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Lymphatic system
Blood, Lymph, Immune system
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
07/29/2013

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megakaryocytes (break down to form platelets)
Definition
large RBC with large or multiple nuclei that take too long to mature in bone marrow
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erythrocyctes
Definition
red blood cells - erythro(red) cyte(cell)
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leukocytes
Definition
white blood cells
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platelets
Definition
fragments of original blood cell - element of clotting-used megakaryocytes
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oncotic pressure
Definition
pulls fluid into solute from capillaries into tissue and from tissue into capillaries
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plasma
Definition
transports CO2 - protiens that transport lipids such as hormones
Term
majority of O2 and CO2 are transported where
Definition

O2 - hemoglobin in RBC 

           CO2 - plasma

Term
what is carried as a dissolved gas in plasma
Definition
carbon dioxide
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lymph does what
Definition
blood minus the RBCs - maintains fluid balance, transports lipids from digestive tract, filters infectious products in nodes
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lymph nodes
Definition
filter out pathogens before they can reach CV system and spread throughout body
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T cells
Definition
direct attack on specific cells - mature in thymus
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B cells
Definition
make antibodies specific to particular infection - mature in bone marrow
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Innate immunity
Definition
immediate response - macrophage
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adaptive immunity
Definition
T direct attack on specific pathogen & B cells that produce antibodies to specific pathogen
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aplastic
Definition
RBCs not fully formed
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hemolytic
Definition
excessive RBC breakdown in spleen
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hemorrhagic
Definition
excessive bleeding causing low RBCs
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pernicious
Definition
low B12 - low intrinsic factor
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edema
Definition
swelling
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hemophilia
Definition
lack of clotting factor
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septicemia
Definition
bacteria leads to whole body infection
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HIV affects what cells
Definition
T&B cells and CD4+ cells
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criteria for AIDS diagnosis
Definition
CD4+ count less than 200 per mm3 of blood
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autologous transfusion/transplant
Definition
from self to self
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homologous transfusion/transplant
Definition
from one to another
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