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-Supplies body with oxygen, nutrients and various chemicals
-Transports waste products to various organs for removal from the body
-Plays a role in the immune and endocrine systems |
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| Combining forms for blood |
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| Liquid portion of blood with clotting proteins removed |
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-Straw-colored portion of blood that transports nutrients, hormones, and waste.
-Contains clotting proteins. |
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| The most abundant plasma protein. |
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| Condition of many colors. |
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| A white blood cell that primarily fights disease in the body. |
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| Leukocytopoiesis or Leokopoiesis |
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| Readily stained with basic or blue dyes. |
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| Readily stained with acidic or pink dyes. |
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-One of two leukocyte categories
-Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
-segmented nucleus |
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-One of two leukocyte categories
-Lymphocytes, monocytes
-Circular nucleus |
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| Most common WBC. Main functions are phagocytosis and producing cytokines. |
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| Distinctive red/pink-staining cytoplasmic granules. Increase noted in presence of parasites and allergic or hypersensitive reactions. |
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| Very rare. Gray-blue cytoplasm with vacuoles. |
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| Variable nuclear shape. Circulates briefly in blood before entering tissues as macrophages. |
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| Migration of monocyte to macrophage. |
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| Sign of antigenic stimulation. |
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| A nucleated clotting cell. |
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| An anucleated clotting cell. |
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| A large nucleated cell found in the bone marrow from which platelets are formed. |
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| A blood specimen for microscopic examination in which blood is spread thinly across a microscope slide and stained. |
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| A sample of bone marrow obtained by needle aspiration for examination of cells. |
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