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What are immature cells that multiply and give rise to blood cells?

A

stem cells

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What lymphocytes are specialized to produce antibodies?

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agranular leukocytes

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Prothrombin is manufactured in this organ

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liver

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Basophils also contain a anticoagulant called ___________ , which helps prevent blood from clotting inappropriately within blood vessels

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heparin

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What globulin fraction contains antibodies that provide immunity to disease, such as measles and infectious hepatitis?

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gamma globulin

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What is the condition in which there is deficiency in red blood cells and hemoglobin?

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anemia

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The circulatory system of the body consists of what two subsystems?

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cardiovascular and lymphatic

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What acts as an enzyme that converts the plasma protein fibrinogen into fibrin?

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thombin

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What is the fluid inside of cells?

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intracellular

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Changes in the composition of plasma initiate responses by one or more organs of the body to restore ___________

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homeostasis

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__________ have lysosomes containing enzymes that destroy viruses and bacteria, some of their enzymes kill parasitic worms

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eosinophils

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What are platelets; tiny fragments of cytoplasm that prevent blood loss?

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thrombocytes

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Platelets and injured tissue release substances that activate these

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clotting factors

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What is the most important of the many Rh factors

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antigen D

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What do blood cells consist of?

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red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma

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What hormone is blood cell production regulated by?

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erythropoietin

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17
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What is an essential ingredient of hemoglobin?

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iron

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18
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What hormone regulates red blood cell production?

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erythropoietin

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What is secreted by the kidneys in response to decreased oxygen concentration?

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erythropoietin

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_________ globulins include hormones and proteins that transport hormones

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alpha

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What helps regulate acid-base balance; protects the body against disease-causing organisms; transports nutrients from the digestive system to all the cells

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cardiovascular system

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Where are RBCs produced?

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red bone marrow

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23
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What are transported through the blood?

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nutrients, oxygen/carbon dioxide, and hormones

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24
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Basophils have granules in their _________

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cytoplasm

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What is the transportation system of the body?
circulatory system
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What is a blood transfusion?
the transfer of whole blood, plasma, platelets, or other blood components from a healthy donor to a recipient
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What plasma proteins are involved in the clotting process?
fibrinogen
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What type of plasma proteins help regulate the distribution of fluid between plasma and interstitial fluid?
albumins and globulins
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What pumps blood through the blood vessels?
heart
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What are the large scavenger cells of the body?
macrophages
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Oxygen combines weakly with hemoglobin to form this
oxyhemoglobin
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What is the main phagocyte in the blood that ingest bacteria and dead cells?
neutrophils
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Rh antigen is referred to as ________
Rh factor
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What is a anemic condition in which red blood cells are destroyed?
hemolytic anemia
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When clotting proteins are removed from plasma, the remaining liquid is called _________
serum
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What is the subsystem that controls the heart, blood, and blood vessels?
cardiovascular
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What is plasma protein that is covered in fibrin?
fibrinogen
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What is a blood cancer in which certain stem cells multiply wildly within the bone marrow, crowding out other types of developing WBCs
leukemia
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What catalyzes the conversion of prothrombin to its active form?
prothrombin activator
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What are the main phagocytes in the blood seeking out and ingesting bacteria?
neutrophils
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What seals holes in the blood vessel wall?
platelet plug
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Plasma protein that help keep the pH of the blood within a narrow homeostatic range are called what?
acid-base buffers
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A person with the blood type B has what type of antibody?
anti-a
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Monocytes give rise to _____________ cells, which destroy viruses
dendric
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What is a pale, yellowish fluid that suspends blood cells and platelets?
plasma
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White blood cells develop from stem cells in the ___________
red bone marrow
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What are the three groups contained in plasma with specific properties and functions?
plasma protein
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What transports oxygen and carbon dioxide and produce and package hemoglobin?
erythrocytes (RBC)
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AB blood type can accept what type of blood
universal recipient
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Another name for red blood cells
erythrocytes
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What are some plasma protiens?
albumon, fibrogen, and globulins
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Neutrophils contain ________ that digest ingested materials
enzymes
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What type of agranular leukocytes migrate into connective tissues and develop into macrophages, the large scavenger cells of the body?
monocytes
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Leukocytes; are specialized to defend the body against viruses, harmful bacteria, and many miroorganisms that cause disease
white blood cells (WBCs)
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What must be matched carefully for compatibility before transfusion to prevent a transfusion reaction?
donor and recipient blood
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Type O blood are called ________
universal donors
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A person with the blood type A has what type of antibody?
anti-b
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What is thinner in the centre that around the edge?
biconcave
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People who do not have antigen D on their red blood cell surfaces are_________
Rh negative
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What is the protein that forms long threads; the webbing of the clot?
fibrin
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What is the red pigment that transports oxygen?
hemoglobin
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What globulin is a protein involved in blood clotting and high-density lipoproteins, which transports fat and cholesterol
prothrombin
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What process allows red blood cells to rupture, releasing hemoglobin into the plasma?
hemolysis
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It releases histamine in injured tissues and in allergic responses, also helps prevent blood clots
basophils
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Substances continuously move into and out of the plasma as blood passes through the _________
capillaries
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What consists of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets suspended in plasma?
blood
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_________ globulins include other lipoproteins that transport fat and cholesterol, including low-density lipoproteins, and proteins that transport certain vitamins and minerals
beta
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What system helps maintain fluid balance and protects the body against disease?
lymphatic
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________ releases histamine in injured tissues and in allergic responses
basophils
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What are the tiniest blood vessels?
capillaries
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People who have antigen D on the surfaces of their red blood cells are said to be___________
Rh positive
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What three groups are plasma proteins divided into?
albumins, globulins, and fribrinogen
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What is the tissue called that bathes cells?
interstitial fluid
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WBCs leave the circulation and move through tissues destroying bacteria and engulfing dead cells and foreign matter by the process of what?
phagocytosis

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