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| What are the formed elements? |
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Erythrocytes, Platelets, Leukocytes
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transports substances throughout the body: substances are attached to red blood cells or dissolved in plasma
white blood cells fight infection and disease
platelets initiate blood clotting process |
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| more than normal number of cells |
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| pertaining to being attracted to |
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| What is the anatomy and physiology of blood? |
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-average adult has 5 liters of blood
-circulates through body w/in blood vessel
-blood cells are produced in red bone marrow process: called hematopoiesis |
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-a mixture of cells floating in a fluid
fluid is plasma
-cells are called formed elements
erythrocytes
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55% of whole blood
plasma is 90-92% of water
remaining 8-10% is dissolved substances |
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Plasma proteins
Albumin
Helps transport fatty substances
Globulin
Gamma globulins are antibodies
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Blood clotting protein
Calcium, potassium, sodium, glucose, amino acids, fats, urea, creatinine |
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Enucleated: no nucleus
-biconcave disk
-5 million per cubic millimeter of blood
-adult has 35 trillion; more in males |
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gives red color
pigment containing iron
responsible for oxygen support |
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| Erythrocytes has how many days life span? |
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120
-spleen removes worn out ones
-iron can be reused
-bilirubin is waste product disposed of by liver |
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-speherical shape with large nucleus
-8,000 per cubic millimeter of blood |
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-protection against pathogens
-bacteria, viruses, foreign material
-subdivided into two categories
granulocytes: have granules in cytoplasm
agranulocytes: no granules in cytoplasm |
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| Pneumocytis carinii pneumonia |
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| severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome |
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| acquire immunodeficiency syndrom |
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| enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
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| human immunodeficiency virus |
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| inhibits protease, enzyme needed for viruses to reproduce |
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| reverse transcriptase inhibitor drugs |
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| inhibits reverse transcriptase, enzyme needed for viruses to reproduce |
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| block histamine release during allergic reaction |
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| anti-inflammatory; used to treat autoimmune diseases |
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| blocks immune system; prevents rejection of transplant |
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| surgical removal of adenoids |
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| surgical removal of a lymph node; done to test for malignancy or metastis |
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| surgical removal of spleen |
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| surgical removal of thymus gland |
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| surgical removal of tonsils |
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| patient receives immunoglobulin injection or antibodies to treat a disease |
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| exposure to weakened pathogen to stimulate immune response; person will then be able to fight off pathogen if exposed to it in the future; also called immunization |
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patient is exposed to allergens through light scratch in the skin; allergy testing
positive: inflammation indicates person is allergic to that substance |
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| x ray record of lymphatic vessels |
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| x ray taken of lymphatic vessels after injection of dye |
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| enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
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| blood test for an antibody to AIDs virus; positive test means person has been exposed to virus |
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| used as a backup to ELISA test for HIV |
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| pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) |
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| common in AIDS patients; an opportunistic infection |
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| autoimmune disease; forms fibrous lesions in multiple organs of the body |
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| sever combined immunodeficiency syndrome |
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| genetic disorder; born without a functioning immune system |
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| immune system that does not function properly; also called immunodeficiency disorder |
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| skin cancer seen in AIDS patients; brownish-purple skin lesion |
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| infections appearing in immunocompromised person |
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