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15 Cards in this Set
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What is a blue-black discoloration from hemorrhage under the skin?
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Ecchymosis
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WHat is swelling from blockage of lymph circulation?
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Lymphedema
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What are tiny hemorrhages in the skin looking like polka dots.
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Petechiae
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Purpura is caused by what?
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Hemmorhages into the skin, mucous membranes or internal organs.
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What is thrombocytopenia
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Lack of platelets causes an increased risk for bleeding
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What collects tissue fluid from intercellular spaces?
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Lymph capillaries
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Where are pathogens destroyed that penetrate mucous membranes?
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Lymph nodules
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What empties lymph from the lower body and upper left quadrant into the left subclavian vein?
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Thoracic duct
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What prevents backflow of lymph in larger lymph vessels
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valves
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What pulls tissue fluid into capillaries to maintain blood volume?
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Albumin
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What are large phagocytic cells?
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Macrophages
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What do calcium ions do?
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Essential for chemical clotting
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What prevents digestion of vit b 12?
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Intrinsic factor
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What contains heparin and histamine?
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Basophils
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What kind of tissue is red bone marrow?
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Hematopoietic
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