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| Blood functions transport vital substances such as: |
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| Nutrients, Gases, Wastes, Hormones |
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Stability of interstitial fluid
Distributes heat |
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| What is the percentage of blood cells |
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| Where do blood cells form mostly in? |
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| What is our percentage of plasma? |
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| Blood volume varies with what? |
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| Body size, changes in fluid concentration, changes in electrolyte concentration and the amount of adipose tissue. |
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| Blood volume is what percentage of our body weight? |
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| How much blood volume is in our bodies? |
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| Blood cells originate in red bone marrow from |
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| Hematopoietic stem cells are also known as what? |
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| Red blood cells have one third of what? |
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| Oxyhemoglobin is what color? |
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| Deoxyhemoglobin is what color? |
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| Red blood cells can readily squeeze through what? |
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| Red blood cells lack what when mature? |
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| RBC count in adult males is what? |
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| RBC count in adulte females is what? |
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| RBC count in children is what? |
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| In the red bone marrow, hematopoietic stem cells divide and give rise to ________ that can synthesie 2 million to 3 million hemoglobin molecules per second |
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| Low blood oxygen causes kidneys and liver to release ______ which stimulates RBC production |
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| What is necessary for hemoblobin? |
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| Vitamin B12, folic acid is needed for what? |
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| How long do RBC circulate? |
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| What destroys worn out RBCs? |
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| What is broken down into 4 hemes? |
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| How many irons per globin? |
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| What color is biliverdin? |
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| What is excreted in bile? |
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| How many types of leukocytes are there? |
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| What are hormones that stimulate development? |
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| Interleukins and colony - stimulating factors (CSFs) |
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| What is twice as large as RBC? |
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| What is smaller than RBC? |
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| What has a 12 hour life span? |
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| Neurtophils, eosinophils and basophils |
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| Where do granulocytes develop? |
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| Lymphocytes and monocytes |
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| What forms in the bone marrow and lymphatic tissues? |
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| What color are neutrophils? |
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| What is another name for neutrophils? |
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| Polymorphonuclear leukocyte (poly's) |
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| What arrives first to an infection? |
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| What color are basophils? |
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| What migrates to damaged tissue? |
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| What releases histamin (promotes inflammation?) |
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| What releases heparin (anticoagulant)? |
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| What color are eosinophils? |
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| What has moderate allergic reactions? |
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| What defends against parasitic worm infestations? |
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| What is the largest blood cell? |
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| What leaves the blood stream to become macrophages? |
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| What is phagocytize bacteria and debris? |
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| What is about the size of a RBC? |
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| What is important in immunity? |
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| Damaged cells release chemicales that attract WBCs |
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| Leukocytes squeeze through capillary walls |
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| What is normal per cubic millimeter of blood? |
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| What has a low WBC count? |
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| What are some of the diseases with leukopenia? |
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| typhoid fever, flu, measles, mumps, chicken pox, AIDS |
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| What are some of the symptoms with Leukocytosis? |
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| Acute infections, viorous exercise, great loss of body fluids |
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| Blood platelets are ____ the size of RBCs |
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| How long do blood platelets live? |
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