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MAP 140- Laboratory And Surgical Procedures > Chapter 9- Blood, Lymphatic And Immune System > Flashcards

Chapter 9- Blood, Lymphatic And Immune System Flashcards

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Hematology:

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Specialty focusing on diagnosis and treatment of diseases related to blood and blood-forming organs

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Hematologist:

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Specialty in hematology

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Immunology:

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Specialty focusing on immune- and lymphatic-related diseases and disorders

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Immunologist:

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Specialist in immunology

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What separates systems that work together?

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Blood, lymphatic and immune

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Two components of the blood?

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Plasma and liquid

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What are formed elements of the blood?

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WBCs, RBCs, and platelets

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Debris:

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The remains of anything broken down or destroyed: ruins, rubble.

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Lymph:

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A clear, yellowish fluid containing white blood cells in a liquid similar to plasma. The fluid comes from the tissues of the body and is moved thru the lymphatic vessels and the bloodstream.

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Mediastinal:

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This location separating the right and left thoracic cavities

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Replication:

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The production of exact copies of a complex molecule, such as DNA.

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Permeable-

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A substance or structure that can be passed through, especially by liquids or gases.

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Colostrum:

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The first milk secreted by mammals after giving birth. contains more protein and is rich in antibodies, also called foremilk.

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HIV/Aids:
Sign & Symptoms:
Treatment:

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Flu like symptom’s
Swollen lymph node, especially in the neck
Muscle pain, fever, sore throat, headache, diarrhea, mouth sores
When people are first infected with aids , they may be no symptoms
Medications such as corticosteroids and Immune suppressant medications and physical therapy

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Lymphoma: Hodgkins & Non-Hodgkins:
Sign & Symptoms:
Treatment:

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Weight loss, fever, night sweats, chills, chills, chest pain, itchy skin, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, cough fatigue, swelling of neck, axilla, groin lymph nodes.

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Psoriasis:

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A usually chronic recurrent such disease

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Alopecia:

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Baldness

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Hypothyroidism:

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too little thyroid hormone is produced

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Celiac Disease:

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A digestive & autoimmune disorder

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Multiple Sclerosis:

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Neurodegenerative disorder that affects

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Polymyositis:

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Muscle weakness in the chest, back, neck and hips
(Most common in women)

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Sutures of the palm/sole are to stay in for how long?

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14 to 21 days

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Pyrexia means:

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Fever

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10- 12 pints of blood

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The average human body holds __ to ___ pints of blood.

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How many times the heart pumps the blood through the circulatory system?

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More than 1,000 times each day

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How many cells are present in the circulating blood?

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More than 25 trillion cells

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How many RBC’s get replaced every second?

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8 million blood cells are formed every second

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More than ___ miles of passageways carry blood throughout the body.

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70,000

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The blood is present in a closed system of

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Vessels, consisting of arteries, veins, and capillaries

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Yellow liquid, 55% of the blood by volume:

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Plasma

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Formed cellular elements:

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Erythrocyte, Leukocyte, and Thrombocytes
(The remaining 45% volume of blood)

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Where do blood tests occur routinely?

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Hematology, Immunohematology (blood banking), chemistry, and immunology (serology), departs of the laboratory

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Arteries carry blood from?

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The heart

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Veins carry blood back towards the __

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Heart

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Erythrocytes contain:

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Hemoglobin, which is a carrier of oxygen

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Leukocytes consist:

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Granular and non granular cells that are responsible for fighting infections and diseases

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T cells and B cells provide:

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Immunity

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Thrombocytes play a role in?

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Clot formation at the time of an injury, collecting at the injury site, and forming a clot to prevent bleeding

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Enzymes:

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Special proteins that speed up a chemical reaction in the body

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Plasma is made up of

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Water (90%), Plasma proteins, inorganic substance and electrolytes, organic substances, waste products
PH 7.35 to 7.45

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Hemostasis:

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Is the control of the flow of blood

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What is the common name for thrombocytes?

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Platelets

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Where are thrombocytes formed?

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In the bone marrow from the stem cells which are differentiated cells that can become specialized

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Thromb/o

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Clotting/clot

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Thrombocytes:

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Small piece of megakaryocyte
Aid in coagulation (Agglutination)
Maintain hemostasis

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Leukocytes: (WBC’s)

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Provide protection from pathogens

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Granulocytes-

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Neutrophils, Eosinophils and Basophils

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What is the most abundant leukocyte and what do they do?

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Neutrophils and the most abundant leukocyte. They are phagocytic, meaning they engulf and destroy foreign substances. They clean up infection sites and aid in healing .

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  • Phil
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Attraction

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Agranulocytes:

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Have no distinct granules in their cytoplasm

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Erythrocytes: RBC’s

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  • transport O2 and CO2 via hemoglobin
  • formed in red blood marrow (production stimulated by erythropoietin)
  • break down into iron and bilirubin
    (breaks down into bile)
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What does blood carry away from the cells?

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Urea, and Carbon Dioxide

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Urea

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A waste product that is carried away from the cells

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Carbon dioxide:

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A waste product that is carried away from the cells

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What is the primary functions in the blood?

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Maintain body temp
Keep other body fluids at a state of PH balance
Carry hormones from the secreting glands to the tissues

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