Blood and Lymphatic system Flashcards

1
Q

What is leukocytes?

A

White Blood

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2
Q

What is Thrombocytes?

A

Platelets

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3
Q

What is Erythrocytes?

A

Red Blood

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4
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What is the job of the Leukocyte?

A

1/2 of blood
Responsible for immunity

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5
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What is the job of Plasma?

A

Responsible for transport

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6
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What is the job of Erythrocytes?

A

44% of blood
Carry oxygen to hemoglobin

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7
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What is the job of the Thrombocytes?

A

1/2% of blood
Blood clotting

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8
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How much of the blood is plasma?

A

55%

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9
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What is the job of the Neutrophil?

A

Phagocytes- Always present
Multiple nuclei

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10
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What is the job of Eosinophil?

A

Release toxins to kill parasites

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11
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What is the job of Basophil?

A

Release Histamine which makes blood vessels leaky

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12
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What is the job of Monocytes?

A

Macrophage
Large phagocyte

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13
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What is the job of the Lymphocyte?

A

Immunity
B/T cells

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14
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What is an Antigen?

A

Identification

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15
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What is Antibody

A

Attack foreign antigens

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16
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What is Agglutination

A

Clumping of cells

17
Q

What is the hormone produced by the thymus?

A

Thymosin

18
Q

What does the Cytotoxic T cell do?

A

Kills foreign pathogens by releasing chemicals

19
Q

What does the Suppressor T cell do?

A

Release chemicals to stop immune response

20
Q

What does the T memory Cells do?

A

Store information about a specific antigen for future infections

21
Q

What does the helper T cell do?

A

Release cytokines which activates B cells

22
Q

What does the Plasma cell do?

A

Produce antibodies
Die in 3-4 days

23
Q

What does the B memory Cell do?

A

Store antigen info for future infections
On 2nd exposure produce antibodies in 2 days
Live 7-10 years

24
Q

What is active immunity?

A

Exposed to foreign antigen and make memory cells

25
Q

What is passive immunity?

A

Patient is given antibodies from outside source
Ex: mom to baby or tetanus shot

26
Q

What is Natural immunity?

A

Anything the happens naturally
Ex. Mom to baby or got sick

27
Q

What is artificial immunity

A

Immunizations
Infection of antibodies

28
Q

What disorder doesn’t have enough erythrocytes to carry oxygen sufficiently

A

Anemia

29
Q

What disorder is the overproduction of white blood cells

A

Leukemia

30
Q

What disorder is when the mother has Rh- and the fetus in Rh+

A

Hemolytic disease of the newborn

31
Q

What disease has an excessive amount of erythrocytes which causes think blood?

A

Polycythemia

32
Q

What disease has the inability to produce the blood blotting factor?

A

Hemophilia

33
Q

What disorder causes the immune system to become weak?

A

Mononucleosis

34
Q

What disorder is a clot that develops in a unbroken blood vessel?

A

Thrombus

35
Q

What disorder is a thrombus that breaks away and travels through the body?

A

Embolus

36
Q

What disorder is an infection which effects the helper T cells?

A

HIV/AIDS

37
Q

What disorder is a disorder that targets normal body cells and tissues in the immune system?

A

Autoimmune disease

38
Q

What disorder is when the immune system fails to developed normally or immune response is blocked

A

Immunodeficiency