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| Constituent of blood that is either cellular (red blood cells and white blood cells) or at least cellular in origin (platelets). |
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| Liquid portion of the blood; contains nutrients, wastes, salts, and proteins. |
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| Protein dissolved in blood plasma. |
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| Measure of tendency of water to move across a selectively permeable membrane; visible as an increase in liquid on the side of the membrane with higher solute concentration. |
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| Plasma protein of the blood having transport and osmotic functions. |
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| Type of protein in blood plasma. there are alpha, beta, and gamma globulines. |
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| Plasma protein that is converted into fibrin threads during blood clotting. |
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| Iron-containing pigment in red blood cells that combines with and transports oxygen. |
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| red blood cells (erythrocytes) |
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| Formed element that contains hemoglobin and carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; also called erythrocyte. |
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| Compound formed when oxygen combines with hemoglobin. |
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| Hemoglobin not carrying oxygen. |
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| Hormone, produced by the kidneys, that speeds red blood cell formation. |
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| Practice of boosting the number of red blood cells in the blood in order to enhance athletic performance. |
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| Inefficiency in the oxygen-carrying ability of blood due to a shortage of hemoglobin. |
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| Rupture of red blood cells, accompanied by the release of hemoglobin. |
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| Genetic disorder in which the affected individual has sickle-shaped red blood cells that are subject to hemolysis |
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| Hemolytic disease of the newborn |
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| Destruction of a fetus's red blood cells by the mother's immune system, caused by the differing Rh factors between mother and fetus. |
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| white blood cells (leukocytes) |
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| Type of blood cell that is transparent without staining and protects the body from invasion by foreign substances and organisms; also called leukocyte. |
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| colony-stimulating factor |
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| Protein that stimulates differentiation and maturation of white blood cells. |
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| White blood cells and lymphatic organs that protect the body against foreign organisms and substances and also cancerous cells. |
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| Protein produced in response to the presence of an antigen; each antibody combines with a specific antigen. |
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| Foreign substance, usually a protein or a polysaccharides, that stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies. |
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| White blood cell with prominent granules in the cytoplasm. |
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| White blood cell that does not contain distinctive granules. |
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| Granular leukocyte that is the most abundant of the white blood cells; first to respond to infection. |
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| White blood cell containing cytoplasmic granules that stain with acidic dye. |
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| White blood cell with a granular cytoplasm; able to be stained with a basic dye. |
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| Specialized white blood cell that functions in specific defense; occurs in two forms- T cell and B cell. |
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| Type of agranular white blood cell that functions as a phagocyte and an antigen-presenting cell. |
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| Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease |
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| Congenital illness in which both antibody- and cell-mediated immunity are lacking or inadequate. |
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| Cancer of the blood-forming tissues leading to the overproduction of abnormal white blood cells. |
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| Acute, self limited infectious disease of the lymphatic system caused by the Epstein-Barr virus and characterized by fever, sore throat,lymph node and spleen swelling, and the proliferation of moncytes and abnormal lymphocytes. |
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| Component of blood that is necessary to blood clotting; also called a thrombocyte. |
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| Large cell that gives rise to blood platelets. |
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| Process of blood coagulation, usually when clotting occurs. |
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| Enzyme that catalyzes the transformation of precursor prothrombin to active enzyme thrombin. |
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| Plasma protein that is converted to thrombin during the steps of blood clotting. |
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| Enzyme that converts fibrinogen to fibrin threads during blood clotting. |
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| Insoluble protein threads formed from fibrinogen during blood clotting. |
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| Insufficient number of platelets in the blood. |
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| Obstruction of a blood vessel by a thrombus that has dislodged from the site of its formation. |
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| Genetic disorder in which the affected individual is subject to uncontrollable bleeding. |
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| Introduction of whole blood or a blood component directly into the blood stream. |
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| Clumping of red blood cells due to a reaction between antigens on red blood cell plasma membranes and antibodies in the plasma. |
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