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| Which leukocyte is the least common in a patient who is in homeostasis? |
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| If a patient has a viral infection, which leukocyte would you expect to be high in number? |
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| Which leukocyte releases histamine? |
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| A laboratory technologist did a differential count of the leukocytes and determined there to be 11 lymmphocytes out of 100 cells counted. Is this value too high or too low regarding normal lymphocyte counts? |
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| This would be too low. 11 lymphocytes out of 100 = 11% (11/100 x 100 = 11%). A normal count is 20-40% |
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| A patient who is allergic to ragweed probably has a higher than normal number of ____________. |
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| About 50-70 % of the leukocytes are __________. which specialize in attacking and destroying bacteria. |
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| About 2-4% of the leukocytes are ________ which these cells respond during an allergic reaction and also during a parasite infection such as worm infestation. |
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| Less than 1% of the leukocytes are ________. These cells release histamine that promotes inflammation that is involved in the healing of a wound. |
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| About 2-8% of the leukocytes are ______. Two __________ can fuse together to produce a gigantic cell. This gigantic cell can engulf (phagocytize) rather large foreign particles. This gigantic cell is typically referred to as a macrophage. |
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| About 20-40% of the leukocytes are _______, which respond to bacterial infections as well as viral infections. |
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| _________ are large cells that will fragment when they begin to leave the bone marrow and enter into circulation. |
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| Thrombocytes are now known as ______. |
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| Platelets are derived from bone marrow cells called ______________. |
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| Coumadin does not change the consistency of blood and therefore really does not thin the blood. Rather, coumadin prevents blood from clotting by preventing the liver from using _______, which is necessary to make some of the blood clotting factors. |
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| The condition of hemophilia is due to the lack of clotting factor number _______. |
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| Which anticlotting agent reduces the stickiness platelets and therfore reduces blood clotting? |
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| The largest component of whole blood is ______. |
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| Lymphocytosis is a term that means having too many lymphocytes. Lymphopenia is a term that means not having enough lymphocytes. which term would apply if a patientt had 15% lymphocytes? |
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| Neutrophilia is a term that means having too many neutrophils. Neutropenia is a term that means not having enough neutrophils. Which term would apply if a patient had 82% neutrophils? |
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| Eeythropoientin is produced by the ________. |
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| The stem cells of red blood cells are called? |
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| Plasma makes up about _____% of whole blood. |
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| The major component of plasma is? |
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| A cubic mm of blood contains about ______ erythrocytes. |
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| What triggers the release of erythropoietin? |
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| a lack of oxygen going to the kidney cells |
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| Type A packed cells cannot donate to a type B patient because the ______ of the B patient will bind to the _______ of the donor. |
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| a agglutinins; A agglutinogens |
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| Type O packed cells is considered to be the universal donor because the type O donor lacks. ________________. |
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| Only Rh ______ people have the ability to manufacture the d agglutinins. |
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| An excess number of leukocytes are called leukocytosis. Therefore, an excess number of monocytes would be called. |
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| A WBC count that shows a reduced number of leukocytes is called leukopenia. Therefore, a low number of lymphocytes would be called? |
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| When basophils release ___________ during an allergy response, they typically couse the blood vessels lining the nasal cavity to dilate thus resulting in a runny nose. |
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| When oxygen binds to the _______ portion of hemoglovin, it causes the blood to become a bright red color. |
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| Carbon monoxide is a deadly gas. It can couse death because carbon monoide has an affect on the respiratory cneters and also causes the blood cells to basically deliver less oxygen to the tissues of the body. This is because carbon monoxide binds to the ______ portion of the hemoglobin just as oxygen does. |
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| The process of red blood cell formation is called. |
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| If the body experiences a condition known as hypoxia, this will cause the kidneys to begin relasing _______________________. |
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| Excessive aspirin intake could cause failure of the _____________ mechanism. |
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