Blood And Lymph Flashcards

1
Q

Your body is approximately _% water by weight

A

70

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2
Q

The ceiling of injuries to blood vessels

A

Clotting

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3
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A creamy, yellow white substance that contains dead neutrophils, bacteria, and other WBC

A

Pus

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4
Q

WBC that releases histamines when stimulated

A

Basophils

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5
Q

WBC which mature into macrophages

A

Monocytes

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6
Q

If a person possesses antibodies for a particular antigen or disease, causing agent, that person is said to be_

A

Immune

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7
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The solid part of blood 2 words

A

Formed elements

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8
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An example of a substance, which is not soluble in blood plasma, and must be transported by a blood plasma protein

A

Cholesterol

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9
Q

The shape of a red blood cell

A

Biconcave

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10
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The liquid portion of blood

A

Plasma

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11
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WBC which releases antibodies

A

Lymphocytes

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12
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Red blood cells do not contain this prominent cell organelle

A

Nucleus

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13
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Some CO2 is transported by hemoglobin, but most is transported in the form of the _ ion

A

Bicarbonate

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14
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Lymph _ are found throughout the body and are a main location of a lymphocyte production

A

Nodes

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15
Q

WBC that have granules in their cytoplasm

A

Granulocytes

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16
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Appears bright red in blood

A

Oxyhemoglobin

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17
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WBC that don’t have granuoles in their cytoplasm

A

Agranulocytes

18
Q

A person that has both the A antigen and the Rh factor has the blood type _ 2 words

A

A positive

19
Q

Specific antibody fits like lock and key with specific _

20
Q

White blood cells

A

Leukocytes

21
Q

Red blood cells that do not have A or B antigens on their surface 2 words

22
Q

WBC are _ in size than RBC

23
Q

Blood plasma _ are molecules which help transport substances which are not soluble in the blood plasma

24
Q

WBC which phagocytized groups of antibodies which have bound to multiple antigens

A

Eosinophils

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Appears dark purple in the blood 2 words
Reduced hemoglobin
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Clumping that occurs if antibodies begin to attack red blood cells
Agglutination
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_ fluid is a liquid that surrounds cells
Tissue
28
Red blood cells
Erthyrocytes
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Substance, found in RBC that binds with oxygen
Hemoglobin
30
Platelets
Thrombocytes
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A fluid in the body that consists of bits of blood and other tissue fluid
Lymph
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Average person in the body can have up to 6 litres of blood in his or her body
6
33
RBC are made by stem cells found in the red bone _
Marrow
34
A large cell which can phagocytize one hundred or more foreign invaders
Macrophages
35
WBC that phagocytize bacteria
Neutrophils
36
One of the gases transported by the red blood cells
Oxygen
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Red blood cells have the lifespan of _
120 days
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The lymph Carrie’s _ which is absorbed by the lacteals in the villi of the small intestine
fat
39
What organs recycle red blood cells
Spleen, liver and lymph nodes
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Mineral for hemoglobin
Iron
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Universal donor
O negative
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Universal recipient
AB positive