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Blood volume of average adult

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5 liters (5 quarts)

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Blood

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Type of connective tissue

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Plasma

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Liquid or cell free portion of the blood

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Blood is made in ______ _______

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Red marrow

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3 types of blood cells

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Red blood cells (erythrocytes)
White blood cells (leukocytes)
Platelets (thrombocytes)

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RBCs lose ——– and ——– before being released into blood

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Nucleus and organelles

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RBCs contain

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Hemoglobin

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Hemoglobin

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Oxygen carrying protein

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————- gives RBCs their red color

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Hemoglobin

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—- is necessary for hemoglobin synthesis

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Iron

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White blood cells (WBC)

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Protect against infection by engulfing bacteria (phagocytosis) or producing antibodies

Clean up dead and damaged cells

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3 major types of Leukoytes

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Lymphocytes
Monocytes
Granulocytes

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Lymphocytes

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Give long-term immunity

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Monocytes

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Eat invading pathogens

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Granulocytes

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Release toxic granules to kill parasites and bacteria

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Platelets

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Help close breaks in damaged blood cells and form blood clots

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Platelets are —— the size of an RBC and they don’t have a ——-

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Half

Nucleus

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Blood coagulation

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Protein fibrin in plasma forms a mesh at breakage site to trap blood cells and form a clot

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B lymphocytes (B cells) become activated to make —— when they see ———

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Antibodies

A foreign object

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Plasma cells

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Antibody producing B cells

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Antibodies

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Proteins that are used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as bacteria and viruses

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