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| provides protection against infection |
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| forms the cardiovascular system and link the body's internal external environments |
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| blood, heart, blood vessels |
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| type of connective tissue whose cells are suspended in a liquid material |
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| vital in transporting substances between body cells and the external environment, thereby promoting homeostasis |
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| slightly heavier and 3 to 4 times more viscous than water |
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| an average sized adult has a blood volume of about |
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| the volume % of RBC within a sample of whole blood (45%) |
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| fluid portion of circulating blood (55%)-It is a complex mixture of water, amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, hormones, electrolytes, and cellular wastes |
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| This protein is responsible for the color of the blood |
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| the typical range of RBC for adult males is _____ cells per cubic millimeter |
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| for females, the typical range of RBC is _____ cells per cubic millimeter |
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| since increasing the number of RBC increases the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity |
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| changes in the number may affect health |
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| for this reason, RBC counts are routinely consulted to |
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| help diagnose and evaluate the course of various diseases |
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| do dietary factors affect red blood cell production |
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| significantly influence RBC production |
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| hemoglobin synthesis and normal RBC production require |
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| causes anemia, which reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, and the affected person may appear pale and lack energy |
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| too few RBC or too little hemoglobin |
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| quite elastic and flexible, and they readily bend as they pass through small blood vessels |
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| blood transports _____ to sites of infection |
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| there are _____ types of WBC |
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| the largest blood cells, are 2 to 3 times greater in diameter than RBC |
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| are usually only slightly larger than RBC |
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| are important in immunity-some produce antibodies that attack specific foreign substances that enter the body |
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| the number of WBC in a cubic millimeter of human blood, called the WBC count, normally includes _____cells |
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| a rise in the number of _____ may indicate infection |
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| blood platelets called _____ are complete cells |
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| arise from very large cells in red bone marrow |
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| each _____ doesn't have a nucleus and are less than half the size of a red blood cell |
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| help close breaks in damaged blood vessels and initiate formation of blood clots |
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| clear, straw colored, liquid portion of the blood in which the cells and platelets are suspended |
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| plasma is made up of approximately _____ water |
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| most important blood gases |
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| oxygen and carbon dioxide |
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| plasma also contains a considerable amount of _____, which has no function |
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| most abundant plasma electrolytes |
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| stoppage of bleeding, which is important when blood vessels are damaged |
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| hemostatic mechanism, which causes formation of blood clot |
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| clumping of RBC following a transfusion reactions |
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| based on the presence of absence of 2 major antigen on RBC membranes |
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| sometimes called universal recipients |
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| sometimes called universal donors |
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| the most important Antigen is |
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| what was the Rh blood group was named for |
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