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Plasma
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liquid
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Blood cells
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solid part of blood
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Erythrocytes
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red blood cells
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Leukocytes
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white blood cells
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Thrombocytes
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platlets
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Hemocytoblasts
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stem cell
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Hematopoiesis
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growing and maturing of all blood cells
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Erythropoiesis
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growing and maturing of all 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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have hemoglobin
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Hemoglobin
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carries oxygen
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Leukocytes
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fights infection
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What are the 5 types of red blood cells?
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eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes.
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what do Thrombocytes and platelets do?
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help blood to clot
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What is plasma?
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a chemical communication between yourselves.
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What are the 3 plasma proteins?
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albumin, globulins, fibrinogen.
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What is blood serum?
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clotting proteins or fibrogen removed.
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What is lymph?
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fluid
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What does lympgh vessels do?
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transports the lymph
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What do lymph nodes do?
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filters
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What does the spleen do?
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filters, helps destroy old RBC'S, and stores platelets.
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What does the thymus do?
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changes lymphocytes to T-cells.
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What does the tonsils do?
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filter
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What is the functions of the lymph system?
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to drain fluid from tissue spaces and return it to the blood, transport materials, and transports waste products from body tissues back to the blood stream.
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What is the function of the immune system?
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helps keep you safe and healthy.
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What is acquired?
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over time you build up a resistance
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what do lymphocytes contain?
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T-cells, and B-cells
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Antigens
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bad, they make you sick
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T-cells
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comes from thymus and will directly attack the antigen.
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B-cells
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comes from bone marrow and creates antibodies to fight the antigen.
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Anemia
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low amount of red blood cells and hemoglobin.
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Normocytic
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normal red blood cells
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Normochromic
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normal color of red blood cells
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Macrocytic
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large red blood cells
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microcytic
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small red blood cells
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hypochromic
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decreased color of red blood cells
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What does AIDS stand for?
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Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome
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What does HIV stand for?
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Human Immundeficiency Virus
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Lymphadenopathy
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disease of the lymph nodes and glands
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Opportunistic infections
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when someone goes from HIV to AIDS
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What are two examples of Opportunistic infections?
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Kaposi's sarcoma
Pneumocystitis carinii pneumonia |
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What is Autoimmune Disease?
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when the body is attacking itself, and one example is lupus.
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Exacerbations
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systems are getting worse
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Latent Periods
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symptoms are getting better/ remission
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Edema
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swelling
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Intercellular
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between cells
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Hemophila
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persons blood does not clot and they keep bleeding
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What is Infectious monomucleosis?
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when a person is very tired and it is caused by Epstein-Barr virus.
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What is an allergy?
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when the body over reacts to the allergy.
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What is Oncology?
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the study of tumors or cancer
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What is Leukemia?
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cancer of the bone marrow
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What is Hodgkins disease?
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cancer of the lymph nodes
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What is RH?
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there is an antigen on the Red blood cells, and it is bad when the mom is negative and the baby is positive.
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What is plateletpheresis?
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removing platelets, and the donor gives the platelets.
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Plasmapheresis
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removing plasma, and donor gives blood.
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Name 2 examples of Anticoagulant Medication?
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Aspirin
Warfarin Heparin Coumadin |
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What is Dyscrasia?
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abnormal condition of the blood
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Hemolysis?
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destruction of red blood cells
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Hemostasis?
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arrest of bleeding or circulation.
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Septicemia?
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presence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood?
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Serology?
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the study of blood serum.
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Activated Partial Thromboplastin time (APTT)?
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A test that screens for deficiencies of some clotting factors.
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Complete blood cell count (CBC)?
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a series of test that include hemoglobin, hematocrit, red and white blood cell counts.
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