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Blood Flashcards

1
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Erythrocytes

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Red blood cells

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Thrombocytes

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Platelets

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3
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What can be found in numbers of infection

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White blood cells

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4
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Leukocyte

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White blood cell

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5
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When the pancreas does not produce enough of me, blood glucose levels will rise, and diabetes mellitus can develop

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Insulin

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6
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The origin of all blood cells

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Stem cells (pluripotential or multipotential)

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7
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What are the three functions of blood

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Transportation, regulation, defense

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8
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RBC=

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Red blood cell

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9
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WBC =

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White blood cells

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10
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What are the five types of white blood cells

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Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils
Lymphocytes
Monocytes

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11
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A chemical that when added to blood prevents the blood from clotting after it is removed from the body

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Anticoagulant

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12
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What makes up plasma

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Water and proteins

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13
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The production of all blood cells

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Hematopoiesis

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14
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Poiesis =

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To make something, production of

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15
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Blood transports platelets to sites of damage in blood vessel walls to form a plug that will control bleeding, this is a mechanism known as

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Hemostasis

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16
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Accounts for 90% of senescent RBCs

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Extravascular hemolysis

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17
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Amino acids, iron, and heme make up

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Hemoglobin

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18
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Extravascular hemolysis occurs where

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The spleen

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19
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About 10% of normal red blood cell destruction takes place by, or destruction that takes place within blood vessels

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Intravascular hemolysis

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20
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PCV =

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Packed cell volume

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21
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What is the primary byproduct of RBC destruction

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Bilirubin

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22
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Hemogram =

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Complete Blood Count (CBC)

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23
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What cell inhibits allergic reactions

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Eosinophils

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24
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True or false a red blood cell has a nucleus

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False

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25
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Lymphocytes look for specific

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Antigens

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26
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True or false lymphocytes are NOT phagocytic

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True

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27
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What is a distinct characteristic of monocytes that make them identifiable

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Contains vacuoles, the nucleus looks fat and is not as dark in color.

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28
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A chemical that when added to blood prevents the blood for clotting after it is removed from the body

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Anticoagulant

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29
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If the blood sample is allowed to clot in a tube that does not contain any anticoagulant, the remaining fluid is

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Serum

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30
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What is the difference between plasma and serum

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Serum is the liquid that remains after the blood has clotted.
Plasma is the liquid that remains when clotting is prevented with the addition of an anticoagulant.

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31
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True or false
In a newborn animal Hematopoiesis takes place primarily in the yellow bone marrow

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False
It takes place in primarily red bone marrow because of the high demand for blood cells during growth

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32
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What are the three types of granulocytes

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Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils

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33
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What are the two types of agranulocytes

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Monocytes, lymphocytes

34
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Used to evaluate plasma proteins, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

35
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The volume of packed erythrocytes measured and expressed as a percentage of total volume of blood.

36
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As a result of an animals PCV being lower than the normal reference range

37
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A condition that results in an animals PCV being high than normal

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Polycythemia

38
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RBC count measures

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The number of red blood cells in a specific volume of blood

39
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Hemoglobin (Hgb) analysis measures

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The concentration of hemoglobin contained in red blood cells in a specific volume of blood

40
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MCV =

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Mean Corpuscular Volume

41
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MCV measures

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The average volume or size of the individual red blood cells.

42
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MCHC =

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Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration

43
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MCHC measures

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A way to evaluate the erythrocytes in the presence of anemia. It measures the ratio of the wright if the hemoglobin to the total volume of red blood cells

44
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RDW=

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Red Cell Distribution Width

45
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A numerical expression of variation in red blood cell size

46
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RETIC=

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Reticulocyte Count

47
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RETIC measures

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The number of immature forms of the red blood cells per a specific total number of red blood cells. Used to characterize the type of anemia

48
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WBC measures

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The total leukocyte count expresses the total number of white blood cells in a specific volume of blood

49
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PLT =

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platelet count

50
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TP=

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Total Plasma Protein

51
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TP measures

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Measure the amount of protein in the plasma portion of a specific volume of blood

52
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Maintain vessel integrity

53
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What is fibrinogen

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A soluble plasma protein

54
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Involved in the early stages of the inflammatory response

A

Neutrophils

55
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The largest white blood cell in circulation, make up 5-6% of the circulating white blood cells. Their nuclei can be in many shapes and have an abundant cytoplasm that may contain vacuoles

56
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Which white blood cell would participate in the in
Inflammatory response

57
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Which white blood cell has individual functions that regulate an animals immune system

A

Lymphocytes

58
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What are the four primary functions of the lymphatic system

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Removal of excess fluid
Waste material transport
Filtration of lymph
Protein transport

59
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Found only in birds and is similar in structure and function to the thymus it is a round sac found around the cloaca

A

Bursa of fabricius

60
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Located in the wall of the intestines

A

Peyer’s patches

61
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Nodules of lymphoid tissue that are not covered with a capsule

62
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Used to replace fluid or blood that had been lost or destroyed

A

Transfusion therapy

63
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Lymph nodes located behind the stifle are called

64
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Band cells are

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Immature neutrophils

65
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What are the largest leukocytes in an animals circulation

66
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Which calls are capable of phagocytizing Protozoa, viruses, and fungi

67
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What is produced when blood is collected, allowed to clot, then spun

68
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Which of the following is used to describe the production of white blood cells

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Leukopoiesis

69
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What is the transport protein that picks up hemoglobin in the blood and takes it to the liver

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Haptoglobin

70
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Which form of hemoglobin refers to hemoglobin with oxygen bound to it

A

Oxyhemoglobin

71
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Which element is vital to the production and function of hemoglobin.

72
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What is the parent cell of the platelet

A

Megakaryocyte

73
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What organ contain macrophages that are especially active in removing aging, dead, and abnormal red blood cells

74
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What organ releases erythropoietin to stimulate erythrocyte production by the bone marrow

75
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Which leukocyte is often described as having a ground glass appearance to its cytoplasm

76
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Eosinophils do what

A

Help fight allergic reactions and anaphylaxis

77
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Which white blood cell?
Seen in later stages of inflammation associated with cellular debris cleanup; they also process antigens

78
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Which white blood cell?
Associated with allergic reactions and phagocytosis, particularly of large Protozoa and parasitic worms

A

Eosinophil

79
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Which white blood cell?
Seen in early stages of the inflammatory response; phagocytosis of microorganisms and other tissues debris

A

Neutrophil

80
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Which white blood cell?
Least phagocytic WBC; granules contain an anticoagulant and it’s initiator of allergic reactions

81
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Which cell doesn’t not phagocytize foreign material

A

Lymphocytes

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