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Blood 2 Flashcards

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Leukopenia

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Abnormally low WBC count

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Leukocytosis

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Abnormally high WBC count

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Most numerous of the WBCs called phagocytes

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Neutrophils

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Phagocyte that involves protection against certain infections caused by certain parasitic worms

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Eusinophils

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5
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WBC that secretes histamine

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Basophils

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WBC that produces a potent anticoagulant called heparin

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Basiphil

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Heparin

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Helps prevent blood from clotting as it flows through the blood vessels

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Largest WBC

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Monocytes

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Aggressive phagocyte capable of diggesting larger bacterial organisms and cancer cells

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Monocytes

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10
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Specialized monocytes that grow to several times their size after migrating out of the blood stream

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Macrophages

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Secrete specialized proteins, called antibodies, which specifically act to destroy particular bacteria, viruses, or chemical toxins

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B Lymphocytes

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Directly attack virally infected or cancerous cells

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T lymphocytes

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13
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A number of blood cancers affecting the white blood cells

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Leukemia

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14
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Damaged tissues cells release certain clotting factors into the vessel almost immediately after being injured

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Prothrombin activator

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15
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What prothrombin activator is converted to if the normal blood calcium level is present

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Thrombin

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Fibrin

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The result of the interactions between fibrinogen and thrombin

17
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When a clot stays in the place it was formed

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Thrombus

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When a clot dislodges and flows through the blood stream

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Embolus

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A substance that can activate the immune system to make certain responses

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antigen

20
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A substance made by the body in response to stimulation of an antigen

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Antibody

21
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Where the proportions of each different WBC or reported as percentages

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Differential WBC count

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