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| The liquid portion of the blood |
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| Red Blood Cells or Erythrocytes |
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| The most abundant type in the blood; pinkish in color and circular; they have a bioconcave disk shape; they lack a nuclei and are made in the red bone marrow |
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| Respiratory pigment that binds reversibly with oxygen |
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| White Blood Cells or Leukocytes |
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| Other blood cells that are colorless or white; there are several kinds; they have a nucleus and come in two types: granular and agranular |
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| A type of agranular leukocyte that has a large spherical nucleus; they play a role in the body's defenses and development of immunity |
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| A type of agranular leukocyte with a kidney shaped nucleus; used to maintain normal tissues, in the development of immunity and to repair injured tissue |
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| Most common granular leukocyte; the nucleus is elongated, twisted and constricted into three lobes. They can destroy microbes and help in injury and infection |
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| Leukocyte whose nucleus in made of two lobes and is connected by a chromatin thread. They destroy parasitic substances |
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| Leukocyte whose nucleus is "S" shaped. They have substances that dilate capillaries and keep blood flowing to injured tissue |
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| Small knobs of cytoplasm that have budded off certain cells in the bone marrow; they help blood clot |
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