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| The study of blood, blood-forming tissues, and the disorders that affect them. |
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| What percent of blood is made of liquid plasma and solid cells? |
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55% liquid plasma
45% solid material |
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| What three types of cells compose blood cells? |
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| Red Blood Cells, White blood cells, and platelets |
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| Whats another name for a red blood cell? |
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| What do RBC have that help oxygen bind to it easily to transportit? |
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| Mature red blood cells have a nuclei, True or False? |
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| When a red blood cell is worn out, what three things arise from the recycling of the RBC? |
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| Kuffler cells of the liver and the spleen recycle RBC 1. Hemoglobin is broken into heme and globin 2. Iron in Hb is recycled 3. Heme is eventually broken down into bile |
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| Where are RBC's created in a fetus? |
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| in the yolk sac, liver, and spleen |
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| Where are RBC's created in adults? |
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| Whats another name for RBC production? |
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| What hormone stimulates Erythropoiesis and what organ releases it? |
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| Erythropoietin is released from the liver and targets red bone marrow to begin Erythorpoiesis |
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| What's another name for a White Blood Cell (WBC)? |
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| What is the most abundant type of WBC? |
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| Neutrophil, 60-70% of all WBC's |
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| What's the function of Neutrophils? |
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| Phagocytosis of foreign particles |
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| What is the first WBC to be released upon a foreign object or injury? |
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| What's the function of Eosinophils? |
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| Allergic Reactions, Kills parasites, specifically parasitic infections like tapeworm and hookworm. Releases histamine during allergic reactions. |
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| What two things occurs when histamine is released? |
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| 1.Vascular permeability increases and 2.basal dialation |
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| What two things are released from basophils? |
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| 1. Herapin, inhibits blood clotting 2. Histamine which increases blood flow to injured tissue |
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| Neutrophils, Eosinphils, and Basophils are all classified as what type of WBC? |
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| What are the four characteristics of Inflamation? |
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| 1.Rubor (sign of redness) 2. Tumor (swelling) 3.Calor (heat) 4. Dolor (pain) |
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| is the largest wbc, actually goes into tissue when infection is sensed (ie typhhoid, malaria, and mononucleosis) is a macrophage when in tissue |
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| can live for months to years, produce antibodies that act against specific foreign substances, (immunity) |
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| What are the conditions for having more WBC than normal? |
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| have over 10,000 WBC's/mm cubed of blood, known as leukocytosis |
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| What the name for having a lower than normal amount of WBC? |
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| leukopenia, less than 5,000 WBC per cubic mm of blood. |
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| process by which leukocytes move through the blood vessels and into the tissue |
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| Abnormal (uncrontrolled production of specific types of immature leukocytes |
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| What's another name for a platelet |
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| What is the name of the large primitive cell by which all blood cells are formed from? |
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| Haemocytoblast (Pluripotent stem) |
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| What is the normal count of platelets in blood? |
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| about 150,000 to 400,000 platelets per cubic mm of blood |
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| What is the function of the plasma protein albumin? |
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| maintains osmotic pressure of cells and transports fatty acids. |
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| What isthe function of the plasma proteins called globulins? |
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| they have antibodies that are defense proteins produced during certain immune responses. |
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| What is the the function of the plasma protein Fibrinogen? |
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| key rpotein in the formation of blood clotting. |
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| Name the name Plasma nutrients in the blood plasma |
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| Amino acids, monosacharides (glucose), and lipoproteins. |
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| name four wastes of blood plasma. |
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| 1.urea (amino acid metabolism) 2.uric acid (nucleotide metabolism) 3.creatinine (creatine metabolism) 4.creatine (CP to recycle ADP to ATP in muscle and brain) 5.bilirubin (hemoglobin metabolism) |
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| name the three gases that are in blood plasma |
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| oxygen, carbon dioxide (produced by cellular respiration), nitrogen (use unknown) |
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| What does blood coagulation mean? |
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| the formation of a blood clot |
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| What is the Fibrinolytic system? |
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| system that has checks and balances in the formation of blod clots |
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| What is Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)? |
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| naturally produced substance that has the ability to dissolve a coronary thrombus |
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| What is the functoin of Heparin? |
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| it is an anticoagulant, it is naturally produced by basophils and mast cells. |
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| aka Coumadin is another anticoagulant, given to patients prone to thrombosis, slower acitng that heparin |
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