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blood + lymph
vocab
| hemorrhagic | excessive loss of red blood cells through bleeding resulting from large wounds, stomach ulcers, or heavy menstruation |
| iron deficiency | inadequate absorption of iron, excessive loss of iron, increased iron requirement, or insufficient intake of iron. most common type of anemia |
| nutritional | caused by bad diet |
| pernicious | insufficient hemopoiesis from an inability of the stomach to produce intrinsic factor, which is needed for absorption of b12 in the small intestine |
| sickle cell | mutations of aa mess up the bed blood cells. causing them to be miss shaped, angular rod like structures with less surface area. They do not change their shape causing a lot of RBC’s to be destroyed by rupturing. This in inherited. |
| Basophil | a leukocyte with large purple granuals, its nucleus had two lobes. Can leave the capillary and enter the tissue to become mast cells. they release histamines. Liberate heparin, histamine, and serotonin in allergic reactions that intensify the overall infl |
| Bilirubin | an orange pigment that is one of the end products of hemoglobin breakdown in the hepatocytes and is excreted as a waste material in bile |
| Clotting | the process of gel formation that is a series of chemical reactions that culminates in formation of fibrin threads |
| Embolism | Eosinophil |
| Fibrin | a white insoluble fibrous protein formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin especially in the clotting of blood |
| Hemostasis | stoppage or sluggishness of blood flow, the arrest of bleeding (as by a hemostatic agent) |
| Jaundice | a condition characterized by yellowness of the skin, the white of the eyes, mucous membranes, and body fluids because of a buildup in bilirubin |
| Lymphocyte | type of WBC that helps carry out cell mediated and antibody |
| Monocyte | largest leukocyte, agranular, can leave the capillary and migrate to the tissue. They can be fixed or wandering, once they are either one they play a big role in phagocytosis. |
| Neutrophil | most numerous leukocyte, has multi lobed nucleus, can leave the capillary and migrate to the tissue, they are the 1st responders to infection, involved in chemotaxis and phagocytosis. They release bacterial acidic substances. |
| Reticulocyte | an immature red blood cell |
| Thrombosis | the formation of a clot in an unbroken blood vessel, usually a vein. |
| aplastic | destruction of red bone marrow, it is caused by toxins, radiation, and medications |
| hemolytic | RBC plasma membranes are ruptured prematurely. May result from inherited defects such as abnormal red blood cell enzymes, or from outside agents like parasite, toxins, or antibodies from incompatible transfused blood |
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