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23 Cards in this Set
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Erythrocytes
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Red blood cells which carry the oxygen in blood.
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Leukocytes
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White blood cells which perform various defensive functions in blood.
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Platelets
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Cell fragments in blood which help prevent blood loss.
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Hemopoiesis
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The process by which the formed elements of blood are made in the body.
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Systolic phase
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The phase of he cardiac cycle in which the ventricles contract
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Diastolic phase
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The phase of the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles relax.
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Arterioles
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The smallest arteries that still have three layers.
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Venules
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Small veins that do not have three tunics but instead have only an endothelium, a basement membrane, and a few smooth muscle cells.
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plasma
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The fluid portion of the blood which is mostly water.
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hemogloblin
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Protein/iron complex in a red blood cell that carries oxygen.
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Which bloodtype is considered a universal donor?
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O- |
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Whichcirculatory system send blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heartagain?
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Pulmonary circulatory system |
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Whichside of the heart receives deoxygenated blood?
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right |
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Whichvessel blood from the upper body into the heart?
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superior vena cava |
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What is the pH range of blood? |
7.35 to 7.45 |
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A blood clot is also called a ______________ |
thrombus |
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A thrombus is produced by ________________________________________________________________________________________. |
platelets sticking together with collagen |
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What are the 3 stages of hemostasis? |
vasoconstriction, platelet, and coagulation |
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___________________ are proteins or carbohydrates in the blood that help initiate the 3rd stage of hemostasis. |
Coagulation factors |
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Antigen is ____________________________________________________________ |
a protein orcarbohydrate that triggers the production of an antibody.
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Which of the 3 types of blood vessels carry blood away from the heart? |
arteries |
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Know the route that dexygenated blood takes through the heart to oxygenated blood to body |
heart, arteries, capillaries, veins |
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Know Punnett squares |
Predict blood type of potential children |
