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| type of bacteria that resist decolorizing by acid after accepting a stain |
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| abnormal condition charaterized by a reduction in the number of circulating red blood cells or the amountof normal cells or the amount of normal hemoglobin available to charry O2 |
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| bundle of fibers, as seen in striated muscle, that encirles a structure or binds one part of the body ot another |
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basic chemistry panel (BCP) or basic metoboiic panesl
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| includes the predominant electrolytes sodoum (Na+), postassium (K+), chloride (cl-), and total CO2/bicarbonate (CO2) and glucose |
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| a determination of the number of red and white blood cells per cubic millimeter of blooc. a complete blood count is one the most routinely performed tests in a clinical laboratory and one of the most valuable schreening and diagnotic techniques |
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| a test result that requires immediate communation of the result with a physician |
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| branch of medicine involoved in the study of blood morphology, physiology and pathology |
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| relative constancy in the internal environment of the body, naturally maintained by adaptive responses that promote healthy survival |
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| greather than normal amounts of potassium in the blood |
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| less than normal amount of glucose in the blod, usually caused by adminstration of too much insulin, excessive secreation of insulin by the islet cells of the pancreas, or diteary deficiency (normal blood glucose levels range from 70-105mg/dl) |
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| less than normal concetration of sodium in the blood, caused by inadequate excretion of water or by excessive water in the circulation bloodstream |
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| inpulsive-conducting system |
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| purkinje fibers within the heart muscle that conduct impulses controlling the contractions of the atrea and ventricals |
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| abnormal increase in the number of circulating white blood cells |
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| abnormal decrease in the number of neutrophils in the blood |
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| abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes in the blood; termed secondary if attributeable to defined causes other than direct stimulation of the bone marrow, such as occurs in chronic hypoxemia |
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| process by which the cell is restored to its resting potential |
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| refers to segmented neutrophils the mature form of circulating neutraphils |
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| smallest cells in the blood; they are formed in the red bone marrow, and some are stored in the spleen. platelets are discshaped, contain no hemoglobin and are essential for coagulation of blood and in maintenance of hemostasis |
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| abnormal condition in which the number of blood platelets is reduced, usually associated with neoplastic diseases or an immune response to a drug |
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| protein in the straited cell ultrastucture that modulates the interaction between actin and myosin molecules. it is believed to be part of the calcium-binding complex of the thin myofilaments. the level of blood troponin is used to identify the presence of myocardial infarction |
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| protein similar to CPK-2 torponin I levels peak 12-16 hrs after myocardial infarction. It is associated with cardiac muscle damage |
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