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Blood
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
12/08/2012

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Term
where do erythrocytes pick up and release O2?
Definition

lung capil.

other tissue capil

 

Term

where do leukocytes originate?

function?

Definition

Red bone marrow

protects body from infectious microorganisms

Term
diapedesis
Definition
circulating leukocytes leave capillaries by actively squeezing btw endothelial cells
Term
platelets are cell fragments which break off from what?
Definition

megakaryocytes 

 

platelets function in clotting of blood

Term
hematopoiesis
Definition
blood cell formation in RBM
Term
cell lines in blood cell formation originate from blood stem cell which contain which 2 stem cells?
Definition

lymphoid

myeloid

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