
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thrombopoiesis
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growing and maturing of platelets
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reticulocyte
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an immature red blood cell
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erythrocytes
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contain hemoglobin which gives the red color
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hemoglobin
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carries oxygen to the body tissue
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leukocytes
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protect the body against foreign and bacterial substances
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5 types of leukocytes
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neutrophils
eosinophils basophils monocytes lymphocytes |
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plasma
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allows the chemical communication between all body cells
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Plasma proteins
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albumins
globulins fibrinogen |
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Blood serum
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blood plasma without fibrinogen
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Lymph system
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fluid, lymph vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, and tonsils
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Lymph
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fluid
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lymph vessels
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network of transporting structures
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lymph nodes
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filter
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spleen
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filters, destroys old red blood cells, stores healthy blood cells
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Thymus
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changes lymphocytes to T cells
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Tonsils
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filter protect upper respiratory structures, help with the development of white blood cells
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Antigens
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organisms that invade the body
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2 types of lymphocytes
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T cell
B cell |
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T cell
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from thymus gland directly attacks the antigen
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B cell
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from bone marrow produces antibodies that do the destoying of the antigen
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Blood groups
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A
B AB O |
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Anemia
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blood has reduced oxygen carrying capability.
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Anemia results from
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decrease in red blood cells
decrease in hemoglobin decrease in hematocrit |
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hematocrit
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volume of erythrocytes
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normocytic
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normal size red blood cells
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normochromic
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normal amount of hemoglobin
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macrocytic
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larger than normal red blood cells
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microcytic
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smaller than normal red blood cells
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hypochromic
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decreased amount of hemoglobin
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HIV
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human immunodeficiency virus
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AIDS
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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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Lymphadenopathy
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disease of lymph glands
swollen glands |
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opportunistic infections
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infections that normally don't affect healthy people
key to when HIV becomes AIDS |
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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
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opportunistic infections associated with AIDS another is Kaposi's sarcoma
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Autoimmune disease
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body attacks itself produces antibodies against antigens found in own cells, results in tissue injury
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exacerbations
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flare-up
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latent period
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remissions
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edema
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swelling from abnormal accumulation of fluids in the space between cells in the body
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hemophilia
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hereditary condition in which blood does not clot properly
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infectious mononucleosis
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caused by the Epstein-Barr virus.
Sore throat, fever, swollen neck glands |
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chronic fatigue syndrome
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may be associated with Epstein-Barr virus. they have high levels of EBV in the blood
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Allergy
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abnormal acquired immune response to an antigen resulting in an allergic response.
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Leukemia
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cancer of the blood-forming organs (bone marrow)
excessive increase in the white blood cells |
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Hodgkin's disease
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cancer of the lymph nodes
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Rh
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named after Rhesus monkeys - antigen in the red blood cell if there positive if not negative
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plasmapheresis
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removal of plasma
give blood they remove the plasma and the blood is given back to the donor |
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septicemia
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bacteria in the blood
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PTT
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preoperative screening for bleeding tendencies
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CBC
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series of tests that include hemoglobin, hematocrit, RBC, WBC etc
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differential count
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the different types of white cells are counted and reported as a % of the whole white count
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sed rate
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increase indicates inflammatory disease, cancer, pregnancy, decrease indicates liver disease
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hemoglobin
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measurment of the amount of hemoglobin
decrease indicates anemia |
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hematocrit
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measurement of the % of packed red blood cells in a sample of whole blood
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prothrombin time / PTT / Pro time
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used to manage patients taking anticoagulant medicines
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autologous transfusion
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transfusion of your own blood
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homologous transfusion
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someone else's blood
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anticoagulants
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"blood thinners" Heparin, Coumadin, aspirin
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