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What is whole blood made of?   Blood Plasma (55%) and Formed Elements (45%)  
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What 3 things are in blood plasma?   Protiens, Water and Other solutes  
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What are the 3 main proteins found in blood?   Albumins, Globulins, and Fibrogen  
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What are the 6 solutes found in blood?   Electrolytes, Nutrients, Gases, Regulartory Subsantces, Vitamins, and Waste Products  
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What is a formed element?   Anything naturally found in blood  
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What are the 3 classes of formed elements?   Platelets, WBC and RBC  
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What are the 5 classes of RBC?   Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophilis, and Basophils  
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What is the relationship b/w the terms erythrocyte and erythropoesis?   Erythrocyes are RBC created by the proccess called erythropoesis  
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What is the relationship b/w the terms reticulocytes and RBC?   Reticulocytes is a RBC w/o a nucleus  
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Role of a neutrophil   Release enzymes to destroy bacteria  
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Role of a monocyte   migrate to infected tissues to attack virus  
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Role of a eosinophil   Release enzymes that combat innflamtion in allergic reactions  
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Role of a basophil   leave capillaries, enter tissues and can liberate heparin in allergic reactions  
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Role of a B Cell   Plasma Cells, Produce Anitbodies  
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Role of a T Cells   Attack virus/bacteria  
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Role of natural killers   attack a variety of microbes  
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What is hemostasis?   A sequence of responses that stop bleeding when vessels are injured  
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List the 3 methods of reducing blood loss   Vascular spasm, Platelet pluf formation, and blood clotting  
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What is hemmorrhage?   Bleeding  
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How does a vascular spasm aid in hemostasis?   Reduces blood loss whole other hemostatic mech. operate  
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How does palate aid in hemostasis?   It fills the gap in the injured blood vessel wall  
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How does clotting aid in hemostasis?   Series of chemical reactions that culminates in the formation of fibrin threads  
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What is the difference b/w a thrombus and embolus?   Thrombis- clot in an unbroken vessel Embolus- blood clot, air bubble, fat, or transp. in blood stream  
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What is a pulmonary embolism and why is it dangerous?   Its an embolus in the lungs. it can kill you!  
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What makes one blood group different from another group?   They are organized by the amount of isoantigents  
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How is type A blood different from type B?   A- RBC only show antigen A B- RBC only show antigen B  
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How is type AB blood differnt from types a or b?   AB has both antigens A & B  
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What does an A- antibody do? B- antibody?   A- reacts with antigen A B- reacts with antigen B  
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Who has an anti A- antibody? who doesnt?   People who lack B antibodys will have an A antibody  
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Who has an anti B- antibody? who doesnt?   People who lack A antibodys will have an B antibody  
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What happens in an incompatiable blood transfusion?   Antibodies in recpients plasma bind to antigens on donated RBC  
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What is the difference b/w Rh+ and Rh- blood?   Rh+ people who have Rh antigen Rh- people who dont have it  
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What is anemia and what are the symptoms?   The oxygen carring capacity of blood is reduced. Sympt: Fatigued, intoleratnt of cold, pale skin.  
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What is the cause of iron-deficiency anemia?   Caused by inadequate absorption of iron, excessive loss of iron  
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what is the cause of pernicious anemia?   Insuffient hemopoiesis  
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what is the cause of hemorrhagic anemia?   Loss of RBC  
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What is the cause of hemolytic anemia?   Plasma membrane rupturing early  
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What is the cause of thalassemia?   abnormally in one or more polypeptide chains  
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what is the cause of aplastic anemia?   Destruction of Red Bone Marrow  
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what is the causes and symptoms of sickle cell anemia?   Cause: RBC contain hemoglobin S, forms structures that bend erythrocyte Sympt: easily ruptured cells, hemolytic anemia results  
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What are the causes an symptoms of hemophilia?   Causes: Inheritied, blood clotting Sympt: spontaneous bleeding, trama, noesbleeds, blood in urine  
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What are the causes and symptions of leukemia?   Cause: uncontrolled and accumulation of immature leukocytes  
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Reticylocyte   Counting the volume of reticylocytes in a sampple of blood measures rate of erythropoesis  
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Hematocrit   Counting the % of blood sample that is composed of RBC. Diagnoses anemia.  
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Differential WBC count   Count various forms of WBC to assess for infections and meanufacture of WBC  
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Complete Blood Count   Measures volume of all blood componets, measures blood componets that are out of range  
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-emia   blood condition  
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erythr(o)   red  
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gluc(o)   sugar, glucose  
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glyc(o)   sugar, sweet  
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hem(O), Hemat(o)   blood, hemorrhage  
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-rrhagia   hemorrhage, excessive discharge  
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phleb(o)   vien  
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thromb(o)   blood clot  
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