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Blood and Stuff Flashcards

1
Q

What is the the percentage ratio of the contents of blood?

A

55% plasma, 45% RBC, buffy coat (WBC and platelets)

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2
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What percentage of plasma is water?

A

90%

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3
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What is the part of blood that excludes clotting factors?

A

serum

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4
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What is the liquid, cell-free part of blood that has been treated with anticoagulants?

A

plasma

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5
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What is the proportion, by volume, of the blood that consists of RBCs?

A

hematocrit

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6
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What is the clinical name for red blood cells?

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erythrocyte

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7
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What is the size of a normal RBC?

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7-8 um

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8
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How long is the lifespan of an RBC?

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120 days

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9
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What organ breaks down blood?

A

spleen

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10
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What occurs when there is a reduction in RBC count?

A

anemia

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11
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What is sickle-cell anemia?

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an inherited hemolytic disorder where an abnormal hemoglobin is produced causing the cell to assume a sickle shape

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12
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What is iron-deficiency anemia?

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most common, reduced cell size caused by a shortage of iron

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13
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What is vitamin-deficiency anemia?

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results from low levels of vitamin B12 or folic acid

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14
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What is the difference between aplastic and hemolytic anemia?

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aplastic - body stops making enough RBC, hemolytic - RBC get broken up in blood stream or spleen

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15
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What is multiple myeloma?

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a cancer that forms when RBC’s stack together like plates

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16
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What is the normal thousand count of WBC?

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5-10k

17
Q

What is the suffix that means a decrease in # of WBC?

A

-penia

18
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What is the suffix that means in increase in # of WBC?

A

-cytosis

19
Q

Where are WBC released from?

A

bone marrow

20
Q

What are the three types of granular WBC?

A

basophil, neutrophil, eosinophil

21
Q

What type of WBC is very rare and seen in anaphylactic shock?

A

basophil

22
Q

What type of WBC is most abundant, making up 60-70%, and part of the first line of defense?

A

neutrophil

23
Q

What type of RBC has red/orange granules and seen in allergies and parasite defense?

A

eosinophil

24
Q

What are the two types of agranular WBC?

A

lymphocytes and monocytes

25
Q

What type of RBC is 2nd most abundant, spherical with a deeply stained nucleus?

A

lymphocytes

26
Q

What type of RBC has a horseshoe shaped nucleus and the garbage collector?

A

monocytes

27
Q

Where are platelets derived from?

A

megakaryocytes

28
Q

What are platelets involved in?

A

hemostasis and the coagulation cascade

29
Q

Which part of a blood smear do we use to view the blood?

A

body

30
Q

What are the three causes of anemia’;

A

reduced blood production, increased blood destruction, increased loss of blood

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