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Viscosity |
the resistance to flow and alteration of shape due to cohesion. |
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Plasma |
The fluid portion of the blood, which is mostly water. |
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Formed Elements of Blood |
The cells and cell parts of blood produced by bone marrow. |
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Erythrocytes |
Red blood cells which carry the oxygen in blood. |
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Leukocytes |
White blood cells which perform various defensive functions in blood. |
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Platelets |
Cell fragments in blood which helps prevent blood loss. |
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Diapedesis |
passage of any formed elements of blood through the blood vessel and into the tissue spaces. |
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Chemotaxis |
Attraction of cells to chemical stimuli. |
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Hemopoiesis |
The process by which the formed elements of blood are made in the body. |
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Hemostasis |
The process by which the body stops blood loss. |
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Coagulation factors |
Proteins in blood plasma which helps initiate the blood coagulation process. |
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Antigen |
A protein or carbohydrate that when introduced in the blood triggers the production of an antibody. |
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Arteries. |
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. |
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Cappillaries |
Tiny thin walled vessels that allow the exchange of gasses and nutrients between the blood and cells. |
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Veins |
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart. |
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Pulmonary circulation |
Circulation of the blood over the air sacs of the lungs. |
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Systemic circulation |
circulation of the blood through the other tissues of the body. |
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Systolic phase |
the phase of the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles contract. |
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Diastolic phase |
The phase of the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles relax. |
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Cardiac cycle |
Once complete round of systole and diastole. |
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Arterioles |
The smallest arteries that still have three tunics. |
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Venules |
Small veins that do not have three tunics, but instead have only an endothelium, a basement membrane, and a few smooth muscle cells. |
