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52 Cards in this Set
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Hematocrit is the measurement of what
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RBC OVER THE TOTAL HEIGHT,I.E. VOLUME OF RBC IN THE BLOOD
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NAME 3 TYPES OF LEUKOCYTES
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GRANULOCYTES
MONOCYTE LYMPHOCYTES |
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GRANULOCYTES CAN BE FURTHER DIFFERENTIATED INTO 3 TYPES. WHAT ARE THEY?
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NEUTROPHILS
EOSINOPHILS BASOPHILS |
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LEUKOCYTES OR WBC START THEIR LIFE WHERE?
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BONE MARROW
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HEMOTOPOIESIS MEANS?
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MAKING OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS
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WHEN DEALING WITH SYMPTOMS OF PROBLEMS WITH BLOOD CELLS, WHICH IS CONNECTED WITH FATIGUE?
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REDUCTION OF RBC
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SYMPTOMS OF PROBLEMS WITH BLOOD CELLS. WHICH IS CONNECTED WITH INFECTION?
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DECREASE IN WBC
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IF YOU HAVE A CLOTTING DISORDER, WHAT PART OF THE CELL IS AFFECTED?
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PLATELETS
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NEUTROPENIA
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DECREASE IN NEUTROPHILS
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CAUSES OF NEUTROPENIA
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1.ACCELERTED REMOVAL BY INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION
2. CHEMOTHERAPY 3.CONGENITAL - CYCLES LIKE MENSTRUAL CYCLE 4.FELTY'S SYNDROME - ENLARGED SPLEEN 5.NEOPLASM IN BONE MARROW |
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B CELLS INFECTED, GENERALIZED LYMPHADENOPATHY, SORE THROAT, TRANSMITTED THRU SALIVA
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MONONUCLEOSIS
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CLINICAL FEATURES OF NEOPLASMS ARE LARGELY DETERMINED BY;
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1. SITE OF ORIGIN
2 THE PROGENITOR CELL FROM WHICH THEY ORIGINATED 3. MOLECULAR EVENTS INVOLVED IN THEIR TRANSFORMATION |
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A SOLID TUMOR THAT GROWS IN ONE OR MORE LYMPH NODES WITH ABNORMAL LYMPOCYTES MAY BE -
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HODGKIN'S DISEASE
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REED-STERNBERG CELLS ARE PRESENT WHEN DIAGNOSING...
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HODGKIN'S
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NON HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMAS CAN HAVE TUMORS IN WHICH TYPES OF CELLS?
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B CELLS - LOW GRADE
B AND SOME T CELLS - INTERMEDIATE LARGELY IMMUNOBLASTIC,LYMPHOBLASTIC, BURKITT'S AND NON-BURKETT'S |
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HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA MEANS ...
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LOW ANTIBODY IN THE BLOOD
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LEUKEMIAS ARE..
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MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS ARISING FROM THE TRANSORMATION OF A SINGLE BLOOD CELL
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IN LEUKEMIA A HALLMARK SIGN IS THE..
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WBC CELLULAR OVERGROWTH
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LEUKEMIAS ARE CLASSIFIED BY 2 THINGS
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CELL LINEAGE
1. LYMPOCYTIC 2. MYELOCYTIC ONSET PATTERN 1. ACUTE - LESS DIFFERENTIATED 2. CHRONIC - MORE DIFFERENTIATED |
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LEUKEMIC CELLS MOVE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS
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PROLIFERATE RAPIDLY
CIRCULATE IN THE BLOODSTREAM CROSS THE BLOOD-BRAIN BATTER INFILTRATE MANY BODY ORGANS CROWD THE MARROW |
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Signs and Symptoms of Acute LYMPHOCYTIC Leukemia (ALL)
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1. FATIGUE
2.WEIGHT LOSS 3.EASY BRUISING 4. LEUKOCYTOSIS 100K/ML INSTEAD OF 10K MAINLY SEEN IN CHILDREN |
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ACUTE MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA IS SEEN IN ADULTS OR CHILDREN PRIMARILY?
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ADULTS
IMMATURE MYELOTCYTIC CELLS INVOLVED WITH SAME END RESULT OF MARROW CROWDING |
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A CHRONIC LEUKEMIA IS DEFINED AS..
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MALIGNANCIES INVOLVING THE PROLIFERATION OF WELL DIFFERENTIATED MYELOID AND LYMPHOID CELLS.. FURTHER DOWN THE TREE STRUCTURE
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CLL IS GENERALLY FOUND IN YOUNGER POPULATION OR OLDER POPULATION
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OLDER POPULATION, SLOW PROGRESSING. SIGNS ENCLUDE FATIGUE, ENLARGED LYMPH NODES, SPLENOMEGALY
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A CHROMOSOME THAT WOULD INDICATE CML (CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA ) IS WHAT?
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PHILADEPHIA. YOU WILL SEE IMMATURE GRANULOCYTES IN THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD
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DYSCRASIA IS DEFINED AS..
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AN ABNORMAL BODILY CONDITION, ESPECIALLY OF THE BLOOD
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MULTIPLE MYELOMA CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING.
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PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA CHARACTERIZED. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE
BONE PAIN, BONE BREAKDOWN, HYPERCALCEMIA, BONE WEAKNESS |
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HEMOSTASIS
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CONTROL OF BLEEDING
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5 STEPS IN THE CONTROL OF BLEEDING ARE
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1. VASOCONSTRUCTION
2. PLATELET PLUG 3. CLOTTING CASCADE 4. CLOT FORMATION 5. CLOT RETRACTION AND DISSOLUTION |
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VAN WILOGRAM FACTOR IS USED TO
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BEGIN THE CLOTTING PROCESS
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PURPURA IS DEFINED AS
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POOR PLATELET FUNCTIONING AND EVIDENCED BY SMALL BLEEDS FROM CAPILLARIES
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THROMBOCYTOPENIA IS DEFINED AS
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PLATELET DISORDER
CAPILLARY BLEEDS. NO CLOT RETRACTION AND IS IDEOPATHIC |
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HYPERCOAGULABILITY
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TOO MUCH CLOTTING AND CAN OCCUR FROM;
1. IMMOBILITY (DVT) 2. ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES 3. CHF |
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THROMBOCYTOPENIA CAN CAUSE
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1. APLASTIC ANEMIA
2. LEUKEMIA 3.SPLENOMEGALY 4. THROMBOCYTOPATHIA (VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE) |
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VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE
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REDUCED ADHESION AND FACTOR VIII
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IF THERE IS LIVER DISEASE IN AN INDIVIDUAL, WHAT MIGHT ALSO OCCUR?
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SINCE CLOTTING FACTOR IS A PROTEIN PRODUCED IN THE LIVER, A CLOTTING ISSUE MAY OCCUR.
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DIC (DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION) IS DEFINED AS
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MASSIVE CLOTTING AND THEN PLATELETS GET USED UP AND THEN MASSIVE BLEEDING... NOT GOOD
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THE FUNCTION OF THE RBC IS TO..
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TRANSPORT BLOOD TO THE TISSUES
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ERTHROPOIESIS IS DEFINED AS
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RED CELL PRODUCTION
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RED BLOOD CELL DESTRUCTION
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BROKEN DOWN IN SPLEEN
IRON AND AMINO ACIDS RECYCLED HEME CONVERTED TO BILIRUBIN AND TRANSPORTED TO LIVER |
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HEMATOCRIT IS DEFINED AS
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% OF RBC IN THE BLOOD
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ANEMA IS CAUSED BY
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EXCESSIVE LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF RBC
DEFICIENT RBC PRODUCITON BECAUSE OF A LACK OF NUTRITIONAL ELEMENTS OR BONE MARROW FAILURE |
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A HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
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SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
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LACK OF B12
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INTRINIC FACTOR IS NEEDED FOR B12 TO BE USED
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APLASTIC ANEMIC
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LOSS OF ALL CELL LINES - BONE MARROW FAILURE
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POLYCYTHEMIA
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A CONDITION IN WHICH THE REB BLOOD CELL MASS IS INCREASED
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THIS DISEASE CAN OCCUR IF THE PLATELETS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY
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PURPURA
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PURPURA AND PETECHIAE IS..
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PETECHIAE ARE SMALLER LESIONS
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IF YOU LACK PLATELETS YOU WOULD HAVE WHAT TYPE OF DISORDER?
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THROMBOCYTOPENIA
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IF A PERSONS' REITICULOCYTE COUNT WERE HIGH, WHAT MIGHT ONE INFER?
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HIGH COUNT, INDICATES INREASED RED BELL DESTRUCTION
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IF THE RETICULOCYTE COUNT WAS LOW, WHAT MIGHT ONE INFER?
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POOR RED CELL SYNTHESIS - U CAN SEE THIS WITH ANEMIA
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MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIAS INCLUDE WHICH NON IRON ANEMIAS
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B-12 DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY ANEMIA |
